It’s still banned: https://wwwfederalregistergov/documents/2017/07/06/2017-13891/notice-of-final-supplementary-rule-for-public-lands-in-the-moab-field-office-in-grand-county-utah

My understanding from the BLM when I contacted them was that if you get out at the Enron takeout described above, you do not need a permit If continuing beyond, then you do need permission from the reservation to continue BLM map is available here that confirms: https://wwwblmgov/sites/blmgov/files/documents/files/white%20river%20for%20webpdf

there was enough water in the lower pols where we definitely were glad to have wetsuits The water was soupy and nasty and cold The upper canyon was bone dry Here is a video that a group made that went 2 days after us https://wwwyoutubecom/watchv=GTWTXvMzLNQ

I have to plug the roadtripryan app here The description, map, and your location in real time all in one place without having to hassle with a third party app and gpx files! and it supports this site and its continued development : https://wwwroadtripryancom/go/tripguide Mystery is a great canyon!

Call the Escalante interagency office They have condition reports https://wwwblmgov/visit/escalante-interagency-visitor-center

Show as Current CFS at the top of this page If it doesn't show up, it means the usgs water site is having issues This pulls the realtime CFS from: https://waterdatausgsgov/ut/nwis/uvsite_no=09328500

The water level of Dirty Devil varies widely, and changes on a daily basis Best thing is to go to the USGS site for an update each day https://waterdatausgsgov/nwis/uvsite_no=09333500Anything over about 75 cfs, you need a lifted truck on 35 inch tires to cross

We completed this canyon on June 12, 2021 during very dry drought conditions It was a totally different canyon dry If it's dry, there is one keeper pot hole that you can climb out of if you have a group, or are a good climber, I would not do it alone dry If you want to see a video of it dry watch this https://youtube/dZ7wKvR7glA Some of the bolts IMHO are not trust worthy and need to be replaced

I think coming back up would be pretty physical I remember a couple of tightish downclimbs that would probably be a little hard to reverse See this picture for the first of these: https://wwwroadtripryancom/go/tripimage/showphoto/2473 Take a rope just in case and give it a go! Coming back up would be a lot of fun to try

I've always camped at Dewey Bridge, and done lunch on one of the islands along the way There is a lot of private land in this stretch, most of it not posted The best resource I know is the state site https://gisutahgov/data/cadastre/land-ownership/, but you have to have GIS knowledge to download and use their data to see it on a map