Visited 2/12/24 The boulder in the road described at mile 475 is no longer an issue; it has either moved or been moved Up to mile 39 is easily Subarubable; after that better for high-clearnace/4WD Crossing Grassy Creek was really the only sketchy spotThis would be a great spot to visit late on a Fall day when the cottonwoods are turning After checking out the petroglyphs and ruins it would make for a wonderful campsite, falling asleep to the sound of the river

Did the canyon yeterday We tried to stay dry But about 100'' after passing under the bridge there is a pool we couldn't stem over So we turned around No rope needed for the upper part of the canyon Great slot Worth a visit

Water generally flows in the bottom of Dark Canyon in spring, fall, and winter I have heard it can be dry at least in sections in high summer On our visit, it was flowing all sections we hiked in the bottom from Youngs to the River Yes, we camped next to the stream

The description says, "Non-technical visitors can use this write-up in reverse and visit many of the best parts of the canyon from below" I'm planning a backpacking trip with technical gear where I'll go up Long Canyon from White Canyon, then cross over to Gravel Canyon and take that canyon back down to White Canyon Ryan or anyone else, do you know at which point up Long Canyon I would have to exit before hitting an impassable dryfall Or will it be obvious

Was this the spot https://wwwroadtripryancom/go/tripimage/showphoto/Mpxe If so, I suspect floods washed out the sand at the bottom making a deeper pool It was an easy step across on our visit

The access notes say that a high clearance vehicle is required for access My unmodified Subaru Outback had no issues reaching Cliff Dweller Flat on my May 2024 visit

Unable to visit due to road conditions Around mile 4, the 3rd wash crossing was too sloped angled to the side and too deep A full size p/u truck is too long to get through Then with the slope angle we were concerned with rolling, so at that point we turned around maybe a small side-by-side or ATV might make it

May 26-27, 2025 - Party of 2 backpacked into Gravel near the head of the main fork and joined this route at the confluence with the east fork, skipping the first paragraph of Ryan's route betaCONSIDERATIONS ON BACKPACKING THE ROUTE:On the first day, we bypassed the rappels and the slot narrows on the right, walking a slick rock middle rim above the narrows This required a bit of hard route-finding and 3rd class moves that were just a little too exposed and off balance to do with heavy backpacking packs We had to pa...

Hi, Ryan: Is it possible, after reaching Horse Canyon, to go north on Horse Canyon Rd first and then follow Wolverine Creek north to visit the Petrified Woods and exit Wolverine Petrified Wood Natural Area parking

Road condition was totally fine 9/7 and we thought this was super worth the visitFor getting in the giant pothole, half our group did and half didn’t Those who did agreed that most of the experience is looking at it anyway and not to stress if you don’t walk in But going down the steps seemed much scarier than coming back up would be