Stem School Canyon is a short canyon just off highway 24 in Capitol Reef The canyon is short, and not terribly dramatic, but makes for a great outing to fill out the day The canyon will be one I will not soon forget! Halfway through I heard a large rockfall just ahead of me It turned out to be a desert sheep not more than 20 feet away heading down canyon on a ledge He did not seem particularly concerned I was there, and continued along his way after a few minutes, taking a steep route up and out of the canyon that ...

Id go out on a limb here and say its an insignificant obstacle The most notable parts were mentioned, nothing else really stood out to give beta about What I think you may be referring to, is the downclimb into a darker crack, and you'll have to stop and think about getting your footing right to stem above the pothole without actually dropping into it The canyon is a few feet wide here and has kind of a curve to it, so it makes for a quick challenge I think there is a photo of it here titled "The cold Pothole" We...

Fooling around is a great, and varied canyon It has many potential exits, making it a good choice for beginners The short route is recommended, as it sees the best parts of the canyon, yet provides a much shorter exit The longer route is worthwhile, but adds more much more exit hiking than good stuff

4/21/2023 Dry conditions Anchors in good conditions Pity the bolts were removed at last rappel many years ago Now the rope pulls has created grooves in the rock Better route option for the return hike is after crack exit totally worth it angle for the fence on the right when hiking out up the big hill Where the fence meets the two-track road turn right This road merges into the shortcut exit route and saves a couple miles of walking

Did the standard route a couple of days ago No wet suits when we went, and all of the anchors looked fine Our group has been in quite a few canyons, but after seeing the Moki Steps, we still thought it was a little too sketchy They don't start at the top of the rock or end at the bottom It takes longer than the beta suggests to get to the first rappel, but there was no water in the pothole when we went The next rappel is almost immediately after, with webbing wrapped around a chocked boulder The rim walk arou...

We did Water Canyon on 3/13 and it was dry except for a small amount of water in the pothole on the 83' rappel We did the "Advanced Section" and found a creative anchor that after testing, felt comfortable using Definitely take Ryan's advise though, and check this before pulling the first rappel! This anchor is seeing some wear so replacing it be a good idea, but will likely require a lot of webbing maybe 50+ feet with its current setup It's a deadman with long extension and a jammed cord with small chock stones in...

#conditions 10/12/2024, mostly dry, except for a big water pool at the bottom of the first rap Otherwise some small mud spots but mostly avoidable with a little effort Got a Forester and a regular-height adventure van through the car shuttle with a bit of careful driving The worst spot is just after leaving the Alcatraz wash Most of the canyon is pretty straightforward fun Headlamps were handy in a couple places We thought the moki steps looked pretty sketchy We also didn't want to get wet, so we set webbing on a b...

unless you get there at the crack of dawn, I'd have to call this hike a disaster tried once in 2016, was overtaken by a group of chattering girl scouts, turned back went earlier just now in 2017, the trail was crowded with struggling people who really had no business being on an unmaintained trail, leading to multiple traffic jams this trail has been overpromoted to people who'd probably be more comfortable wading the first quarter mile of the narrows or walking the riverside path at Zion - I'm sure it's very prett...

After the wide crack the first 'piece' is a bolt without the hanger or head The head was replaced by climbing tape Also, to make matters worse it flexed under body weight Not sure this was always the caseI used a nut but if you pull on the wire in the wrong direction plan on taking a really bad fall Additionally, if you are under 5'10" I would say plan on bringing a stick clip for this section I was top stepping on my ladders and barely reached the bolt above This was pretty scary due to the sketchy piece! After t...

Took a group of 7, 3 of which were newbies Total time was 35 hrs car to car All anchors looked good We built up a rock anchor on the 2nd rappel but then after reinforcing it found a second set of webbing on bolts LDC as description statedwe just didn't see them No water to avoid Took a 200', 100' and 80' rope Would have been fine with just the 200' but it was nice to have shorter ropes for the shorter stuff Final rappel was LDC behind HUGE boulder Webbing was good Found a second webbing as well in a different ...