A Note On Time: This canyon will vary greatly depending on the experience of the team. Many of the pothole entrances are downclimbs and/or require teamwork. Because of the difficulty, this is an intermediate or better canyon for people with pothole and natural anchor skills. I know several groups have taken 7+ hours to work through the canyon. Our group (5) was made up of mostly climbers with not a lot of canyon experience. Our time was 2 hours to the start of the pothole section, and just over 4 hours car-to-car. This is with a fast group that was comfortable with the downclimbs.

I would guess an average group will take about 6 hours, but many may take significantly longer if inexperienced working through pothole difficulties and partner assists. This is a canyon that can change dramatically with floods. Be sure to have solid pothole skills, they may be needed if sand washes out of some of the deeper potholes.