Sawtooth Canyon | Dirty Devil

Canyoneering Sawtooth Canyon - Dirty Devil Canyoneering Sawtooth Canyon

Dirty Devil

Overview

Tue Rain showers likely before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
73° | 50°
Wed Sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind 3 to 10 mph.
82° | 50°
Thu Sunny, with a high near 82.
82° | 49°
Fri Sunny, with a high near 83.
83° | 50°
Sat Sunny, with a high near 84.
84° | 51°
RATING: 3A I
SEASON: Any, hot in the summer
RAPPELS: 0-2 - 25 m ( 83 ft. )
WATER: Generally little
FLASHFLOOD: Low except in a very short section
Tue Rain showers likely before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
73° | 50°
Wed Sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind 3 to 10 mph.
82° | 50°
Thu Sunny, with a high near 82.
82° | 49°
Fri Sunny, with a high near 83.
83° | 50°
Sat Sunny, with a high near 84.
84° | 51°
Ice Cream Cone on the approach
Ice Cream Cone on the approach

Sawtooth is one of the short, mini-slot canyons near Beaver Canyon. The canyon itself is very short, with not much to recommend it, and its short nature. Did I mention the canyon was short?!?! The camping near and at the trailhead, however, is sublime. With big views into the deep Dirty Devil River canyon and Robbers Roost across the way. It makes a good primitive camping destination, with a short after dinner canyon thrown in to pass the time.

The canyon has no rappels, though a variation is occasionally done that adds 2 rappels at the very end to get down to the Dirty Devil. This is not particularly recommended. A little high stemming and a few sorta-tricky downclimbs make this not appropriate for rank beginners, but intermediates should have no problem.

Slot section of Sawtooth
Slot section of Sawtooth
Optional Raps in Sawtooth
Optional Raps in Sawtooth

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