Back To Angel Cove Slot - Angel Point
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11/18/2023
Great canyon for a first timer. Not exciting enough to do again unless bringing someone for teaching. Last two raps are good fun. Would be a good canyon to bring backpacking gear for an overnight on the shelf after first rap. Exit kinda stinks. Meh |
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11/04/2023
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10/28/2023
south fork |
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10/07/2023
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03/22/2023
Wet Water chest deep Beautiful last two rappels to the dirty devil |
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03/18/2023
North Fork only with Greg and Justin, and made friends with Scott and Amy in the canyon. First two anchors were completely missing and there was only one fixed rope in the canyon. Unavoidable waist deep water after the fourth drop and beyond. |
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11/19/2022
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04/15/2022
My fist actual canyoning experience. |
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12/22/2021
Nice short outing, can make for a fun day if combined with other canyons in the area. |
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11/21/2021
down south, up north, all handlines in place for an easy ascent. less than 2 hours car to car. |
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11/06/2021
Wonderful canyon! Very fun, and the north fork is very beginner friendly. |
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05/24/2021
With Kaden. Went down the South Fork and climbed up the North Fork on fixed lines. Round trip was 2.5 hours. Upclimb may be possible without fixed lines with advance partner assist, but the lines made it much easier! |
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04/19/2021
N fork solo |
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03/21/2021
First trip down with Ron. |
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03/08/2021
First trip ! |
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11/29/2020
Did both slots, great experience. Easy stuff. |
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10/02/2020
Beautiful easy Canyon with good repels but funky starts |
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08/27/2020
Descended through South Fork to the overlook just beyond where the two forks join. Returned up the North Fork. First rappel (~16m) was what appeared to be a combination between a simple rock anchor and a cairn anchor with 3 straps around the rock. Webbing could be replaced, and one strap actually snapped as the last of our group began his descent. All other anchors and webbing along the fork were in decent shape. Make sure you park at the camp site and hike back up the road if you want to start the South Fork. We pulled along a polaris' trail and were lucky to get back out through the sand. Would not recommend driving out in a sedan or other 2wd; bring lots of water (duh). |
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05/23/2020
The deadman for the last repel of the optional repels had some movement to it. There's a good amount of rock down there to help beef it up if needed |
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05/17/2020
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05/17/2020
Great Canyon, load of fun. Long John came along to mark his 100th canyon descent. Got a little lost on the hike back out trying to follow the cairns, but were able to course correct and only added maybe an additional hour to the trip. Celebrated with shakes at Stan's Burgershak in Hanksville. |
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03/27/2020
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11/01/2019
Did the north fork with a group of four and two dogs: two rock climbers, my inexperienced and timid wife, myself, and the two doodle pups. It took us just over 4 hours and we weren't able to move very quickly. I didn't see any major areas that could hold water in the wet season. The last half mile or so of the dirt road driving to the trailhead was sandy, followed by a pretty steep section that almost proved too much for my friends in their sedan. The best trail to take to the wash is more north east than I remember, but as long as you point yourself east, you will find your way to the wash. First rap is super easy and beginner friendly, being short and not a complete vertical face. The dogs really enjoyed how open most of the canyon was -- they had plenty of sand to run around in and they could do quite a few of the downclimbs without assistance. We lowered the more timid people of the group on a few sections that could be downclimbed. None of the fixed ropes were there anymore, which is too bad for the base jumpers! The canyon narrowed up toward the end and made traversing it with the dogs a little tricky, but doable. The last two rappels are for sure the best part of the whole canyon in my opinion. Both have overhanging sections which are super nice with the dogs. Hiking out is a bit of a slog -- head right (south) and follow the social trail/cairns until you can find a good place to climb up the slick rock. It took us just under an hour to make it to the top, close to a mile with 700' elevation gain mostly in the form of heading directly up slick rock. From there we headed north by northwest through the flat plain to get back to the car. Not too difficult to navigate. |
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04/20/2019
This canyon was so fun. I realized part way through that the dome/spire at the end of the canyon is very tall and this canyon keeps dropping and dropping. At the confluence of the two canyons there were loads of black flies for about 30m, then, once the sand was gone, no more flies. |
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04/15/2019
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05/27/2018
South Fork was fun. Recommend bypassing the first rappel. Great for first timers with competent leader. |
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05/19/2018
Great canyon! |
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05/19/2018
Double slot double date with Katie and Sam |
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02/10/2018
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10/07/2017
We went down the South Fork and up the North Fork. Lovely experience. North Fork had ropes in place in good condition. First rappel in South Fork needs some redundancy... possible to by pass. |
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06/14/2017
Venture off, night canyon |
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03/05/2017
Fun slot and unclimbs! |
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05/20/2016
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11/07/2014
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05/04/2014
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04/18/2014
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04/01/2014
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04/05/2012
Both forks |
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06/29/0019
Lauren's first canyon! Just the two of us out here for the weekend. We did the South fork. Pretty middle of the road kinda canyon, but had plenty of rappels for Lauren to learn and get comfortable on. Some cool downclimbs as well. We skinny dipped in the Dirty Devil afterwards, that river never gets up to your waist, it seems. Bit of a torturous exit out, got off route somehow and ended up back in the South fork and did a sketchy upclimb to exit. Had a long siesta during the worst heat. Lauren slept, I read Testimony on a blanket in a patch of shade we hiked down to, which I later realized was the top of North Fork of Angel Cove! We downclimbed about 1/3 of the way, then ascended using the fixed lines for the base jumpers. Very fun, highlight of the day. |
