Back To Bloodhound Canyon - Dirty Devil
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04/23/2025
Ran this on 4/23/25 in a group of 4. The canyon was pretty much dry with a little bit of mud. I think we saw water in one bypassable pothole. We ended up dropping into this canyon after finishing Benign a few minutes earlier. Canyon was fun, but not really exceptional in any way--we ran this one as well as the nearby Benign to get some sandtrap and a little more partner assist/pothole practice. On one of the last rappels, we built an anchor up on the right side when looking down canyon to rappel down and avoid the large muddy/wet pothole. Weather was mid to high 70's and a little windy but we took it slow and had a good time. A lot of the obstacles are bypassable since the canyon is a pretty shallow canyon--but we went through most obstacles for fun. There is a cool rock formation to climb on and makes a great photo rock on the hike out--the view is cool. |
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04/20/2024
We hiked to Bloodhound Canyon 3A, a straightforward approach down the wash. There were many dry potholes, and it was easy to walk around them. We built a new deadman anchor at rap 1, about 40 feet down a slab. The beta suggested it could be downclimbed, but it would be difficult not to slide and get injured. Further on, we downclimbed into a shallow pool of water about ankle deep. We provided a meat anchor handline for the group and then spotted the last person as they downclimbed. The next obstacle was a large keeper pothole that appeared deep enough to be a swimmer. We hiked up DCR, rigged an anchor off some large boulders, and rappeled about 60 feet down a slab, avoiding the pothole. The final rappel was about 40 feet and required a sandtrap. We rigged the sandtrap about 50 feet from the rappel, and it was an easy pull. One note: this canyon could be rated 3B because it holds water and potentially 3/4B because it requires advanced rigging with a sandtrap. |
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10/31/2021
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04/13/2020
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