Back To Old School - Capitol Reef
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04/12/2025
On Saturday afternoon, April 12, we explored Old School Canyon (3A) in Capitol Reef. This short canyon features beautiful narrows, white sand, and colorful rock formations in shades of yellow, orange, and red. We encountered one significant downclimb and two rappels. During the hike, we saw a stunning Kingcup Cactus in bloom! The approach hike took 30 minutes. In the canyon, there was a fun 25-foot down climb and two rappels, about 40 feet each. Carrying a 100-foot rope was sufficient. Our group completed the canyon car-to-car in one hour. |
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05/07/2024
Second annual Birthday extravaganza. Robert, Susan, Mike, John. |
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10/19/2023
Did it with the 2 Robs, fast fun little Canyon |
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10/21/2022
Fairly easy approach, stream was extremely cold!! And many spiky plants. There’s a good trail to the start to avoid crypto. First stemming bit is straightforward, good intro. Kate and I rappelled the downclimb, decent anchor but lots of grooving there. Rappel is a bit of a tricky start (down into the slot) and then over the pool - we all made it!! I went first and safetied into the mid point anchor, then the rope reached all the way. Everyone got across dry, I stuck around at the midpoint. Forgot to attach a pull cord but had enough to get to me, so I pulled from there and just I rappelled off of the piton (better pull from the end). Straightforward walk out from there! Lots of fun, great intro (did this with Maddie, sam, Kylie, Kate, rob), 2 hrs car to car with lots of futzing at the pool |
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10/11/2021
Mostly dry. Fun for taking beginners. Great with wife and 11 year old daughter. |
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10/03/2021
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05/21/2021
Very short, but a fun canyon to do when you have a couple of hours to kill. |
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07/24/2020
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06/11/2020
w/ pa, T |
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05/26/2019
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04/25/2018
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05/29/2017
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09/06/2014
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01/01/2001
Didn't find the first time we looked. Head out of parking lot further North and we found it |
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10/31/0020
Always fun, but the pool was totally dry this time. |
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06/07/0019
First canyon for some. |
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10/14/0017
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