Antenna Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A III (v3a1 III) Raps:7-9, max ↨175ft
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| Condition Reports: | 9 Nov 2025
"The drive in pretty much requires 4x4 HCV. We went in 2 Jeeps. The drive in was pretty much straight shot to the parking from under the bridge, with |
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| Best season: | Oct - May (avg for this region)
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35.6831, -115.4397
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Introduction
According to Rick Ianiello (author of Las Vegas Slots) this is the most rappel intensive canyon in the State Line Hills.
The locals use natural anchors and sometimes make artwork of the cairn anchors. Groups need to be competent in building/inspecting/backup of natural anchors/webbing as well as proper technique in rappelling on marginal anchors.
Approach
Drive: a street sedan will not make it to the trailhead, vehicles with 8" clearance will still scrape on some sections. It is a good idea to move the spare tire from under the vehicle so that it will not get scraped.
Hike east and up the wash with a few scrambles uphill. There will be various abandoned mining and relics along the way. A short distance after the 2nd mine, go left up the steep loose rock slope about 900' elevation gain. Stay on the ridge for a bit and up the further ridge which goes to the 2nd big drainage that is the canyon.
Descent
R1: ~30 cairn
R2: ~50 cairn
R3: ~20 cairn
R4: ~30 rock back
R5: ~60 cairn or pocket
R6: ~20 cairn not delicate small tree
R7: ~20 cairn
(R7-R8): there are 3 drops in between that some groups may prefer to build an anchor depending on skill
R8: ~30 cairn or pocket
R9: ~170' initial vertical portion with some steps, middle overhang, bottom section slanted wall
+ Plus a lot of down climbs that some groups may prefer to build an anchor to descend
Exit
After exiting the finale 170' rappel, the wash will start heading right(east) but the start point on the KML file is more towards the left (north).
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Beta sites
- Las Vegas Slots Facebook Beta
Las Vegas Slots Book by Rick Ianiello : Antenna Canyon
HikeArizona.com : Antenna Canyon- https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/antenna-canyon