Buckeyes Canyon
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| | Difficulty:4B III (v4a2 III) Raps:11, max ↨181ft
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| Condition Reports: | 5 Apr 2026
"Run romp through Buckeyes with some friends who hadnt done it before. We had 2 folks that opted to don wetsuits for the last section of pools (which |
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| Best season: | Spring, Fall
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38.9130, -110.4520
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This group is best suited for groups with advanced anchoring skills. Please do not drape ropes, slings, fiddlesticks, or anything else around the numerous natural bridges that exist in this beautiful canyon.
Getting There
Access to the Parking area is via a dirt road off of I-70, but there isn't an actual freeway exit. Instead there is, what I'm calling, a shoulder exit/entrance immediately off of I-70 (one on Westbound I-70 and another on Eastbound I-70). You just pull off to the shoulder and exit the freeway onto a dirt road and proceed through a gate in the fence. There is a culvert running under the freeway that enables access to either the westbound or eastbound lanes of I-70, as well as the dirt roads running north or south of the freeway. Not all vehicles will fit in this culvert so there is a dirt strip in the median that allows you to drive across I-70. For safety reasons, it is advised to use the culvert if possible. If not possible use great caution when driving across the freeway. Note that U-turns are prohibited.
Approach
From the parking area with the wire fence perimeter, enter the drainage to the south and follow the old road down the drainage and then gain the ridge behind the parking lot. The ridge has a fairly well defined trail which heads along the ridge and then drops back into the drainage that exits the canyon. From where trail drops back into the drainage, take a left and follow it to the main canyon. Once in the canyon, follow the canyon floor until an obvious slick rock slab leaves the canyon floor on the right. The first few hundred feet of slick-rock are easy climbing and scrambling up to gain a more continuous section of slick rock. Once through the initial scrambling portion, hike up the steep slick rock, generally trending climbers right. Once the slickrock ends, continue up through the boulder field, aiming at a very large boulder that is below a short (~6') red band. Climb up the red band (3rd class). From here there should be a fairly noticeable trail around the cliffs that drops into the canyon on the north side.
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Beta sites
RoadTripRyan.com : Buckeyes Canyon
Trip reports and media
- SmilingCricket Blog: May 26, 2019 : Buckeyes Canyon
- Stav is Lost: May 21, 2023 : Buckeyes Canyon