Carrizo Creek
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| | Difficulty:3A I (v3a1 I) Raps:3, max ↨160ft
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| Condition Reports: | 14 Jan 2013
"First document descent. Anchor on the big drop wasnt the easiest so take care when building one here. Watch the pull too as it is more of series of s |
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WaterflowIntroduction[edit]
A short trip that is right next to highway 74. It has 3 rappels with the longest at about 160' and a good amount of down climbing.
Approach[edit]
This trip requires a shuttle. Park the return vehicle at the bottom of the mountain at the Art Smith trailhead. It is just past the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center. The start is up highway 74 at a turn out right before the vista point. It is at the last large turn on the highway. From there just make your way to the drainage.
Descent[edit]
The initial part is easy hiking on a sandy canyon. It comes to an abrupt stop at the top of the big rappel and the canyon opens up. Several options but we went with a knot chock on canyon left.
- R1: 160'
There will be a 5' down climb at the bottom of this rappel. Depending on where you decided to rappel, there could be more or none at all.
- R2: 25' from deadman. There was a couple hand lines on this rappel and we cleaned it up.
From this point on there will be several down climbs that some may chose to rappel instead but I would count one as a rappel.
10' down climb
- R3: 15' drop that we down climbed on right.
Exit[edit]
After that last rappel, just follow the watercourse until you come to a fence. Walk through the opening and make your way to the parking lot.
Red tape[edit]
The lower portion of the canyon is closed at times due to the Big Horn Sheep. Contact the visitor center there to be certain of closures.
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Background[edit]
First documented descent was on January 14, 2013 by Christian Lupercio, Leo Treviño and Joey Prieto. There was evidence of humans in the entire canyon but not of canyoneers. Looks like people hike upstream up until the large drop. The hand lines on one of the falls support this. There were some suspicious looking holes at the top of the big drop but whatever was there are only rusty remnants now.
