Cattail Canyon (East Fork)

Cattail Canyon (East Fork) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Laguna Creek.

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‌	Difficulty:‌3B IV (v3a2 IV) Raps:‌4, max ↨350ft Metric Overall: 12h No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌Optional
Location:	29.2676, -103.3245
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Regions:	North America United States Texas

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Introduction

A branch of Cattail Canyon that skips the first batch of rappels including the tallest one but has a 350 footer of its own.

Approach

Park at the Chisos Basin. Hike to Laguna West campsite and drop in at 29.248781°, -103.319528°.

Descent

The upper canyon is broad and easy to walk down.

R1: 350' off of two bolts is located at the coordinates shown on the map (banner photo).

Following this rappel, you shortly intersect the main Cattail Canyon drainage a quarter mile downstream from the 200' pour-off after Bryan's Falls.

The remaining three rappels are Class B with some short swims mixed in and then two large waterfalls right at the end.

The penultimate pour-off.

Exit

Follow the Cattail Falls trail 3 miles to the parking lot. To return to the Chisos Basin, either use a shuttle vehicle or hike the Window Trail. For the April 2023 descent we used the latter option and were 12 hours car-to-car.

Background

Explored by jcsjcs and team in April 2023, but the bolted anchor at R1 appeared to have been there for quite some time.

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Cattail Canyon (East Fork)

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