Charon Canyon
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| | Difficulty:4A IV (v4a1 IV) Raps:17, max ↨145ft
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| Condition Reports: | 15 Feb 2026
"Very slotty canyon for the area, very cool. Very underrated currently on ropewiki, afraid some will miss out on this one because of that. |
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.1743, -116.7358
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Introduction
Charon Canyon is a great choice if you're looking to spend your day in a beautiful, fun canyon that does not require the level of effort typical of other canyons in the Black Mountains.
Approach
The first section of the approach follows a small drainage up the mountain that eventually leads up to a beautiful knife edge ridge on the way up to the drop in point. The angle of the approach is more gentle than other canyons in the area like Deimos and Coffin.
On the ascent hike-up done 2-7-10, we started at minus 280' below sea-level and ascended up to the 3000'+ level, so we gained around 3300' of elevation gain. SO the gain is determined by high high you want to go up. Cutting into the canyon too early, means you may be missing the upper rappels.
Descent
Exit
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Beta sites
BluuGnome.com : Charon Canyon- Chris Brennen's Adventure Hikes (Southwest) : Charon Canyon
- Super Amazing Map : Charon Canyon
Trip reports and media
First Known Ascent of Charon hiking up from the bottom Trip Report done 12-7-10
Background
First canyoneering descent by Scott Smith, Nivalda Pinguet, Randi Poer, John Perry, Jeff Cheraz, Mark Duttweiler, Ira Lewis and Chris Brennen on Feb.21, 2009.