Choprock Canyon (South Fork)

Choprock Canyon (South Fork) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Kaleidoscope; ChopSlot; Choprock Canyon; Moe Slot.

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‌	Difficulty:‌4B V R (v5a2 V) Raps:‌3-5, max ↨70ft Metric Overall: 11-14h No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:High Clearance
Location:	37.6344, -111.1755
Condition Reports:	10 May 2025 "Appears to have recently flashed. Extensive long swimming in the grim section. Had to dunk underwater very briefly to get past a log jam. One spot wh
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Best season:	Spring; Fall; Aug winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	North America United States Utah Escalante  Choprock Bench

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Beta sites

• CanyoneeringUSA.com  : Choprock Canyon
• Climb-Utah.com  : Choprock Canyon
• RoadTripRyan.com  : Choprock Canyon
• CanyonChronicles.com  : Choprock Canyon
• Super Amazing Map  : Choprock Canyon (South Fork)

Trip reports and media

• Jenny (Hall) West on Canyon Tales Kaleidoscope Canyon, June 24–25, 1982
• Tom Jones, Moe Slot, March 2002
• Tom Jones, Photos, 2004
• Tom Jones, Chopslot Trip Report, June 2005
• Todd Martin, High Water Trip Report, September 2006
• Stefan Folias on Canyon Tales : Escalante Flood & Kaleidoscope Canyon, October 2006
• Eric Godfrey, Choprock Canyon, December 2005
• Dan Ransom, Choprock Canyon, September 2007
• Picture from 2009, click next for more pictures of this canyon
• Eric Bernhoft, Aug 2014
• Eric Bernhoft, Aug 2014
• Jeff Guest, Choprock Beta Video, Aug 2014
• Candition.com  : Choprock
• Yellowgypsy: media | Very Dry Choprock June 2018
• Art Brown, another Very Dry Choprock (video), Oct 2020

Background

This canyon was called Kaleidoscope Canyon on the first descent by Jenny (Hall) West and Mike Bogart on June 24–25, 1982 [1] [2]

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Choprock Canyon (South Fork)

Information provided by automated processes. KML map by (unknown). Main photo by (unknown). Authors are listed in chronological order.

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