Coffin Canyon

Coffin Canyon Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

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‌	Difficulty:‌3A III (v3a1 III) Raps:‌5-7, max ↨190ft Metric Overall: 5-7h  ⟷7.4mi Approach:  ↑2048ft Descent:  ⟷1mi No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:Passenger
Location:	36.1562, -116.7507
Condition Reports:	12 Nov 2023 "This was the first run of Coffin for this season. Plus Hurricane Hilary and the flooding made for a lot of anchor rebuilding and some rock farming. Ha
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Best season:	Nov-Mar (avg for this region) winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	North America United States California Death Valley National Park  Black Mountains Black Mountains North

http://bluugnome.com/cyn_route/dv/dv_coffin/dv_coffin.aspx,http://brennen.caltech.edu/swhikes/coffin.htm,http://ropewiki.com/User:Super_Amazing_Map?id=Coffin_Canyon_-_California_(Death_Valley)

https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/coffin-canyon,http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?67696-Coffin-Death-Valley-02-17-13&p=527606#post527606,http://adamhaydock.blogspot.com/2017/02/coffin-canyon-3aii-death-valley.html

http://bluugnome.com/cyn_route/dv/dv_coffin/dv_coffin.aspx,http://brennen.caltech.edu/swhikes/coffin.htm

36.1562, -116.7507https://ropewiki.com/images/0/0d/Coffin_Canyon.kmltopo

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Introduction

Coffin is a great canyon for a half-day trip. This scenic drainage starts off as a wide flat wash but then narrows and drops suddenly. It's got great views on the hike up, some beautiful narrow sections and even a giant chock stone reminiscent of "Levitated Mass".

Descent

Waypoints in the KML map contain detailed descriptions of all the rappels (courtesy of Bluugnome.com).

The first drop in the canyon is 40ft from a cairn anchor. This apparently can be climbed around RDC if you like avoiding rappels.

Shortly down canyon from here there is another downclimb/rappel of 30ft.

In order to avoid confusion on the rappel numbers matching the .kml only the 5 rappels are numbered. Most parties will likely have a few more rappels.

Rappel 1: 190' from 2 bolts backed up by a cairn anchor.

Rappel 2: 60' (Anchored 30' up canyon with a 30' rappel)

Rappel 3: 30' from 2 bolts a bit over head high.

Rappel 4: 20'

Rappel 5: 80'

Beta sites

• BluuGnome.com  : Coffin Canyon
• Chris Brennen's Adventure Hikes (Southwest)  : Coffin Canyon
• Super Amazing Map  : Coffin Canyon

Trip reports and media

• https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/coffin-canyon
• http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?67696-Coffin-Death-Valley-02-17-13&p=527606#post527606
• http://adamhaydock.blogspot.com/2017/02/coffin-canyon-3aii-death-valley.html

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Coffin Canyon

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

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