Conditions:Arroyo Seco - Switzer Falls-20251229010701
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28 Dec 2025 (13 days ago) |
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| Reported by: | Mikeatran (89 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Great |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate |
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| Wetsuit: | Rain jacket |
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| Difficulty: | Normal |
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| Time: |  3 hours
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Team: 3 people
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Comments: Comboed with baby Colby. Surprising amount of water resulted in the first rappel (upper Switzer) being too dicey to rappel in the flow path. We ended up building an anchor dcr and taking the dry route. Lower switzer was pretty pushy on the second stage; we opted to ghost via cem from a tree in the middle of the drainage to avoid potential hydraulics dcr. Note that the flow is enough to potentially unweight and pull on pull side of rope if you intend on ghosting; an attentive preload or opting to rap dcl out of flow might be ideal with the upcoming rainstorms. Actually fun!
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| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Great | Moderate
| Rain jacket
| Normal | 3 hours
| 3 people | Mikeatran (89 reports) | |
Comment: Comboed with baby Colby. Surprising amount of water resulted in the first rappel (upper Switzer) being too dicey to rappel in the flow path. We ended up building an anchor dcr and taking the dry route. Lower switzer was pretty pushy on the second stage; we opted to ghost via cem from a tree in the middle of the drainage to avoid potential hydraulics dcr. Note that the flow is enough to potentially unweight and pull on pull side of rope if you intend on ghosting; an attentive preload or opting to rap dcl out of flow might be ideal with the upcoming rainstorms. Actually fun!
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