Conditions:Babes Hole Spring Canyon-20240423040114

Latest:	22 Apr 2024 (1 yr ago)

Reported by:	EMoorcroft (450 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Low
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	3 hours

Team: 2 people with experience level Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: Approach and canyon 2.5 hrs. Exit 1 hour. Flow throughout the canyon and into Liitle LO. Baby rooster tail at r1. Bring extra webbing. We did not bring wetsuits or rain jackets and the water was cold but there was plenty of sun.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
22 Apr 2024	Good	Low	None	Normal	3 hours	2 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (450 reports)
Comment: Approach and canyon 2.5 hrs. Exit 1 hour. Flow throughout the canyon and into Liitle LO. Baby rooster tail at r1. Bring extra webbing. We did not bring wetsuits or rain jackets and the water was cold but there was plenty of sun.
21 May 2022	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	5 hours	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (407 reports)
Comment: Rebuilt a few anchors. Water running at a trickle in sections but shallow pools were avoidable. Exit “trail” is quite overgrown / undefined. Lots of burn damage from the Rafael fire.
16 Oct 2020	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	2 people Beginner to Advanced	Tmack0 (5 reports)
Comment: Decent elevation loss/gain on the approach/exit hike. Most of the trip is creek bed scrambling, but the canyon at the end of it is very nice. Water bubbled up and disappeared a couple places along the creek bed, and Kelsey, Geronimo and Babes Hole springs were flowing. Nice slot canyon with several raps Perfect for taking new-ish people to. All anchors were in decent shape, only a couple stagnant pools in canyon. On the exit, turn left down Little LO, the trail back up and out starts into the woods on the left at the end of a section of flat bedrock in the creek.
6 Jun 2020	Great	Deep pools	None	Normal	8 hours	4 people Intermediate to Advanced	Erek (206 reports)
Comment: Time is doing both Little LO and Babes Hole car to car. Was able to avoid water until last rap, knee deep, and last pool, hip deep. One in our group was able to avoid last pool with stemming skills. One rattlesnake in upper part of canyon. Replaced webbing on second rappel. Poison ivy in upper part of canyon, but easy to avoid. Great little canyon, and good day when combining with Little LO.
25 Aug 2019	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	5 hours	5 people Brand new to Advanced	PatWinstanley (80 reports)
Comment: Most anchors looked brand new. There were two pools to avoid getting wet - everyone in our group was able to stay out of the first (climb the left wall) only one was able to stay dry in the second knee deep pool just before the end of the canyon (full body stem). Roads were dry and very bumpy
2 Jul 2017	Good	Dry	None	Easy	5 hours	5 people Beginner to Intermediate	Lizardqween (4 reports)
Comment: Easy, fun, short canyon. We took some extra time to walk up Little LO. Otherwise, very straightforward. We went based on Todd Martins book, but a couple of extra raps have been added since.
1 Sep 2014 Trip report							HikeArizona.com (271 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at HikeArizona.com, see Trip Report for full details.
29 Aug 2011 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com, see Trip Report for full details.
29 Aug 2011 Trip report	Good						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by nonot.