Conditions:Blue Pool Wash-20240421222241

Latest:	21 Apr 2024 (1 yr, 1 month ago)

Reported by:	Cooper smith (30 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Easy
Time:	1 hour

Team: 1 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: Warm day, canyon was bone dry. Down climbed all but last drop. Removed boat rope and webbing from several anchors. The safety was dubious and they will only strain the anchors when they become tangled in flood debris.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
1 May 2025	Great	Very Low	None	Normal	2 hours	2 people	Nclegg (407 reports)
Comment: One unavoidable pool below knee depth.
21 Apr 2024	Good	Dry		Easy	1 hour	1 people Advanced	Cooper smith (30 reports)
Comment: Warm day, canyon was bone dry. Down climbed all but last drop. Removed boat rope and webbing from several anchors. The safety was dubious and they will only strain the anchors when they become tangled in flood debris.
1 Jan 2024	Good	Dry		Easy	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Cooper smith (30 reports)
Comment: New Years Day! Short fun run to ring in the year before setting up camp. New glue in U bolts are much simpler than the mess of bolts, chains, and pitons in the canyon previously. Cut out some boat rope fixed to one anchors.
4 Sep 2023	Good	Very Low		Normal	1 hour	2 people Advanced to Intermediate	EMoorcroft (450 reports)
Comment: Easy and fun short route. 4 optional rappels with bolted anchors. Water was knee deep in a few spots. Fun exit 1.5 hours car to car.
2 Sep 2022	Good	Dry	None	Normal	1 hour	1 people	Nclegg (407 reports)
Comment: A few shallow but avoidable pools. Didn’t need to break out the rope. Lots of sand along the walls from recent rains which made downclimbing just a bit trickier. The more challenging exit was fun, traversing the slab was definitely exposed but looks worse than it is. Really pretty canyon in the morning light.
23 May 2022	Good	Dry		Special challenges	2 hours	3 people Brand new to Advanced	Coalemus (160 reports)
Comment: Pretty canyon and was fun to take a total beginner down! Bunny was scared (and limbless) so we had to provide a top-belay (pictured) and a lot of help on downclimbs. The challenging exit wasn't too bad until ledge traverse which was exposed and sloping and a difficult spot to set up a handline. We decided not to do so and had to stem back down and take the easy exit.
8 May 2021	Good	Dry	None	Easy	1 hour	4 people Beginner to Expert	Erek (206 reports)
6 Sep 2020	Good	Dry	None	Normal	2 hours	2 people Intermediate	Davidsnaz (23 reports)
Comment: Fun route right of the highway. Good spot to practice some stemming. The remnants of the car are pretty neat. Bonus points for the engine block anchor. We stuck the rope on the last rappel but the rap is such that it can be stemmed back up without much trouble. There were a couple of other tails hanging from previous parties that chose to cut rather than retrieve them.
6 Sep 2019	Good	Dry	None	Easy	2 hours	2 people Intermediate	Danelle (17 reports)
Comment: We played around a lot in this canyon. Could very easily be done quicker than our 2hours. Practiced a lot of steaming and bridging on our way to the the first rap. On rap 2 there is a bolted anchor that can be easily missed upon first glance. Rap 3 can be a rope eater...ask us how we know :P . We were able to get ours back, but by the looks of it, others were not quite as successful. This canyon was bone dry when we ran it, however, I am sure it would be quite different if there was water. Absolutely stunning views once out and starting the exit. Navigating the canyon and the rappels themselves were easy, but it was a very picturesque slot canyon. Worth it for a short and sweet canyon if you are in the area.
1 Apr 2016 Trip report	Great						HikeArizona.com (271 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at HikeArizona.com, see Trip Report for full details.