Conditions:Bluejohn Canyon (Little West Fork)-20251204023955

Latest:	24 Nov 2025 (1 month ago)

Reported by:	RFontaine (339 reports)
Quality:	Great
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Time:	7 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: We went down Little Blue, continued down to Lower Blue then returned back and ascended out Middle Blue. What a day!! Little Blue was very short, 2x50’ drops pretty sculpting, over quick… hike down to Lower Blue took an hour of mostly bland wash walking to reach. Lower is also very short and holding water. I was able to stem over all of the water. The dark section in Lower is very neat! Reached the patio and final rap then turned around and went back. Im glad I saw lower but I wouldnt bother making the trek again as it is a very short section of slot. After another hour hike back we reached Middle Fork and started up. Holy Cow Middle was stunning!! Super high walls, very grandiose! The shadows and sculpting were beautiful down below. Water was avoidable. Chimmneying up the various drops was definitely challenging but fun! I had to top rope one of my partners up a climb. It can turn exhausting quick! These 5th class chimneys are not for beginners! We had a blast and I think we all enjoyed Middle the most! It was also much longer than the other two. It took us 1.5hrs to ascend up and out of Middle. The hike back out was long, sand, and uneventful. Total time 7.5hrs

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
24 Nov 2025	Great				7 hours	3 people Advanced	RFontaine (339 reports)
Comment: We went down Little Blue, continued down to Lower Blue then returned back and ascended out Middle Blue. What a day!! Little Blue was very short, 2x50’ drops pretty sculpting, over quick… hike down to Lower Blue took an hour of mostly bland wash walking to reach. Lower is also very short and holding water. I was able to stem over all of the water. The dark section in Lower is very neat! Reached the patio and final rap then turned around and went back. Im glad I saw lower but I wouldnt bother making the trek again as it is a very short section of slot. After another hour hike back we reached Middle Fork and started up. Holy Cow Middle was stunning!! Super high walls, very grandiose! The shadows and sculpting were beautiful down below. Water was avoidable. Chimmneying up the various drops was definitely challenging but fun! I had to top rope one of my partners up a climb. It can turn exhausting quick! These 5th class chimneys are not for beginners! We had a blast and I think we all enjoyed Middle the most! It was also much longer than the other two. It took us 1.5hrs to ascend up and out of Middle. The hike back out was long, sand, and uneventful. Total time 7.5hrs
16 Feb 2024	Great	Dry	None	Easy		3 people Intermediate to Advanced	TEnzweiler (6 reports)
Comment: Little West had all brand new webbing, but was a little confusing because the first 2 downclimbs had webbing on them, which we used for safety and because I wasn't sure if they were the downclimbs or rappels. The green webbing sections (first two) could be downclimbed pretty easily, but look sketchy from the top. The purple webbing (to my recollection) was on the 2 mandatory rappels. Canyon was dry.
27 May 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	2 hours	2 people	Erek (206 reports),Nclegg (453 reports)
Comment: Completely dry. Short but beautiful canyon, high value. Exit trail is well-defined.
29 Nov 2016 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com, see Trip Report for full details.