Conditions:Cat's Cradle-20260501195330

Latest:	1 May 2026 (21 days ago)

Reported by:	Triggerfish (102 reports)
Location:	Cat's Cradle
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	2 hours

Team: 1 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: Aborted, for reasons I believe are worth reporting. Hiked up to the “Option A” level, not wanting to throw hands with owls. No anchor at R1. Thought maybe I was in wrong spot, scouted west a bit, found a cairn anchor at top of next ravine over, set pretty far back from lip. Got the difficult pull I expected, and the cracks rap was prob more like 70-80. Advancing down this drainage, I reached the next drop. It had grooves forming, but no anchor. Looked like a good sandtrap spot, but I didn’t have mine on me. The next drop also had no anchor, but likely enough sand. Thankfully, I was able to class 4 my way up the fin between this and what turned out to be the real route. Took a good look around, still couldn’t find any anchor. Natural options are limited - it’s all super crumbly Navajo sandstone, eroding more into wafers than blocks. Decided that soloing this route without a sandtrap or similar gear would be unwise, and walked off. So come ready to build all anchors, as I can’t speak for the other 2.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
1 May 2026	Good	Dry		Special challenges	2 hours	1 people Advanced	Triggerfish (102 reports)
Comment: Aborted, for reasons I believe are worth reporting. Hiked up to the “Option A” level, not wanting to throw hands with owls. No anchor at R1. Thought maybe I was in wrong spot, scouted west a bit, found a cairn anchor at top of next ravine over, set pretty far back from lip. Got the difficult pull I expected, and the cracks rap was prob more like 70-80. Advancing down this drainage, I reached the next drop. It had grooves forming, but no anchor. Looked like a good sandtrap spot, but I didn’t have mine on me. The next drop also had no anchor, but likely enough sand. Thankfully, I was able to class 4 my way up the fin between this and what turned out to be the real route. Took a good look around, still couldn’t find any anchor. Natural options are limited - it’s all super crumbly Navajo sandstone, eroding more into wafers than blocks. Decided that soloing this route without a sandtrap or similar gear would be unwise, and walked off. So come ready to build all anchors, as I can’t speak for the other 2.
19 Jun 2023	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges		2 people Intermediate	Braxtagonia (6 reports)
Comment: Did an alternate approach from the top of the drainage which added 2 extra rappels. Fiddled these with a boulder for the first and a cairn for the 2nd. Rebuilt the last rap anchor in the canyon to get rid of the terrible rope pull from the 130ft rappel. This is now a ~65ft free hanging rappel into the alcove from a deadman anchor with webbing extended over the edge and courtesy rigging. Would highly recommend this route over the original anchor described in the beta on ropewiki.
31 Mar 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	1 hour	2 people	Coalemus (161 reports),Nclegg (474 reports)