Conditions:Catstair Canyon-20170619031152

Latest:	27 May 2017 (8 yrs, 11 mos ago)

Reported by:	PatWinstanley (80 reports)
Location:	Catstair Canyon
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Easy
Time:	1 hour

Team: 2 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

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Comments: Nice and short - a few fun downclimbs, the stacked cars are interesting, as are the pictographs. Replaced the anchor for the one mandatory rappel.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
1 May 2026	Ok	Very Low		Normal	1 hour	1 people Advanced	Triggerfish (102 reports)
Comment: Parked at the east trailhead, to get the short road march over with first. Good move, given the potholes in there. “I’ve never seen stacks of dead cars in a can… Oh. Tall rap was fun until it wasn’t. It features two pools, the first one pretty inescapable. There’s a point where one could work DCL, I think, if you wanna throw down more climb skills than I was ready to attempt while solo. Landed on a little dry ledge. Footprints in the mud along the more dry side of the pothole told a story: Very recently, a sheep had come here for a drink, sank into the mud, and in terror unburdened itself of some giardia diarrhea as it escaped. I tried throwing sticks onto the mud to attempt a sort of snowshoe bridge. No dice. Shoes covered in mud/manure. Suddenly, I was Principle Rooney in Ferris Beuller’s yard. But instead of a Rottweiler, I just had 3 million mosquito larvae twitching in the water and laughing at me. Final drop is not a bad downclimb, so I went for it, but the fun was ruined as I had to dodge my own reesty footprints all the way down. Passing through and looking for a decent quick canyon? I’d say skip this, do Blue Pools or Wildcat (if you’re up for stemming), or Diana’s/The Hunted further north.
23 Apr 2026	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Beginner	RC3 (11 reports)
Comment: Not a destination canyon, but worth stopping by if you're in the area. The pothole rappel was filled with extremely stinky knee deep water/mud that looked like it had a dead animal in it. The first to rappel in our group made the mistake of going right into the muck, but it can mostly be avoided by landing on a ledge and traversing around the deepest part.
21 Dec 2025	Ok	Very Low			1 hour	2 people	Dhoechst (24 reports)
Comment: Stop and check it out if you are driving through. There was one rappel with a pothole midway through that was about thigh deep and full of clay that stuck to everything. That was the deepest pool. Everything else was pretty shallow. That rappel also had webbing waaaay back. Recommend a toggle to pull it.
16 Nov 2025	Ok				1 hour	6 people	RFontaine (365 reports)
Comment: An okay little side quest to hit if passing through! Semi interesting rock features. The rappel pictured on the beta page shows 2 sand filled potholes. These were scoured out and full of water. Unsure of depth and not wanting to get wet, we climbed over to the right found a rock to fix a rope for our party to rap down and I down climbed. Pictographs are at the end on right before wash opens. They are faded and not too exciting. We left a vehicle at East trailhead and shuttled up to West.
2 Oct 2024	Ok	Dry	None		1 hour	6 people	Mikeatran (95 reports)
Comment: Afternoon canyon. Team of 6; started at original parking lot and circled back on the highway. R1 webbing dcl was decent and didn’t have any concerns; downclimb/R2 via meat anchor dcr using the lip for favorable geometry. Petroglyphs at end made for a unique experience.
29 Jun 2019 Trip report	Great						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Jsb4g.
8 Jul 2018	Great	Dry	None	Easy	1 hour	2 people Advanced	Tarannosaurus (26 reports)
Comment: A lot of bang for your buck in an hour - the stacked cars were neat, the sculpted rock and narrows were quite pretty, and the petroglyphs were fun to see. Anchors were present and in good condition.
27 May 2017	Good	Dry	None	Easy	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	PatWinstanley (80 reports)
Comment: Nice and short - a few fun downclimbs, the stacked cars are interesting, as are the pictographs. Replaced the anchor for the one mandatory rappel.
14 May 2017 Trip report	Good						HikeArizona.com (271 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at HikeArizona.com