Conditions:Das Boot-Candition20120907 summitseeker
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7 Sep 2012 (12 yrs, 8 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Amazing |
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Trip report URL: http://www.candition.com/canyons/das-boot
Comments: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by summitseeker.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Amazing | Deep pools 
| None 
| |  5 hours
| 5 people Beginner to Expert | Ingalls (28 reports) | |
Comment: Run run through Das Boot, definitely make the subway worth it. We ran with a group of 5 and although the pools were cold, wetsuits will only be required if you run cold.
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| Amazing | Deep pools
| Thin wetsuit 
| Normal |  10 hours
| 5 people Brand new to Intermediate | Grapefruit (33 reports) | |
Comment: Beautiful canyon. Lots of down climbs. We had to add webbing at rappels. Difficult for a grown man to squeeze through through "the woumb." Spent a lot of time on the approach. Time includes Subway. 4/3 wetsuit people were fine, 3mm wetsuiters w/ wool socks were cold but made it through ok.
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| Great | Deep pools
| Rain jacket
| Easy | 8 hours
| 3 people Intermediate to Advanced | Coalemus (160 reports) | |
Comment: Time includes Subway. One swim, a couple shorter chest-deep wades and one long chest-deep wade. With a 2mm shorty and rain gear I did fine. Slightly chilly before the end but not bad, and I run cold. The water may have been warmed up by some monsoon rain, though the canyon did not appear to have flooded recently and water levels were low for this canyon. One member did a single rappel, the others did two (and a couple handlines). Approach trail was pretty easy to follow. A gorgeous canyon and very different character from Subway so they pair excellently.
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| Great | Deep pools
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 12 hours
| 5 people Intermediate to Expert | Brdn.gonzales (44 reports) | |
Comment: Wonderful trip starting at 9AM and finishing at 9PM. Started further up to do the 'Extended' Das Boot and continued through the Subway. Make sure to bring plenty of water if you plan on doing the extension; we couldn't find any natural springs to filter water until the Subway and the heat on the hike in was very exposed (105F). Saw one group of hikers on the way in, otherwise we had the whole place to ourselves. All anchors looked good and opted to stem a few drops rather than rap them.
Extended Das Boot: Interesting and pretty to check out if you've done Das Boot before, but definitely a "one and done" kind of experience. The grand parts that made Das Boot memorable were found in the normal section. Das Boot: Beautiful! Definitely cold in areas but was able to get through it comfortably in a 5.5mm suit. Probably would've opted for a 3-4mm suit since it's relatively short and the extra thickness just added to the hiking weight through Subway, which didn't require a wet suit.
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| Amazing | Deep pools
| Thick wetsuit
| Easy | 9 hours
| 6 people Beginner to Advanced | Ibleedcoffee (6 reports) | |
Comment: Absolutely beautiful canyon. We had 5-7mm wetsuits. Water was GORGEOUS and I personally was toasty in a 7mm. We jumped a few raps into deep pools. Some waterfalls. An absolute Zion classic. Avoid the quick sand.
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| Great | Deep pools
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 11 hours
| 6 people Beginner to Intermediate | RavKhadge (5 reports) | |
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Great | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Good | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | Deep pools
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 11 hours
| 6 people | Willie92708 (997 reports) | |
Comment: Das Boot is really dark and cave like in many of the chambers. It's similar to parts of Pine Creek, but many more cold pools and hallways. The rappels are short and simple. My leaky old 5/3/1.5mm wetsuit was OK, but my feet got a bit cold in 1.5mm neoprene socks with holes. I recommend a good fitting, no leaks wetsuit with fresh neoprene socks and gloves for Das Boot. Time included Subway too.
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| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Great | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
