Conditions:Denny Creek Canyon-20240715173929

Latest:	13 Jul 2024 (10 mos ago)

Reported by:	Korey (65 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Low
Wetsuit:	Rain jacket
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	5 hours

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Comments: Nice sunny day to enjoy an easy canyon. Flow was very low. Lots of hikers around the upper falls and crowds near the bottom. Parking lot fills up quickly.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
13 Jul 2024	Good	Low	Rain jacket	Normal	5 hours		Korey (65 reports)
Comment: Nice sunny day to enjoy an easy canyon. Flow was very low. Lots of hikers around the upper falls and crowds near the bottom. Parking lot fills up quickly.
24 Aug 2021	Ok		Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Andrewsandstrom (46 reports)
Comment: Upper 2 Rappels are not an option. Snow /avalanche flow is still 30 ft deep and impassable. Start at R3, off side trail to top of the falls. We had to hunt and built almost every anchor. Natural anchors are being swept away during hight water floods or webbing picked up by visitors, even from the trip I did 1 1/2 month ago. Water level is VERY low. Most pools at the bottom of the Rappels are only 4 ft deep and not jumpable.
4 Jul 2021	Good	Moderate High	Full wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Coops (121 reports)
Comment: Despite the recent heatwave (105F+), a surprisingly large snowfield sits just upstream of R3 blocking the width of the canyon. It doesn't look safe to cross or skirt-around. We didn't check any higher, and started our decent from R3 (boulder midstream). The water emerging from under the snow was chilly (no shit). R4 (Keekwulee Falls) was kicking out a significant rooster tail. We went from a single bolt + tree combo on the DCR flow, all the way to the pool below the falls. It kept us out of the main rooster tail flow, but still in the fun flow that pours less aggressively off the lip. On the lower angle slopes below, passing under the main flow gave a powerful but fun hammering (entirely avoidable). From there we made the most of all the potential raps downstream. The raps are all quite short and technically tame, but the flow was still high enough to keep it fun. In lower flow they might be more tedious and warrant bypassing. There wasn't much sign of existing webbing, so we burnt through a lot re-rigging the raps. [starting from above R3 in beta] R1 - Short, but steep with steps. Pool is deep on DCL side. R2 - Keekwulee Falls, as described above. R3 - Short, from obvious boulder DCL. R4 - Short from DCR boulder set back a little. Awkward step halfway down. R5 - Double slides from DCR boulder set far back. R6 - Low angle series of cascades, from threaded boulders midstream. The Garcia gauge (12143400) was reporting 170cfs.
30 May 2015	Good	Significant	Thin wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	4 people Intermediate to Advanced	Jesseahouser (14 reports)
Comment: The water level was low-moderate. We started just above Snowshoe Falls and did the full canyon. Due to time considerations, we bypassed many of the shorter rappels. We built a deadman anchor with several large rocks in the main watercourse at Keekwulee Falls. From where we rigged, it took about 130' of rope to reach the bottom.