Conditions:Devils Drain Canyon-20230324185414
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19 Mar 2023 (2 yrs, 2 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | Nathan (7 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Good |
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| Waterflow: | Dry |
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| Wetsuit: | None |
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| Difficulty: | Normal |
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| Time:
"hourswithastopatAZhotsprings" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
 11 hours
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Team: 7 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced
Trip report URL:
Comments: After setting up the shuttle, we began hiking from the junction in the road at approximately 830am. Following the gpx from BlueGnome, we navigated to the drop in without difficulty. All anchors looked to be good with the exception of the last one which was replaced with new webbing. The only potential problem was a rope pull issue on the penultimate rappel. The rock near the top going over the edge is rough with lots of friction and places to catch the rope. We did a test pull and could not get it to budge. Ultimately, we removed the block and anchored from the bottom. Doing this as a single rappel allowed us to get a better angle on the pull. If you were to break this up into two stages, the pull could be difficult as you would be forced to be close to the wall. After the final rappel, we bushwacked to the river, rafted to the AZ hot springs, and enjoyed some time there before hiking out the car. We arrived back at the car just as it got dark, around 7pm.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Good | Dry
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| Normal | | Donwolfkonecny (9 reports) | ||
Comment: I recommend taking some pruners to cut back the thorns, it would be easy and make your and everyone elses life easier, and less bloody and ripped clothing. Also would be very good to take lopers and remove some of the worst bushwhack.
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| Good | Dry
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| Normal | 11 hours
| 7 people Intermediate to Advanced | Nathan (7 reports) | |
Comment: After setting up the shuttle, we began hiking from the junction in the road at approximately 830am. Following the gpx from BlueGnome, we navigated to the drop in without difficulty. All anchors looked to be good with the exception of the last one which was replaced with new webbing. The only potential problem was a rope pull issue on the penultimate rappel. The rock near the top going over the edge is rough with lots of friction and places to catch the rope. We did a test pull and could not get it to budge. Ultimately, we removed the block and anchored from the bottom. Doing this as a single rappel allowed us to get a better angle on the pull. If you were to break this up into two stages, the pull could be difficult as you would be forced to be close to the wall. After the final rappel, we bushwacked to the river, rafted to the AZ hot springs, and enjoyed some time there before hiking out the car. We arrived back at the car just as it got dark, around 7pm.
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