Conditions:East Hamongog-20250621221401
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21 Jun 2025 (12 days ago) |
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| Reported by: | Canyon foto (3 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Good |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate |
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| Wetsuit: | Thin wetsuit |
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| Difficulty: | Normal |
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| Time: |  5 hours
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Team: 3 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced
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Comments: Anchors in good condition. Added 1 bolt for a really slippery downclimb not suitable on the current flow. Between rappel 3 and 4.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Great | Very Low 
| Thin wetsuit
| Normal | 5 hours
| 2 people Intermediate | Heliops (16 reports) | |
Comment: Beautiful day in a spectacular canyon. All anchor webbing looked good. Water was pretty cold. I would recommend at least a 3/2 wetsuit for comfort. Most pools were wadeable, but two required short swims. Exit trail is still well-marked with cairns.
FYI: Make sure your on 142 C, my gps got us on 142 D. 142 C is passable, just lots of largest rocks to bounce over.
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| Great | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal |  3 hours
| 4 people Intermediate to Advanced | Locopitts (1 reports) | |
Comment: A great relaxed day in Cypress. We had 1 members first time in this creek so we were in no rush and had fun with it.
There is extra wood pileups this year but none seem problematic except for the large log right at the bottom of R4. It is right where you would land in the water so you need to go gentle into the pool or locate it so you can avoid it (hard with all the water on your head) | |||||||
| Good | Low
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 4 hours
| 3 people Intermediate to Advanced | Shyamv (3 reports) | |
Comment: Dropped in at R4, off of the old forest road.
Honestly, I may stick to this entrance in the future, it's far more pleasant than the full approach/ devil's club filled drop-in. Anchors in good condition, pulse holes unfilled with debris - though typical hanging Rings would make the pulls significantly better. R6 pull is a pain, even with attention paid to the angles. Lots of rock pinches for the rope to get trapped in. - Suggestion for future groups to use the current bolt as a traverse line / rebelay to a (you have to install) webbing-slung-log with an extended link for an easier pull. New final rap bolt is a significant improvement over the former location from an erosion standpoint, but is still a largely dry rap in low flow.
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| Deep pools
| Full wetsuit
| | 4 hours
| 3 people Beginner to Advanced | Canyon.406 (41 reports),Dyln cole (79 reports) | ||
Comment: Ran this canyon with no condition dependent issues, keeper was not in play and after the afternoon's flash rain, will not be in play for a second here, though still go prepared. The skunk smell as nearly disappeared, at least it was not quite strong today when I passed the remains unawares.
Between 4/3 and 5/4 wetsuits today, 5/4 still ideal for groups running slower or who tend to run colder. Some in 4/3 were chilly by the final rap. Final rap was not as spectacular as I pictured, but I enjoyed it. Still beautiful, and stands out, but Bear remains a top canyon for me and the group as well, I think, alongside Wilbur for this area. Final anchor station is messy thanks to some not-so-pretty grey mil spec webbing tied to a fraying green tubular tech webbing. In all cases, was good to go for today, if anyone who replaces the webbing next when needed can rig a proper anchor and remove one of the two quicklinks, that would be ideal.
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| Great | Moderate High
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | | 4 people | Coops (128 reports) | |
| Great | Very Low
| None 
| Normal | 4 hours
| 2 people | Nclegg (419 reports),ShurNoworries (8 reports) | |
Comment: The Death Gully took about 45 minutes and feels like an ankle breaker but all in all it's not horrible. The second section is nicely sculpted slotty narrows all dry low angle relatively short drops, very enjoyable. Third section starts off with a very enjoyable on the wall 90 ft rap that continued into a riparian area that was a lush green welcoming Spring Walk. All culminating to your Rockstar exit into the Narrows where buses of people will be waiting and typically give you a standing ovation complete with chanting. Take your time at the top here, it's a great view a fun rappel and everybody needs to be treated like a hero every once in awhile. Time is from East Mesa TH to Temple of Sinawava.
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| Great | Moderate Low
| Thin wetsuit
| Normal | 5 hours
| 3 people Intermediate to Advanced | C.c.woodwork (1 reports) | |
| Great | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 3 hours
| 2 people Intermediate to Expert | PsychoWard (39 reports) | |
Comment: Awesome, beautiful little canyon. A lot of bang for your buck. The sequences from R1 to R3 are great with a nice little pothole feature to get to R3. Anchors were all in good shape. It was warm out and my 5mm was overkill. A 3/4mm would be just right. We didn’t jump any pools - felt too shallow.
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| Good | Deep pools
| Thin wetsuit
| |  2 days
| 2 people Intermediate | Stber321 (39 reports) | |
Comment: The reports that the park service will not give you a permit to exit via the MIA exit without permission from LDS church (who owns a small portion of land) are true. We tried our best to follow the instructions for requesting permission, though I didn't expect this it actually be a problem. No one answered the number on Roadtrip Ryan but got a reply from [email protected], they gave us document to fill out and send in, which we did, but they did not send anything back.
The rangers immediately asked about this and insisted our document does not constitute permission as the church never returned the document signed. Luckily, they had top down narrows permits available so we made this an overnight trip camping in Kolob creek. We went in carrying a ton of neoprene expecting a serious class C adventure, but we found Kolob bone dry! I wore a 4/3 whilst carrying an extra thick wetsuit in my pack, but I was warm. A shorty would have sufficed under these conditions. While it certainly would have been neat with nice flow, the actual canyon wasn't all that spectacular. This is not Illusions or Waterholes plus waterfalls. In the conditions we ran it, Birch Hollow might be cooler. Disappointing given the hype. Still, the exit was beautiful with a big waterfall entering from the side, and we saw a couple friendly+pretty snakes while working our way down Kolob creek. We camped a bit past the MIA on a sandy bench and witnessed 2 large rockfalls. One woke us up about 5am off the walls above our bench. The second was a large rockfall behind us into Kolob creek most of the way down towards the Virgin River. Be careful where you camp. Some of the grass down there is really nasty if you get it in your face and have allergies - this was the crux.
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| Good | Dry
| | | 3 hours
| 2 people Advanced | RFontaine (287 reports) | |
Comment: A 1.5hr hike up East Rim 75% of which is sand brings you to an extremely short pretty canyon with a very lovely entry drop a decent 2nd drop and an okay 3rd drop. Then another long walk out down a sandy wash back to parking. The hikes are pretty enough, the canyon while super quick still fun. Hot hike in the summer but canyon and wash shaded, late afternoon. Probably better in Fall. No webbing on 1st drop. Multiple trees to ghost off of. We used the one DCR.
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| Good | Moderate
| Thin wetsuit
| Normal | 5 hours
| 6 people | Korey (68 reports) | |
Comment: Decent canyon, but nothing special. Disappointing to not get the FD, will be a better option if the road gets fixed. A few good rappels to start the canyon, but mainly downclimbing from there with a couple low angle rappels.
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| Ok | Moderate
| | | | 6 people | Coops (128 reports) | |
Comment: Despite a disappointing canyon, and the disappointment of not being a FD, it was a nice day.
2* = not good, won't do again, but I don't regret it.
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| Amazing | | None
| | 4 hours
| 3 people Advanced | RFontaine (287 reports) | |
Comment: A leisurely day through Pine, taking a friend that had never been. It is such a gorgeous canyon, always a worthwhile trip. We got sandwiched between groups, went slow. No neoprene was needed, water is always a tad cold, but very bearable. A few wades, but there is only 1 brief swim. Neoprene booties with splash jacket was perfect. Would have been hot with a wetsuit. We continued down Pine Creek taking the typical exit this time, rock hopping and stopping to swim in pools. Very nice way to spend a summer day.
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| Amazing | Moderate High
| Thin wetsuit
| Normal |  2 hours
| 3 people Advanced to Intermediate | TexasLorenzo (25 reports) | |
Comment: Flow is in fun mode!! All jumps are good…nothing new in the pools near the landing zones. R2 webbing for inflow was MIA and I didn’t have any QL’s so rigged a retrievable there. The last rap in current flow is super duper fun. Also I think a new log sticking up on the last R…looks like if needed could be pulled out away from the falls but not really in the way just an eye sore.
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| Great | Moderate Low
| Thin wetsuit
| Normal | 3 hours
| 4 people | K arc (381 reports) | |
Comment: The "shortcut trail" down from the road is kind of a dirty mess. Might be good to establish a standard way in as various groups seem to be bombing willy-nilly down the slope and tearing up the vegetation everywhere. Not good insofar as erosion and long term viability.
Tree used as the R3 anchor appears to be dead. The next visitors might consider moving the anchor the living tree 2ft away. Enjoyed the new bolts on R4. Tip of the hat to the team who installed them. Awesome to retire the old underwater anchor. Played a bit in the pool at the bottom. At this level of flow, you can follow the horizontal recirculation back in and slip all the way through behind the falls to pop out on the other side. Fun!
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