Conditions:Fallen Angel-20230726144513

Latest:	18 Nov 2022 (2 yrs, 7 mos ago)

Reported by:	Korey (69 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	4 hours

Team: 6 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: Careful which beta you follow for this canyon, a single 200' rope will not get you through it. Luckily we packed extra or we would have been in trouble. Also be careful about setting up your rope on the winding/spiral rappel for a clean pull or risk sticking a rope.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
30 Nov 2024	Poor	Dry	None	Special challenges	4 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	Tcarlisle (77 reports)
Comment: No water in the canyon, but the ground is frozen and there is rime ice in may places. We started from the trailhead at 12:30pm and it was sunny on approach but once in the canyon it was shaded and cool. We actually wore jackets the whole time in canyon. While the is no water, snow or sheets of ice present, some rock was a little icy and the sandy ground was frozen solid in all but a few places. We quickly learned that when the sand is frozen you won't be able to dig deadmans or sand for a sandtrap. Anchors in this canyon are not in good shape. The are all very far back from the edge making the pulls dificult and concerning. We fiddled off the quicklink for some anchors to ameliorate this and reworked others. Despite having a decent amount of webbing we didn't have enough for 30-50 feet per anchor so we didn't fix all of them, especially when we realized after the first two anchors that we should be conservative with the webbing we had so as not to run out if we really needed it. On drop is a bomber cairn anchor--but because it is so massively built with very large rocks we didn't unbury it to inspect it. We felt the rocks we just to large in that space and didn't want them to roll on to us. Because the webbing coming off it had some wear we instead opted to place another piece of webbing around the cairn to back up the black webbing. Not ideal, but this is one of the problems with massively overbuilt cairns. We got close to stick a rope when a carabiner block hung up when being pulled through a constriction. Again if we had hundreds of feet or webbing, or unfrozen dirt to relocate anchors we would have extended the anchor to the edge, but we didn't. After that we started removing hardware and having the LPAR double strand. The exit was also shaded but since it gets more sun earlier in the day by the late afternoon it was free of ice. The sandy ground, however was frozen solid. It is a strange sensation to walk across bumpy sand but any sand slogs are much easier to walk through when the sand if frozen. Trip Report Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjgG6Mdi6w
27 Nov 2022	Good	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	2 people Advanced	MMclimbhigh (24 reports)
Comment: Descended Fallen Angel, N & S Angel Cove, and Angel Slot over the Thanksgiving weekend. All anchors in all four canyons are good to go. Thanks to whoever dropped in all the new hardware (Mammut Rapides!) and cleaned up the anchors in Fallen Angel. Fallen is a fun, steep descent. We were fortunate enough to watch 4 BASE Jumpers huck themselves off the wall above the Dirty Devil on our way out! Great weekend
18 Nov 2022	Good	Dry	None	Special challenges	4 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	Korey (69 reports)
Comment: Careful which beta you follow for this canyon, a single 200' rope will not get you through it. Luckily we packed extra or we would have been in trouble. Also be careful about setting up your rope on the winding/spiral rappel for a clean pull or risk sticking a rope.