Latest:	14 Sep 2025 (6 mos ago)

Reported by:	Chubby bunnies (1 reports)
Location:	Granary Canyon
Quality:	Poor
Waterflow:	Deep pools
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:	75F deg C
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	11 hours

Team: 10 people with experience level Beginner to Intermediate

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Comments: Due to flash flooding the day before, almost every pothole had water, the bottom of rappels that are usually dry had water, and it was unavoidable in many spots that are normally dry and/or avoidable. It was calf to chin deep, depending on the pothole. We waited out rain clouds for about 45 minutes before descending into lower granary. We were on the edge of the storm, so we decided to proceed. We received a little rain during lower granary, but nothing substantial. It stopped while we were hiking to the last rappel, near Jug Handle Arch. Water was cold, but not too cold. No wetsuits in our group.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
27 Mar 2026	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	7 hours	2 people Beginner to Intermediate	Okkays (2 reports)
Comment: Beautiful, wide canyon with many gorgeous rappels. We did upper and lower granary, skipping the bonus rappel due to rope length. Everything was dry besides a few avoidable potholes, but I can see this being a nightmare after rain. Rain is forecast for next Wednesday (4/1). That said, be prepared to evaluate, build, or augment several of the anchors. Be ready to part with plenty of webbing and expect lower granary anchors to be in worse condition than upper. We found flat overhand "courtesy" knots on a few of them (reduces webbing strength by 65%+ on already sunbaked anchors, putting the breaking strength easily below bodyweight, and a PITA to untie after weighting), lengths of webbing of various ages and conditions chained together to extend rappels, one of the lengths lying in an unavoidable pothole - all from trees and baking in the sun. None of the dozen rappels has a well shaded anchor. The anchors are also not always in an obvious location for beginners; someone did the first rap off of two aluminum rings - the hollow, 1mm aluminum kind - on a simple overhand bend from a tree far from the edge when there was a beautiful, though hidden, well extended anchor a little off to the side. Give yourself time to routefind and anchor spot. Also be prepared for extra rappels. We counted 14 or 15 (where we found existing webbing) depending on your ability to downclimb with exposure, and found beta from a few sites to be conflicting. Be prepared to set rope length properly on a few of the larger rappels - there are shelves that make it non-obvious where the bottom of the rappel is and where the downclimb starts. Rig releasable, extend your anchors, and be prepared to pull a block with a tagline if you have a shorter rope. Carry _plenty_ of webbing and, after rain, quick links. I'd be happier to see the $5 5/16 hardware store links than smc aluminum rings.
22 Mar 2026	Great	Very Low	None	Normal	10 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	Kili (6 reports)
Comment: Our crew took their time. 15 rappels, 3 meat belays, 1 deadman anchor. Our group and the one behind both went off track between upper and lower (watch your GPS track). Somehow missed the granaries but found them in our pictures. All pools were avoidable, with assistance for some of our group. Added courtesy to a few of the spicier rappel starts.
15 Nov 2025	Good	Deep pools	None	Normal	10 hours	15 people Brand new to Advanced	Hunter Sykes (1 reports)
Comment: Upper Granary was nice and dry, with few avoidable pools. Lower had 2 pools that would be avoidable with little issue, brand new people in the group had issues with them. Overall very dry, nice and fast.
14 Sep 2025	Poor	Deep pools	None	Special challenges	11 hours	10 people Beginner to Intermediate	Chubby bunnies (1 reports)
Comment: Due to flash flooding the day before, almost every pothole had water, the bottom of rappels that are usually dry had water, and it was unavoidable in many spots that are normally dry and/or avoidable. It was calf to chin deep, depending on the pothole. We waited out rain clouds for about 45 minutes before descending into lower granary. We were on the edge of the storm, so we decided to proceed. We received a little rain during lower granary, but nothing substantial. It stopped while we were hiking to the last rappel, near Jug Handle Arch. Water was cold, but not too cold. No wetsuits in our group.
7 Jun 2025	Great	Very Low	None	Normal	8 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Burlesos (3 reports)
Comment: Did full Granary as a group of 4, just under 8 hours car to car. Webbing looked to be to good condition at all the major rappels. Instead of doing the normal exit rappel next to jughandle we followed the watercourse of Lower Granary (~400-500 headwall). Exiting Lower lower granary can be down in 3 rappels. The first rappel was off of a tree on the left side of the canyon and is just short of 200ft to a descentish anchor slung around some rocks on a slabby ledge (honestly the rock the anchor was slung on was not the best looking, would not count on that being there forever). The second was about 150ft into a slot canyon. Third and final rappel was about 100ft into a beautiful alcove, the anchor was around a very large chockstone in the slot canyon. Exit to the road follows the drainage navigating through large boulders until it flattens out to a flat stream bed until the road.
27 Jan 2025	Great	Very Low	None	Normal	8 hours	4 people Brand new to Intermediate	Nolimitfez (10 reports)
Comment: Beautiful canyon. Didn't run the full thing as shuttle wasn't available and beginners were in our party. Stopped for snacks and to look for the granary. All pools were frozen solid and downclimbs were dry enough to slide or partner assist. All webbing looked ok with other raps being fiddled if webbing wasn't present. Great view of Behind the Rocks and the La Sals!!!!
9 Mar 2024	Great			Normal	6 hours	5 people Intermediate to Advanced	Cooper smith (31 reports)
Comment: Great moderate canyon! Upper has some great views. Lower makes the canyon worthwhile, having a handful of beautiful rappels and grottos with an awesome keyhole grotto. Fiddled most drops, a few downclimbs were jumped or partner assisted. Pothole in lower requires a fun and spicy traverse to stay dry, wear good shoes!
30 Dec 2023	Good	Low	None	Normal	12 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Attean (2 reports)
Comment: It took us a while longer because we lost the sun. The pot hole in lower was sketch in the dark. Frozen pools were relatively easy to avoid. Beautiful canyon. There was was one spot we set up a body belay so some members could avoid a frozen pool with some 5 easy climbing moves.
23 Sep 2023		Dry			7 hours	6 people Beginner to Expert	Cheveran (100 reports)
Comment: Lovely canyon! Full granary with a crew including 4 beginners. Really awesome scenery. We got our feet wet once.
23 Sep 2023							Cheveran (100 reports)
Comment: Forgot an important detail (see other CR from this date for these rest...). There is a living fox (!!!) in the second pothole (below the pothole that is traversed on DCR) in lower granary. There is a log into the pothole (dry) and I hope it escapes successfully.
23 Mar 2019 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by YoungBuck.
23 Apr 2017 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by studmonkey41.
23 Apr 2017 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com
19 Feb 2017 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Mountaineer.
14 Feb 2015 Trip report	Great						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by darhawk.