Conditions:Hager Canyon-20240701194125
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29 Jun 2024 (1 yr ago) |
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| Reported by: | Hangtime (34 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Amazing |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate High |
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| Wetsuit: | Full wetsuit |
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Team: 4 people with experience level Intermediate to Advanced
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Comments: Full run from a little above S1 through R14. Flow was great. Anchors in good shape, both redirects present on R12, jumps and slides currently clean.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Great | Moderate High
| Thick wetsuit 
| | | Briwellman (78 reports) | ||
Comment: Great day to have swift water training! Thanks to Sam and the crew! The only thing I have to report is the water is really really cold even on a 95 deg day!
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| Great | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | | Coops (128 reports) | ||
Comment: Surprisingly moderate conditions in most of the canyon for this early in the season. Lower section running closer to mod-high.
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| Great | Moderate High
| Drysuit 
| Normal |  2 hours
| 3 people Advanced to Expert | Beccap (47 reports) | |
Comment: Fun day! We took out after the triple pools and skipped the lower section - mostly out of laziness (conditions would have been fine)
No new wood (or other hazards) to speak of compared to last year
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| Great | Moderate High
| Full wetsuit
| Special challenges |  5 hours
| 5 people Intermediate to Advanced | Hangtime (34 reports),TexasLorenzo (25 reports) | |
Comment: Slides and jumps are all clean, anchors in good shape. High flow some slides will “washing machine” you before spitting you out! Removed several logs from the upper section that could have been problematic, large one moved into pool with others above R2. Exited after 3 slides due to time but checked redirects which are present.
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| Great | Moderate High
| Full wetsuit
| Advanced | 2 hours
| 5 people Expert to Brand new | Whitewaterpirate (1 reports) | |
Comment: There is some new (relocated) wood in play in Hager. Scout ALL jumps and slides before committing, especially when on your first seasonal descent. Flow was high but manageable when not wearing packs and having personal flotation. Our group had wetsuits and dry suits with PFDs and vests.
Having a swiftwater mindset of rope management, flotation and downstream safety made the day much less stressful. 😎 | |||||||
| Great | High
| | Special challenges | | Canyon.406 (41 reports) | ||
Comment: Water gauged Hager today. It was running fast but likely doable for an advanced team who had done it before. We did not descend the canyon but we did walk the rim and pull a sizable log out that would have likely become a strainer later in the season.
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| Amazing | Moderate High
| Drysuit
| Special challenges |  3 hours
| 3 people Intermediate to Advanced | Mads (61 reports) | |
Comment: A cold spell plus the driest January in 40 years has Hager running with surprisingly (and delightfully!) reasonable flow. Beautiful, fluffy snow blanketed the trees, logs and banks but we found only a little ice in the canyon. It was VERY cold! This would not be a good choice for anyone newer to winter canyoning. All the usual slides and jumps are clean and all anchors are in good condition with both deviations in place. Car-to-car time of 3.5 hours for the upper and lower canyon.
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| Amazing | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | | 3 people Beginner to Advanced | Triggerfish (63 reports) | |
Comment: Loved this narrow, intense little canyon! One team member was concerned about the look of the hydraulics and escaped to the road about halfway down. But 2 of us completed it, and the hydraulics we encountered were only mildly pushy. Close study of great beta on this site helped us handle everything just fine. AMAZING place!
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| Great | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| | | 5 people | Tommy23 (15 reports) | |
Comment: Brought some new friends to meet the troll. Pleasantly surprised there was decent flow today. Water felt particularly cold today. Hydraulic in S6/R7 pool was a touch grabby. Boil/keeper at R10 was still gnarly. The other major hydraulics in the canyon were benign. Appreciate the new webbing on R2 & R8 but kinda miss that janky old bolt.
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| Amazing | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| | | 5 people | K arc (381 reports),Cheveran (92 reports) | |
Comment: Beautiful canyon with a fun team, the first time through for several of us. We made improvements to a few anchors, including:
- R2, moved anchor higher to make it easier to get on rappel - R8,
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| Amazing | Moderate Low
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | | Shoffman225 (11 reports) | ||
Comment: Replaced webbing/link on R1. Tightened bolt R7. Removed R8 single bolt, this bolt has been 1/2 way in/leveraging for the last 2 season. Webbing/link added DCL for more logical rap.
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| Amazing | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | | 4 people Intermediate to Advanced | Kirbside (98 reports) | |
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| Amazing | Moderate
| Full wetsuit
| Normal | 2 hours
| 4 people | Natureboytimflair (68 reports) | |
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| Amazing | Moderate High
| Thin wetsuit
| Special challenges | 6 hours
| 3 people Intermediate to Advanced | Adammai (5 reports) | |
Comment: Super fun day in Hager. First time for all 3 of us. Did a couple slides an extra time, and took our time examining each problem. Nothing too difficult, but the hydraulics sent us spinning a few times. Not as cold as expected. We exited up the original non-shuttle route.
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| Amazing | Moderate High
| Full wetsuit
| | | 4 people Intermediate to Advanced | Hangtime (34 reports) | |
Comment: Full run from a little above S1 through R14. Flow was great. Anchors in good shape, both redirects present on R12, jumps and slides currently clean.
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