Conditions:Hot Loop Canyon-20231104181129

Latest:	4 Nov 2023 (1 yr, 1 month ago)

Reported by:	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Quality:	Good
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Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	3 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Brand new to Advanced

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Comments: Great run for a first timer. Anchors looked good. We took the trail closer to the road back. Petroglyphs before r1 are always neat. Overall a good route, especially with newbies :)

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
30 Oct 2024					3 hours	1 people Intermediate	Dyln cole (28 reports)
Comment: r1 tree may need replacing soon, all other anchors in good shape.
27 Oct 2024	Good				4 hours	2 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: All anchors looked ok, some are starting to fade. Definitely worth a visit. Downclimbers will enjoy bypassing some rappels.
27 Oct 2024	Good				3 hours	2 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: Cleaned up some extra tatt. Fun and quick little route. R1 webbing os fading but still good. Enjoy
11 May 2024	Good	Dry	None	Easy	4 hours	5 people Brand new to Beginner	EmCow17 (3 reports)
Comment: Steep approach. There are a lot of social trails in some spots so having the map from sedonacanyoneering.com was helpful in knowing which way to take at all the forks. The webbing on the tree RDC rap 1 is pretty old but someone set up a new one off of some rock pinches in the watercourse so we took that instead. Webbing on rap 2 was old so we just down climbed. Webbing on rap 3 was old so we cut it out and replaced it and webbing on rap 4 was not as bad since it’s in the shade more but might need to be replaced soon. Lots of fleas and flies but also cute frogs. The raps are nothing amazing but great for beginners and it’s a pretty canyon.
20 Jan 2024							Bdurling (3 reports)
Comment: Fantastic canyon. Bit of a hike to get up to the mesa but nothing crazy. Watch out for the petroglyphs and grinding bowls on the left coming up on the first rappell. Truely amazing stuff. All anchors were in good condition and we down climbed two of the rappells as we were in a daylight time crunch. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.
4 Nov 2023	Good			Normal	3 hours	3 people Brand new to Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: Great run for a first timer. Anchors looked good. We took the trail closer to the road back. Petroglyphs before r1 are always neat. Overall a good route, especially with newbies :)
12 Nov 2022 Trip report		Dry	None	Easy		4 people Intermediate	Staceygirl (6 reports)
Comment: The hike up to the mesa gets very steep at the end. The descent is really easy and all our kids did well with it. Just one short overhanging spot on rap 1, but no tricky spots. We bypassed rap 2 because that pinch point looked so dang small (I know, I know, I'm sure it's super good enough, but I just didn't have the warm and fuzzies). The downclimb can be bypassed RDC, and that's what we did. Although not a particularly remarkable canyon, it had some pretty features.
1 Aug 2022	Good	Very Low		Normal	4 hours	1 people Advanced	Cooper smith (28 reports)
Comment: Taking it easy to manage the heat. Straightforward approach to watercourse. Replaced webbing on R1 and R2 as was looking pretty sundamaged. Moved R3 anchor from RDC chute to pinch point in center watercourse as there was a very angry ant colony on the previous bush anchor. This routing should be better for folks not comfy down climbing the chute. Trimmed out frayed spot on R4 webbing and tied it back as webbing was still in decent shape. Shallow pool here, avoided by staying left on rappel and skirting pool. Fun solo adventure despite high temperatures.
16 Sep 2021	Good			Easy	3 hours	2 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: Route can be done as a series of downclimbs. R1 and R3 looked good. R2 corridor is an easy downclimb but we left the anchor. Rigging the anchor at its new location seemed more risky and exposed than the easy downclimb. good run with M.Skeer.
13 Aug 2021	Great	Very Low	None	Easy	2 hours	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Nclegg (373 reports)
Comment: Quick sunset run. Some shallow, avoidable pools from recent rains. Cleared some more loose rock and debris near R1. Moved R3 anchor RDC off bush. From the bottom we noticed this narrow section could also be a fun downclimb. Downclimbed R4. R5 webbing has some minor fraying - it was safe, but keep an eye on it. Took the exit by the road this time which was super mellow and went quick.
11 Jun 2021	Great	Dry	None	Easy	3 hours	2 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: Rock art located LDC just before r1 and in main watercourse. Alien man picto is on 1st ledge of r1 by pothole, very neat. All anchors in good shape. Found it quickest to cut over from base of r5 to social trail and back to car. A great adventure for those new to canyons. One of the better short routes in sedona.
11 Jun 2021	Great	Dry		Easy	3 hours	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (373 reports)
Comment: Straightforward approach and exit along well-defined social trails. Very clean watercourse. A high quality route close to town with some neat petroglyphs.
7 Jun 2021	Good			Normal	4 hours	1 people Advanced	EMoorcroft (428 reports)
Comment: First Descent unknown. bring extra webbing. Anchor for r1 could use new webbing. A really fun canyon off of horse mesa.