Conditions:Hung Out to Dry-20250409000428

Latest:	8 Apr 2025 (10 days ago)

Reported by:	Dyln cole (59 reports)
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Time:	5 hours

Team: 1 people with experience level Intermediate

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Comments: Webbing is an awful white color, but it was strong enough today and in decent condition.

Really neat canyon, sticky features below the knot chock. R3 looks more like an eater from above but its gradual and didn't bind bad. R4 No longer equalized/doubled, held solid so I left it but I'm assuming the second tail been used to back up the webbing with the prior rappel. Followed previous advice to stay on rope until R4 and on the knot chock, and I'd recommend this as well. Fiddle worked nicely, though I stuck my amsteel on the R4 pull and needed a 3:1 MA to retrieve, be attentive on this pull, the crack system has a few larger rocks that could jam your block or rope. If you're attentive, it shouldn't be an issue.

R5 has an abrupt overhang, no feet so stay careful and be prepped, less than 100 to the grotto floor before the rest of the descent brings you down the rest of the way.

Really fun, no game trail on my end of the exit so just followed the kml and honestly just do whatever works best for you, there's no real track out.

Time reflects messing with the pull cord sticking, practicing some knot work, and a slow exit.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
8 Apr 2025					5 hours	1 people Intermediate	Dyln cole (59 reports)
Comment: Webbing is an awful white color, but it was strong enough today and in decent condition. Really neat canyon, sticky features below the knot chock. R3 looks more like an eater from above but its gradual and didn't bind bad. R4 No longer equalized/doubled, held solid so I left it but I'm assuming the second tail been used to back up the webbing with the prior rappel. Followed previous advice to stay on rope until R4 and on the knot chock, and I'd recommend this as well. Fiddle worked nicely, though I stuck my amsteel on the R4 pull and needed a 3:1 MA to retrieve, be attentive on this pull, the crack system has a few larger rocks that could jam your block or rope. If you're attentive, it shouldn't be an issue. R5 has an abrupt overhang, no feet so stay careful and be prepped, less than 100 to the grotto floor before the rest of the descent brings you down the rest of the way. Really fun, no game trail on my end of the exit so just followed the kml and honestly just do whatever works best for you, there's no real track out. Time reflects messing with the pull cord sticking, practicing some knot work, and a slow exit.
14 Jan 2024	Good			Special challenges	5 hours	6 people	Jawx0420 (44 reports)
Comment: Thick sheets of ice and snow made the top half difficult to access. Alternatively, we ghosted our way down to the last rappel. Anchors looked good, except for one which we replaced. Overall it was a fun adventure and worth the extra effort.
14 Jan 2024	Good			Special challenges		6 people	EMoorcroft (447 reports)
Comment: Thick sheets of ice and snow made the top half (R3 and R4) difficult to access. Alternatively, we ghosted our way down to the last rappel. Anchors looked good, except for one which we replaced. Overall it was a fun adventure and worth the extra effort.
4 Apr 2021	Good	Dry	None	Special challenges	6 hours	2 people Beginner to Intermediate	John.Mecklin (1 reports)
Comment: Overall the route was fine. It took us quite a bit longer than anticipated to get to the first rappel. R1 was 30', Im not sure why it says 150' on the beta. After the second stage of R5, wait to throw the rope bag or just carry it down with you so you don't throw it in a tree. At the bottom of the final rap (R5) there is a good sized bees nest in a crack on the wall in between where you come down and the canyons LDC. We must have stirred them up by being too close or making noise and they seemed pretty irritated but no one got stung.
12 Feb 2021	Good	Dry		Advanced	6 hours	4 people Intermediate	Mjbirdno (8 reports)
Comment: Good day, but a bit longer than we planned. On the approach, after the ruins, we found it easier to continue up and to the right, to around the corner. The climb up from just around the nose is simpler than taking the crack up and left, as described in a previous report. One of the knot chock strands had a knot with only two strands comprising the knot chock and was pulling out from infer the stones wedging them in. We pulled out both knots and rebuild the knot that was pulling out, by adding another 3 strands of webbing into the overhand. Put it all back together and it seemed to work great. We backed up the rappel line for R4 on the rappel line for R3 with a Tibloc for all but the last person on-rope. Chicks did not shift for us, but always check these. There may be a long (~200ft+) option for R4 that could be made after dropping the first steep drop of R4 and then going canyon right on that shelf R5 does kickoff with a spicy, sharp overhand.
6 Feb 2021	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	5 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Heliops (15 reports)
Comment: Great canyon; agree this canyon has awesome views. We ended up going up the rock slide; it's doable, just be careful. The climb on the approach is two stages and a hand line may come in handy. The first stage is just past the ruins and before the big crack. At the second stage, once you are up, head to the tree, and then from there, go straight up staying left as you go. This is no doubt a class 4 move. Note on rap 3 and 4: I would suggest the first person rappelling down rap 3 take a rope with them so they can rig rap 4 (the chock knot). This will allow you to tie off while rigging rap 4. There is just not a great place to stand because you are on a ramp. This maneuver will require a 200' rope from rap 3. Note on rap 5: it is an awkward start and immediately goes free hanging to the shelf.
9 Jan 2021	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	6 hours	6 people Intermediate to Advanced	Jones1961 (4 reports)
Comment: Great canyon with amazing views and interesting ruins along the way. Most of our group was not comfortable with the exposure climbing up the sandstone from the area ahead of the ruins so we hiked around the cliff at a lower level and found a way to the top. Once at the top it was easy to find the first rap. Pay attention to the beta especially after RAP2 because there is another anchor visible from the bottom of RAP 2 with purple webbing around a tree that actually goes to a different canyon called End of Rope with a 220' rap.
3 Jan 2021	Great					4 people Intermediate to Expert	EMoorcroft (447 reports)
Comment: All anchors new and in excellent shape. lost count of ruins along the route, some really great ones at the end. The whole route is awesome. just do it. First FD of 2021! rock on, hell yeah!