Conditions:Keyhole Canyon (Nevada)-20230103164030

Latest:	26 Dec 2022 (2 yrs, 11 mos ago)

Reported by:	Nclegg (453 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	2 hours

Team: 2 people with experience level Advanced

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All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
24 Nov 2025	Amazing	Dry	None	Easy	4 hours	2 people Brand new to Intermediate	Counterpoke (2 reports)
Comment: I took my wife here for her first time canyoneering and we had a great time. There was a trickle of water at the waterfalls which made the rock a bit slippery, but nothing too wet (and I think could've been avoided). All the anchors were in great condition. There was a cairn anchor at #5 (the 5', 5', 5'), which we used to rappel and that was a fun experience (it was our first time using a cairn anchor and it was bomber).
17 Apr 2025	Amazing	Dry	None	Easy	2 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Rbowru (57 reports)
Comment: Sunset canyon! We started the hike at ~6pm and finished by about 8pm, lovely choice to tack on after a day of work/climbing. All anchors were in good condition at the time we went through.
15 Dec 2024	Great	Dry	None	Normal	3 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Scattcatt (3 reports)
Comment: Canyon is in great shape, used this day to practice guided rappels. Note that the lower bolts used for guided rappels at the base of the 4th rappel have been removed.
31 Mar 2024	Good	Dry	Rain jacket	Normal	8 hours	4 people Brand new to Expert	ParamedicMarine (1 reports)
Comment: It rained on and off that day. It was windy and calm, warm then cold. The water was barely a trickle in the canyon. The bolts and webbing left by previous canyoneers that we used that day were in good condition.
10 Mar 2024	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	6 people Brand new to Intermediate	Stickfigureheidi (15 reports)
Comment: all anchors in great condition; great intro to rappelling and canyons
8 Mar 2024	Great	Dry	None	Normal	2 hours	2 people Brand new to Intermediate	Stickfigureheidi (15 reports)
6 Mar 2024	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	3 hours	4 people Beginner to Intermediate	PsychoWard (46 reports)
Comment: Third time doing this canyon. Love it. Conditions were great. Relatively easy approach and such a chill, cruisy, beautiful canyon. Great place to introduce someone to canyoneering.
16 Feb 2024	Great	Dry	None	Normal	3 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	Johnbcaves (164 reports)
Comment: Good anchors, all bolts or chains. Nice trail to hike up. We enjoyed the multitude of petroglyphs at the exit.
10 Dec 2023	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	Eshi-1 (38 reports)
Comment: Love this canyon! 2nd time doing it and it's just short and sweet. All waterfalls had new webbing recently installed. We did some top-rope climbing on 2 of the waterfalls. Great stuff!
2 Oct 2023	Great	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	5 people Brand new to Intermediate	Celes (33 reports)
Comment: We had 3 adults and 2 kids. The 3 adults are intermediate level. The kids are brand new in canyoneering. We've practiced in Calico Basin but this is their first actual canyon. They had fun! All anchors were good. Bees were minimal/non-issue.
20 May 2023	Good	Dry	None	Easy			Abby Wines (50 reports)
Comment: Approach was hot! Canyon is beautiful and petroglyphs at the mouth are really impressive.
19 Apr 2023	Great	Dry				2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Sgarnold (5 reports)
Comment: Great day out and anchors are still in good condition. We had a low clearance car and drove most of the way to the trail head. We stopped about .25 before in a pull out near the power lines and the. Hiked in. It seemed the worst part of the road was beyond that (ruts, sand, steep in a section) and had no regrets about adding a little extra walk for the car safety. Watch out for a buried bees nest after R3. It's about 30 ft from the bottom of the rap on the way to the next rap. Easily avoided if you notice, but also could have easily stepped on the hives opening hole.
20 Mar 2023	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	4 people Brand new to Advanced	Mfeingol (52 reports)
Comment: Everything is in great condition. Canyon is dry. Fun as always.
26 Dec 2022	Good	Dry		Normal	2 hours	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (453 reports)
23 Nov 2022	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	2 hours	5 people Brand new to Advanced	Screutz (14 reports),Rbowru (57 reports)
Comment: Great night canyon on thanksgiving eve! We started in the dark and used the GPS track from ropewiki to navigate the light use trail which worked well. The approach hike tooks us ~50 minutes and we had a total time of a little under 2.5 hours at a relaxed pace in comfortable temperatures.

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