Conditions:Monkeyface Creek-20250521023651

Latest:	19 May 2025 (3 days ago)

Reported by:	PsychoWard (37 reports)
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Moderate Low
Wetsuit:	Full wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	6 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Beginner to Advanced

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Comments: Super fun canyon with some beautiful rappels. Everything detailed about the approach is pretty accurate. It's tough and exposed , but I enjoyed it. Anchors and webbing were in good shape. Wore a 5mm and was plenty comfortable. I could see some of the rappels being challenging in higher flow due to the narrow chutes. The 25ft bonus rappel is not worth doing. We did a total of 9 rappels, combining some of the rappels as described in the beta. This is probably my favorite canyon in SoCal after Eaton.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
19 May 2025	Great	Moderate Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	6 hours	3 people Beginner to Advanced	PsychoWard (37 reports)
Comment: Super fun canyon with some beautiful rappels. Everything detailed about the approach is pretty accurate. It's tough and exposed , but I enjoyed it. Anchors and webbing were in good shape. Wore a 5mm and was plenty comfortable. I could see some of the rappels being challenging in higher flow due to the narrow chutes. The 25ft bonus rappel is not worth doing. We did a total of 9 rappels, combining some of the rappels as described in the beta. This is probably my favorite canyon in SoCal after Eaton.
11 May 2025	Good	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	2 hours	3 people	Mikeatran (84 reports)
Comment: Busy day in monkeyface saturday. 3 separate groups ran the canyon; we eeked through before the other groups on the approach and leap frogged on R1. Rappels are in good condition with no major updates. Water flow seems pretty low for this time of year; rainjacket paired with a 2mm was perfect given how hot this weekend was and the start time (11am). 2.5 hrs c2c.
19 Apr 2025	Good	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	4 people	Mikeatran (84 reports)
Comment: Continuation of the double canyon run with Vivian. Joined up with 2 additional canyoners. Temperature was cold but nice in a 4/3 plus rain jacket. Anchors were all in great condition. Ridge approach looks like it’s getting slightly chossier in sections so bear that in mind for groups. 3 hours car to car with good teamwork and skillset.
11 Apr 2025	Great	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	5 hours	1 people Intermediate	Canyondozer (8 reports)
Comment: More water than the week before, enough to be fun but not really dangerous.
9 Mar 2025	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	6 people	Mikeatran (84 reports)
Comment: Excellent trip down Monkeyface! Ran into a party of 3 at the parking lot and ended up combining groups at the drop in. Snow was on the north face of the mountain at the drop in as well as in parts of the canyon. Water level was not enough to present any hydraulic hazards. Anchors were all in great shape and no unique challenges encountered, other than dealing with chilly water. Prolonged sunny weather should make this canyon more pumpier than what was found!
20 Feb 2025	Amazing	Moderate	Full wetsuit	Normal	2 hours	1 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: I ran Monkeyface after running Vivian earlier in the morning and hit Monkeyface at the perfect timing (noon to 1PM in the technical canyon) for the Sun to be in the canyon chimneys (see pics). Flow is "moderate" and cold, but the Sun was warm.
1 Feb 2025	Great	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	2 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: We hit the main canyon right from noon to 1PM on this chilly but Sunny day. The mist-bows were amazing!
1 Jan 2025	Amazing	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	2 people Intermediate	Canyoncowboy (8 reports)
Comment: Great day in Monkeyface! All anchors and webbing were in good order and primary bolts were used for all rappels. Beta was followed to a T and there were no problems, everything ran smoothly. The bolt on closer to the falls on the multi-stage rappel mid-flow was a little loose, I’d rap on it again but maybe not clip my lanyard to it.
2 Nov 2024	Good	Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	6 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: The waterflow has lost its class C edge (see pics); still quite a bit of flow! The water temp is definitely getting much colder now. And adding a chilly air day, made me glad to take plenty of neoprene including socks, gloves and a hooded top.
2 Sep 2024	Great	Moderate Low	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	4 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: Water flow is still hanging onto low class C (see pics).
24 Aug 2024	Great	Moderate Low			1 hour	4 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: We hiked to see the last waterfall (see pic).
30 Jun 2024	Amazing	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	5 hours	1 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: My special challenges included spending an hour trimming plants on the drop-in trail, and an hour talking with Brent Webster at the bottom of last rappel about rock climbing & route development (at Monkeyface and Blackstar); turning a 3 hour trip into a 5 hour trip. It may be summer but MF's water temp is still cold at 55F. I was glad to have a full-suit and a hooded rain jacket. Flow is still low class C (see pics)
18 Jun 2024	Amazing	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	7 hours	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Roseboi94 (2 reports)
Comment: The water flow was perfect at monkeyface! Enough water where you're completely covered going down the falls, but not so much where the water is pushing you down the rope. It's cold water, but with a wetsuit it's great. Bring a shell if you get cold easily. Took 2 hours to get up to the drop in, and made out way down over the next 5 hours, taking multiple 30 minutes just to sit in nature and eat, drink tea, etc.
9 Jun 2024	Amazing	Moderate	Thin wetsuit	Normal	3 hours	3 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: Water is still quite cold, but it is warming up. Flow is great fun (see pic).
28 Apr 2024	Amazing	High	Full wetsuit	Normal	2 hours	2 people	Willie92708 (997 reports)
Comment: I did not measure the water temp, but it's COLD! Don't skimp on the neoprene, and bring a hooded wetsuit top, or rain jacket with hood. Chris only had his full-body wetsuit and the water flooded into his suit down his back on the powerful waterfalls. Flow is "high", like you will get pounding in the 3 main waterfalls. All the anchor webbing and bolts are in great shape, so no worries there. After the canyon run we used the climber access to the "camping area" (above R10) and did sport rock climbing.

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