Conditions:Montezuma Canyon-20220309060319

Latest:	3 Mar 2022 (3 yrs, 3 mos ago)

Reported by:	Natureboytimflair (68 reports)
Quality:	Amazing
Waterflow:	Very Low
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	5 hours

Team: 4 people with experience level Beginner to Expert

Trip report URL:

Comments: Beautiful weather for an amazing canyon! Very scenic with a variety of canyon features to keep the day fun sand trap used on many of the rappels. New webbing placed for final big rappel, what a great view! A pool or two was all we encounter, but was easily avoided.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
25 May 2024					7 hours	9 people Intermediate to Advanced	Cheveran (92 reports)
Comment: Great canyon. Good canyon problem solving, stemming, downclimbing. We enjoyed using a sand trap.
29 Mar 2024	Amazing		Thin wetsuit		7 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	RFontaine (276 reports)
Comment: Incredible canyon! Beautiful throughout with fun challenges! We had a beginner with us that had never done this type of canyoneering with stemming and challenging downclimbs so we went slow and spent time teaching. He is 230lbs and barrel chested. He was able to fit throughout with effort. He did very well! The tight stemming section is short. All the potholes are full, didnt need to use gear to escape. There 2 that would be serious keepers but can be carefully stepped over, one is while rappelling. We did need our sandtrap for the 2nd to last rappel. Multiple short swims throughout. 4/3 wetsuits perfect. The final drop is sublime!! Exit out is long but beautiful and engaging! There is a small 5th class crux on exit at the top of the first scramble up. So many unique features beautiful scenery, and gorgeous rooms, what a stunning canyon!! 7.5hrs
6 Jun 2022 Trip report	Great	Very Low	None	Special challenges	10 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Spacepyroman (10 reports)
Comment: Absolutely epic canyon with lots of technical elements. You have to build natural anchors and "sandtrap". Pulling a 100m rope via pullcord can be quite tricky. We waited in the shade couple hours after the last rappel as the hike with no shade can be brutal
3 Mar 2022	Amazing	Very Low	None	Normal	5 hours	4 people Beginner to Expert	Natureboytimflair (68 reports)
Comment: Beautiful weather for an amazing canyon! Very scenic with a variety of canyon features to keep the day fun sand trap used on many of the rappels. New webbing placed for final big rappel, what a great view! A pool or two was all we encounter, but was easily avoided.
26 Sep 2020	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	6 hours	5 people Intermediate to Expert	Jec (10 reports)
Comment: Great day in a beautiful canyon! Completely dry with a couple of easily escaped pothole challenges and lots of partner assisted downclimbs. Pulled old webbing and used a sandtrap at a couple of raps. Rebuilt the deadman/cairn for the last rappel & used original webbing on buried rock -- this will need replacing soon. One sketchy upclimb on the exit required a handline assist. Temperatures still hot, so better to plan an exit late afternoon for shade.
26 May 2019 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by canyon_foto.
26 May 2019 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by peakbagger14.
14 Apr 2019 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by mcweyen.
21 Mar 2018 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by austinfarnworth.
18 Mar 2017 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Slot_Machine.
18 Mar 2017 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com, see Trip Report for full details.