Conditions:Motorcycle Canyon-20231111011756

Latest:	10 Nov 2023 (24 days ago)

Reported by:	Cheveran (40 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
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Time:	6 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Beginner to Advanced

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Comments: Leisurely day in Motorcycle. We walked the 1.5 miles instead of doing a car shuttle. This canyon was pretty enjoyable and was a nice contrast to it's trashed neighbor, Goldstrike.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
10 Nov 2023	Good	Dry			6 hours	3 people Beginner to Advanced	Cheveran (40 reports)
Comment: Leisurely day in Motorcycle. We walked the 1.5 miles instead of doing a car shuttle. This canyon was pretty enjoyable and was a nice contrast to it's trashed neighbor, Goldstrike.
2 Mar 2021	Good	Dry		Easy	5 hours	3 people Beginner to Advanced	Andrewsandstrom (45 reports)
Comment: did not have 4WD so hiked up for 1.5 hrs. First 2 rappels were great. lots of walking and down limbs were rough so we ended up with 7 rappels. LOT of walking for amount of rappels. will not repeat unless 2 solid 4WD vehicle.
9 Jan 2021	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	4 people Beginner to Advanced	Spacepyroman (10 reports)
Comment: Pretty easy canyon with an option to visit hot springs on the way back. Best season is winter
5 Jan 2019	Good	Dry	None	Normal	7 hours	9 people	Felixrulz (76 reports)
Comment: After meeting at a couple of spots in Vegas, we parked Jimmy's car at the new Goldstrike parking area and piled into the back of Steve's truck. We parked at the last junction leaving only a short walk to the drop-in. Rigging only one pitch at a time, the first two took some time to complete, but no one was in a rush allowing everyone to meet each other. A lengthy wash walk followed - the continuous helicopters quite annoying (maybe due to end of holidays?). The actual canyon was better than I remembered. Mira hurt her foot on the way out. This contributed to us not hiking down to the river and hot springs. Disappointing to see all the trash and graffiti in Gold Strike. Once back at the TH, Steve and Jimmy went to get the other car. I did this canyon last time I was in Vegas as part of a float trip down the Black Canyon.
1 Apr 2017	Good	Dry	None	Normal	7 hours	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	PatWinstanley (80 reports)
Comment: Started at the Goldstrike TH and hiked the road to the canyon, back up to TH in 7.5 hours. Went down Goldstrike almost to the river. Constant helicopter traffic is a sore spot here, have to yell over it just to have a conversation. Notes in the beta refer to Goldstrike as a highlight of this route, I couldn't disagree more. Motorcycle has great narrows and really fun downclimbs, Goldstrike has deep canyon walls, but no real great narrows and is full of graffiti, trash and drunk people.
27 Dec 2016	Good	Dry	None	Normal		4 people Intermediate	CC (93 reports)
Comment: R1 has pretty red/brown/yellow on the walls, various sharp edges that require rope protection, quite a few people on the exit hike
2 Jan 2016 Trip report							HikeArizona.com (271 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at HikeArizona.com, see Trip Report for full details.
12 Oct 2014	Ok	Dry	None	Easy	6 hours	2 people Advanced	Skunkteeth (17 reports)
Comment: Fun canyon, but there is a lot of walking. All the anchors were in good shape. A couple deer? skeletons can be seen while going through the canyon.