Conditions:Motorcycle Canyon-20250310040146

Latest:	9 Mar 2025 (12 days ago)

Reported by:	Mastyle2000 (5 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	8 hours

Team: 4 people with experience level Intermediate

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Comments: The rappels were completed in 4 hours. We came up Telephone Canyon and took an additional 4 hours.

The anchors are all in great shape. Some of the webbing must have been recent replaced with shiny new red color webbing. What used to be a downclimb or by-passable dry waterfall between R2 and R3 is now a rappel. We counted a total of 7 rappels (7 anchors = 7 rappels). Small puddles of water that were easily avoided.

Coming up Telephone Canyon was nice and good, until the last part, just before getting to the top. In the map, towards the end, when making a right turn at the saddle, you are going up a class 3 ridge but then you have a class 4 (4+) traverse just below the cliff bands. Loose and steep. Long drops. Be very careful and test EVERY handhold and foothold. Those rocks become loose.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
9 Mar 2025	Good	Dry	None	Normal	8 hours	4 people Intermediate	Mastyle2000 (5 reports)
Comment: The rappels were completed in 4 hours. We came up Telephone Canyon and took an additional 4 hours. The anchors are all in great shape. Some of the webbing must have been recent replaced with shiny new red color webbing. What used to be a downclimb or by-passable dry waterfall between R2 and R3 is now a rappel. We counted a total of 7 rappels (7 anchors = 7 rappels). Small puddles of water that were easily avoided. Coming up Telephone Canyon was nice and good, until the last part, just before getting to the top. In the map, towards the end, when making a right turn at the saddle, you are going up a class 3 ridge but then you have a class 4 (4+) traverse just below the cliff bands. Loose and steep. Long drops. Be very careful and test EVERY handhold and foothold. Those rocks become loose.
28 Feb 2025	Great	Dry	None	Normal	10 hours	2 people Intermediate	Brilzon (8 reports)
Comment: All anchors in great shape. Cairn anchors on some of the optional downclimbs are built to be easily inspectable. Webbing in good condition. Time reflects no shuttle vehicle, and includes a pretty lengthy soak at Gold Strike, which really made for an incredible combo.
6 Apr 2024	Good	Dry	None	Normal	8 hours	14 people Brand new to Advanced	Mastyle2000 (5 reports)
Comment: Large group of 14 that included one first timer to rappelling and canyoneering. Experience level for the group included from beginner to intermediate and advanced. Mostly intermediate. A fun, social outing with all the seriousness of canyoneering. Total time includes a 30-45 minutes of snack break after coming out of the canyon, before starting the hike up. Did not go to the hot springs. All anchors are in good condition. All, but one, anchors were replaced by a group of 4 that started about 30 minutes ahead of us.
17 Feb 2024	Good	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	6 people Beginner to Advanced	Johnbcaves (150 reports)
Comment: Passed another group of 6. Jaunt to hot springs included in time.
10 Nov 2023	Good	Dry			6 hours	3 people Beginner to Advanced	Cheveran (87 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 (46 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.