Conditions:Muir Ravine (Middle)-20221216043732

Latest:	29 Oct 2022 (1 yr, 1 month ago)

Reported by:	Willie92708 (812 reports)
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	10 hours

Team: 4 people

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Comments: Thanks to all the work cleaning up the approach, canyon floor itself, anchors and trimming yuccas, Middle Muir is in prime shape! Hike up the Lone Tree trail and ridge was 2.5 hours, Middle Muir itself 4.5 hours, and running Eaton back to our cars 3 hours. With the latest improvements Middle Muir is now by far the best of the 3 Muir Ravines.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
29 Oct 2022	Great	Dry	None	Normal	10 hours	4 people	Willie92708 (812 reports)
Comment: Thanks to all the work cleaning up the approach, canyon floor itself, anchors and trimming yuccas, Middle Muir is in prime shape! Hike up the Lone Tree trail and ridge was 2.5 hours, Middle Muir itself 4.5 hours, and running Eaton back to our cars 3 hours. With the latest improvements Middle Muir is now by far the best of the 3 Muir Ravines.
4 Jun 2022	Good	Dry	None	Normal	11 hours	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	RFontaine (154 reports),Willie92708 (812 reports)
Comment: We took the Rubio approach going up Lone Tree Trail to the ridge. The trail was well cut and easy to follow. A very foggy morning made for unique and interesting conditions! Once to the top the descent down was slick and loose in spots but well worn and easy to follow. The "woodchute" you travel through in sections is kinda fun and interesting! The rappels are okay quality. The bigger ones are nice enough with a decent backdrop. Some nice scenery to look at, a few neat rock features and somewhat interesting areas aswell. Also completely dry. Once down to Eaton the scenery changed dramatically to beautiful forested riparian. The river was flowing and environment quite pleasant; a real treat! We traveled up river to check out the alcove and the bottom of one of the Eaton rappels, which was very pretty and worth the short hike! Traveling down Eaton was enjoyable. Long hike, lots to look at, lots of shade. All the pools where jumps and slides would have been are filled in with sand so we rappelled a few a downclimbed most. Most are knee deep and a few waist deep. I didnt find the water to be very cold and was quite refreshing! The last 2 big raps in Eaton were very nice with a very mild bit of flow. To my dismay, there was a huge crowd of people at the bottom of the last rap but apparently that is normal... An enjoyable rappel regardless. Overall a fun, worthwhile day trip with lots of variety. We took our time and didnt rush. Middle Muir was decent and probably a pretty good route for the area. Lots to see in Eaton. A good day of adventure!
15 Mar 2022	Good	Dry	None	Special challenges	9 hours	2 people	Willie92708 (812 reports)
Comment: We spent more time improving the drop-in route, trimming yucca plants, and adding new anchor webbing instead of ghosting off the bushes and trees. Eaton is flowing nicely at easy class B level
29 Jan 2022	Good	Dry	None	Normal	11 hours	3 people Intermediate to Expert	Aquamoo (85 reports),Willie92708 (812 reports)
Comment: Time includes our exit through Eaton. Middle Muir has some pretty cool rappels, it would be interesting to run this when it has some water flowing. There are quite a few Yuccas but thankfully there wasn't much poison oak. Our bushwhack drop in was actually pretty easy, although pants would have been very helpful. After the first rappel the canyon is mostly brush free. Willie: We removed all the old anchors as the webbing was unsafe as were some of the plants there attached. Much of this webbing must have been Brennen's old stuff. We rebuilt all anchors with new webbing except the 5 we ghosted. For our approach, we dropped into a sub-gully (not the main one Brennen used) off the ridge where you access West Muir. We did this because we hiked up the Lone Tree trail to the drop-in point in 1.5 hours, thus only using a 1.2 mile shuttle, instead of the long car shuttle that eats up over 2 hours. We spent 7.0 hours from the ridge top (drop-in point) to the Eaton creek bed. This could easily be done in 4 to 5 hours now, even adding the 5 anchors that we ghosted. Also, I corrected the longest rappel (2nd to last), which is at least 140 feet. And watch out for Yucca! :)
20 Mar 2021	Great	Dry	Rain jacket	Normal	7 hours	1 people	Jcsjcs (88 reports)
Comment: Having now done all three Muir Ravines, I'd say this is my favorite one. The bushwhacking through the upper reaches of the canyon was manageable and better than I expected from the beta. Anchors were in decent condition although some of the upper ones likely should have webbing replaced soon. The pair of three-pitch rappels was spectacular and clean. Muir itself was completely dry and took 3 hours on the descent. Eaton was at a B/C level and took another 1:45.