Conditions:Ringtail Canyon-Candition20180429 Cboswell

Latest:	29 Apr 2018 (7 yrs, 5 mos ago)

Reported by:	CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Quality:	Amazing
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Trip report URL: http://www.candition.com/canyons/ringtail

Comments: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Cboswell.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
16 May 2025							Cheveran (95 reports)
Comment: Some water in ringtail but didn't need wetsuits on a warm day. There is a hazard in canyon right now - an unstable hanging log above the first pothole. It was difficult to avoid while on rappel. If it fell, it is large enough to cause significant injury if someone was under it.
1 Sep 2019	Amazing	Deep pools	None	Normal	5 hours	5 people Intermediate to Expert	Reeves (37 reports)
Comment: We found Ringtail to be one of the best canyons we did in the area in terms of bang for your buck. It's not too long, but has tons of fun features packed in. A couple of potholes were keepers, but were defeated with a pack toss and partner assist respectively. The pack toss was made substantially easier by having one team member stem above the pothole and toss the packs from there.
31 Aug 2019	Great	Deep pools	None	Special challenges	4 hours	4 people Intermediate to Advanced	Erek (206 reports)
Comment: First pothole is in keeper mode. Able to get out with partner assist standing on shoulders (Aug 30th) or potshots dropped about 20' on other side of pothole into wedge (Aug 31st). Pothole was not swimmer, thigh deep at drop in, chest deep at end. Second pothole was able to get out with bag toss or easy partner assist. No swims, at most chest deep water.
30 Aug 2019	Great	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Special challenges	3 hours	3 people	Willie92708 (1009 reports)
Comment: We did Neon first, then headed over to Ringtail. Three hours was time from Escalante River, back to the river, thus not including river hiking time from Neon and back to camp at Fence. One pothole early on looks like a keeper, but in fact is not, and it's easy enough to escape around it by climbing up the slab DCL, then rappel/hand-lining back into the canyon beyond it. Once we checked it from the downstream side, one member stemmed down into the pool and easily exited. The water was deep enough to jump since it was checked as over 7 feet deep. The true keeper pothole starts with a rappel off a log jam into a belled out deep pothole (see pic). We tried potshot tosses from standing in the pothole, but the tosses did not catch on anything on the other side, and since the exit slope is so shallow, light force pulled the potshot bag back. Since the pothole was about 5 feet deep near the exit climb side, we quickly gave up on the potshot in favor of a 3 person shoulder stand, which quickly got the climber on top. Also, there a 2 (maybe 3) drill hooking holes, we had hooks available, but did not test the holes to see if they were still functional. Overall a fun and quick canyon with a very dark section toward the end that's nearly caving!
29 Apr 2018 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Cboswell.
15 May 2017 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com
15 May 2017 Trip report	Great						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by thedesertnomad.
14 May 2016 Trip report	Great						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Canyoneer989.
8 Oct 2015 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by basecamp5.
23 May 2014 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by basecamp5.
22 May 2014 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by JollyGreen.
5 Jun 2013 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Mollydog.
27 Apr 2013 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Beej.
9 Aug 2012 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by wooz34.
28 May 2011 Trip report	Great						CanditionBot (2103 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Bobeck.

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