Conditions:Scorpion Canyon-20250121061136
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18 Jan 2025 (28 days ago) |
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Reported by: | Ephacker (3 reports) | |
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Quality: | Amazing |
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Waterflow: | Dry |
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Wetsuit: | None |
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Difficulty: | Normal |
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Team: 9 people with experience level Beginner to Advanced
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Comments: All anchors and webbing was in good condition
All condition reports
Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2 people Brand new to Intermediate | Kristoffer (12 reports) | |
Comment: Ran this as a quick canyon on the way out of the park. It is my favorite short day out of the "insect canyons" and is more fun than Vinagroon/Arachnophobia. The 180' alternate rappel is great, highly recommend that option.
All anchors were in good condition
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18 Jan 2025
| Amazing | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 9 people Beginner to Advanced | Ephacker (3 reports) |
Comment: All anchors and webbing was in good condition
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Good | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4 people Intermediate to Expert | Dangel (157 reports) | |
Comment: Replaced what we felt needed replacing and left the place better than we found it.
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3 people | Kmiller (5 reports) | |
Comment: Most anchors were still standing (yay for Cressman Mongo anchors!) and only needed to be dug out and webbing replaced. One or two anchors had to be rebuilt. Any anchors left untouched were downclimbed or and alternate anchor was used (rap 3). Fun short day.
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7 people Brand new to Advanced | Feroz (34 reports),Boof (31 reports),Levr (21 reports),Giniya5 (7 reports),Knight (7 reports) | |
Comment: Great option to get people comfortable with cairn anchors! We had a fun half-day with some leapfrogging at a good speed.
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6 people Beginner to Advanced | Julienlecorps (4 reports) | |
Good | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12 people Beginner to Expert | Dangel (157 reports) | |
Comment: Taught a bunch of cavers and rescuers marginal anchors techniques.
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2 people Intermediate | David (15 reports) | |
Comment: Like some other reports, we got off on our approach. Easy enough to get back on course once we got up to the ridge. Webbing at all anchors looked new. The anchors themselves were all well built and solid.
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Good | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3 people Beginner to Advanced | Desertnights (37 reports) | |
Comment: Haven't run this canyon in a while but decided to have a relaxing day and take a friend that hasn't been down it before through. There were 4 improperly constructed anchors that we fixed. Rap 2 had webbing just tied around the rock in a loop and it came apart when my husband lifted the rock to inspect it. Raps 5, 6, & 7 had girthed the rock but not cinched the hitches so they were literally just webbing being held but the weight of the rocks and well constructed formations. All webbing was new and undamaged. It was a great overcast day so nice and cool in the lower section.
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Amazing | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3 people Beginner to Advanced | Mfeingol (51 reports) | |
Comment: Beautiful canyon with an easy approach. Amazing geology and some very unique rocks. Anchors were in great condition. Most of the rappels seemed slightly shorter than what the beta suggested.
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Special challenges ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3 people | Willie92708 (973 reports) | |
Comment: We got a bit off on the approach and summited a ridge to the north of the main Scorpion wash. Many others apparently have gone this way too given all the foot tracks. It was easy enough to to get down into the main wash from this summit, just a bit of extra climbing overall.
The canyon has nice rappels with plenty of "fun" lips. Also many short downclimbs to add to the fun factor. All the anchors are good with fresh webbing, but I will note that some of the rock cairns are not super strong, so don't be to bouncy on them. | |||||||
Good | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6 people Beginner to Expert | Lsangaila (3 reports) | |
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Great | Dry ![]() | None ![]() | Normal ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11 people Brand new to Expert | Dangel (157 reports),SavvasE (8 reports) | |
Comment: Many of the anchors were refreshed/replaced if we used them. Fiddled off the last rappel as a retrievable anchor, so plan extra webbing for that if you don't have the materials or skills to do the same. I would expect this time to be an outlier because we were doing a specialized trip for learning about various marginal anchor techniques.
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Comment: Most recent conditions reported at HikeArizona.com, see Trip Report for full details.
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Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2096 reports) | ||