Latest:	7 Jan 2017 (8 yrs, 2 mos ago)

Reported by:	CanditionBot (2096 reports)
Quality:	Amazing
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Trip report URL: http://www.candition.com/canyons/scorpion-canyon

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

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
23 Feb 2025	Good				8 hours	9 people Beginner to Advanced	Abby Wines (47 reports)
Comment: We were very slow because I am recovering from foot surgery. Also, one of the three teenagers with us was extremely timid on the 180' rappel. But everyone did great and had fun! It looks like a lot of people are missing a critical turn on the approach hike. Soon after the first upclimb (10 feet or so), turn left.
22 Feb 2025	Good	Dry	None	Normal	8 hours	4 people Intermediate	PsychoWard (33 reports)
Comment: We missed the first turn-off on the approach and ended up on a sketchy ridge trying to find the the right way in. We lost a couple hours re-tracking our steps to find the right approach again. I highly recommend eagle-eying that GPX before you make that first major turn-off left. Once we found the correct turn-off, things were pretty smooth sailing from there. Anchors were in good shape. Didn't need to replace any webbing. Pretty accessible canyon overall. We enjoyed it.
20 Jan 2025	Great	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	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
18 Jan 2025	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	9 people Beginner to Advanced	Ephacker (3 reports)
Comment: All anchors and webbing was in good condition
13 Dec 2024	Good	Dry	None	Normal	7 hours	4 people Intermediate to Expert	Dangel (157 reports)
Comment: Replaced what we felt needed replacing and left the place better than we found it.
29 Oct 2023	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	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.
27 Mar 2023	Great	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	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.
21 Feb 2023	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	6 people Beginner to Advanced	Julienlecorps (4 reports)
Comment: Anchors and webbing looked good. Make sure to backtrack 100’ from the parking area to start the hike in the right wash. We got sucked in by a well worn trail to the north and followed what we thought were approach footprints up loose ridges before backtracking to the right wash.
18 Feb 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	8 hours	12 people Beginner to Expert	Dangel (157 reports)
Comment: Taught a bunch of cavers and rescuers marginal anchors techniques.
21 Jan 2023	Great	Dry	None	Normal	5 hours	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.
2 Jan 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	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.
22 Dec 2022	Amazing	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	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.
3 Jan 2021	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	4 hours	3 people	Willie92708 (991 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.
27 Nov 2020	Good	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	6 people Beginner to Expert	Lsangaila (3 reports)

15 Feb 2020	Great	Dry	None	Normal	7 hours	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.