Conditions:Sheep Canyon-20200813052032
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7 Aug 2020 (4 yrs, 9 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | Jcsjcs (121 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Great |
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| Waterflow: | Dry |
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| Wetsuit: | None |
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| Difficulty: | Special challenges |
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| Time: |  7 hours
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Team: 2 people
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Comments: Used the Fir Draw approach. This wasn't too bad while staying in the draw, but following the GPX trail where it left the draw resulted in some moderately exposed traversing. Wondering if it would have better to go higher before leaving the draw, although this doesn't look great either in Google Earth.
Canyon was nice and clean, quick to descend other than the technical section. We did a two-pitch rappel using the tree as the intermediate anchor. All anchors were in good condition. After the tree, I rappelled into a gully DCR which ended up causing rope pull issues (biner block caught in crack) that I had to ascend to reset and overcome. Would recommend rappelling straighter down the canyon rather than off to the right here. Anticipated rope pull issues when combining the last two short pitches, so I built a cairn anchor for the last one.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Great | Dry
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| Special challenges | 7 hours
| 2 people | Jcsjcs (121 reports) | |
Comment: Used the Fir Draw approach. This wasn't too bad while staying in the draw, but following the GPX trail where it left the draw resulted in some moderately exposed traversing. Wondering if it would have better to go higher before leaving the draw, although this doesn't look great either in Google Earth.
Canyon was nice and clean, quick to descend other than the technical section. We did a two-pitch rappel using the tree as the intermediate anchor. All anchors were in good condition. After the tree, I rappelled into a gully DCR which ended up causing rope pull issues (biner block caught in crack) that I had to ascend to reset and overcome. Would recommend rappelling straighter down the canyon rather than off to the right here. Anticipated rope pull issues when combining the last two short pitches, so I built a cairn anchor for the last one.
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