Conditions:Silver Grotto-20251225002417

Latest:	9 Nov 2025 (4 mos ago)

Reported by:	Abby Wines (70 reports)
Location:	Silver Grotto
Quality:	Amazing
Waterflow:	Deep pools
Wetsuit:	Thin wetsuit
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time: "hours,fromriver" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.	4 hours

Team: 12 people with experience level Brand new to Advanced

Trip report URL:

Comments: A great, short canyon to do from a rafting trip. Very high reward for low effort! If you're a rafter and a canyoneer and only do one canyon on a Grand trip, this should be it!

We left half our rafts at Shinumo Wash, floated about a mile to Fence Fault. There's an old, unmaintained trail to the top of the canyon.

Our group was mixed in what we wore for cold water protection: one person in none, several in farmer Johns, most in full wetsuits, and one in a dry suit. Weather was warm, and we were all fine, with the person in no wetsuit being a little cool.

The canyon is beautiful, with smooth light-colored walls and rappels, pools of water.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
9 Nov 2025	Amazing	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	12 people Brand new to Advanced	Abby Wines (70 reports)
Comment: A great, short canyon to do from a rafting trip. Very high reward for low effort! If you're a rafter and a canyoneer and only do one canyon on a Grand trip, this should be it! We left half our rafts at Shinumo Wash, floated about a mile to Fence Fault. There's an old, unmaintained trail to the top of the canyon. Our group was mixed in what we wore for cold water protection: one person in none, several in farmer Johns, most in full wetsuits, and one in a dry suit. Weather was warm, and we were all fine, with the person in no wetsuit being a little cool. The canyon is beautiful, with smooth light-colored walls and rappels, pools of water.
11 Nov 2024	Great	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Normal	10 hours	2 people Advanced	Triggerfish (90 reports)
Comment: A lot about this route is big. Big drive. Big hikes and elevation shifts in and out. Massive views! Relatively big cost, for a canyon (for two of us: $40 for the recreation.gov camping permit, and $30 for tribal lands access). Current kml track is more a guess than actual trail. The latter can be tricky to stay on, but boulder hopping along the floor works too. Technically section is pretty but short, with 4-5 bolted raps, all with easy pull lines. Frosty pools, some overgrown with a strange rod-shaped surface algae I’ve never seen anywhere else. We floated to and camped at Fence Fault so gear could dry out overnight. Outhike is a grind, but the vastness and geology (we ran across fossils and flint) keep it interesting.
25 Dec 2022	Great	Deep pools	Thick wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	12 people Beginner to Expert	Sqshemet (85 reports),Epeairs (74 reports)
Comment: We did the loop starting from the river. All pools were full, with ice encrusted on the topmost pool, but with drysuits we stayed comfy.
19 Feb 2021	Great	Deep pools	Full wetsuit	Normal	4 hours	7 people Brand new to Advanced	Erichransom (20 reports)
Comment: great access from river. water levels were low but COLD. Dead RTC where we put wetsuits on!
19 May 2019	Amazing	Deep pools	Thin wetsuit	Normal	2 hours	4 people Advanced to Brand new	Ryhar (12 reports)
Comment: As advertised. I could see one pool becoming challenging to escape if the water drops low enough and the walls remain slippery. We descended and pack rafted to RM30 on the 1st day and were back to the car in around 4 hours on the second day racing the rain.
29 Mar 2013 Trip report							Candition.com (287 reports)
Comment: Most recent conditions reported at Candition.com, see Trip Report for full details.