Conditions:Swurrly Canyon-20260512015313

Latest:	8 May 2026 (13 days ago)

Reported by:	RFontaine (365 reports)
Location:	Swurrly Canyon
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:
Water temperature:
Difficulty:
Time:	4 hours

Team: 3 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: This canyon is very VERY short. The first stemmy slot and downclimbs were somewhat forgettable. We didnt bother hiking our gear around as bet suggests, that would be silly for how short it is and I didnt feel very encumbered with a 350’ rope in my bag… The last darkish sectionof deep narrows was pretty neat, good pics in there but incredibly short! Like 5 minutes of goodness. Getting out and on rappel at the 300 is a real pain, very awkward and tight slot. The anchor is set way back with atleast 20’ of webbing stretched way up to the end. Challenging to inspect down in the notch. Once on rap out of the crack the rappel is entirely freehanging and really nice! However the pull is not very nice. Geometry isnt great for using a toggle and last team I talked to that did so broke their amsteel trying to pull it. So we biner blocked it and walked wayyyy way back to pull which was a very slow process but we got it. Poisen Ivy all over around the landing but avoidable. The exit took the bulk of our time but was pretty. We stayed high on the shelf just below the wall for easy hiking before turning up the 5th class section. We found the climb to have good holds and easily negotiated however it is very exposed. I climbed the center face and felt this was easiest. No rope needed. Very nice views and features above here, lots of striped sandstone and pockets of moki balls. Glad I could finally check this one off but definitely one and done.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
8 May 2026	Good	Dry			4 hours	3 people Advanced	RFontaine (365 reports)
Comment: This canyon is very VERY short. The first stemmy slot and downclimbs were somewhat forgettable. We didnt bother hiking our gear around as bet suggests, that would be silly for how short it is and I didnt feel very encumbered with a 350’ rope in my bag… The last darkish sectionof deep narrows was pretty neat, good pics in there but incredibly short! Like 5 minutes of goodness. Getting out and on rappel at the 300 is a real pain, very awkward and tight slot. The anchor is set way back with atleast 20’ of webbing stretched way up to the end. Challenging to inspect down in the notch. Once on rap out of the crack the rappel is entirely freehanging and really nice! However the pull is not very nice. Geometry isnt great for using a toggle and last team I talked to that did so broke their amsteel trying to pull it. So we biner blocked it and walked wayyyy way back to pull which was a very slow process but we got it. Poisen Ivy all over around the landing but avoidable. The exit took the bulk of our time but was pretty. We stayed high on the shelf just below the wall for easy hiking before turning up the 5th class section. We found the climb to have good holds and easily negotiated however it is very exposed. I climbed the center face and felt this was easiest. No rope needed. Very nice views and features above here, lots of striped sandstone and pockets of moki balls. Glad I could finally check this one off but definitely one and done.
30 Dec 2023	Ok			Normal	4 hours	10 people	JGM (23 reports)
Comment: Quite fun tight canyon, reminiscent of middle lep but with a banger at the end. One rap, off of a chock stone.