Conditions:The Wives-Candition20130616 Yeti
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16 Jun 2013 (12 yrs, 6 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Great |
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Trip report URL: http://www.candition.com/canyons/the-wives
Comments: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Yeti.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Good | Very Low 
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| Normal  |  8 hours
| 5 people Beginner to Expert | Mountainmansam (27 reports) | |
Comment: On Saturday, November 22, we completed Wife 4, The One That Got Away (TOTGA), Wife 3, and Wife 1. After hiking in, we left our gear at a rally point off the Cohab Canyon trail and started up the slick rock. Since all the Wives exit via the Cohab Canyon trail, you can leave your extra gear and longer ropes behind and travel lighter, then refuel before the next canyon. We had no issues descending the canyons and found the existing anchors and wedding in good condition. There were some shallow pools of water, but everything was avoidable. We had a great day in Capitol Reef with a fun crew!
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| Amazing | Dry
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| Normal |  4 hours
| 3 people Intermediate | Canyonman117 (10 reports) | |
Comment: Wives 3 was good. Dirt was a bit muddy in spots.
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| Good | Dry
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| Normal | 7 hours
| 12 people Brand new to Advanced | Tcarlisle (84 reports) | |
Comment: Wife 5. Group of 12. One teenager who was on their first rappelling activity ever (After a lot of prep work and some practice.) Mixed ability group but majority were beginners and novices.
The absolute beginner did great, but was scared and went slow. Moving a big group took more time than anticipated. Lower in the canyon there is some waist-deep water. It can be stemmed over, but most beginners will have difficulty doing this for the last pool. We rebuilt a few anchors which took some time. Great experience. Finished before the rain moved in later in the evening.
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| Great | Deep pools
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| Normal | 8 hours
| 6 people Beginner to Advanced | Mfeingol (52 reports) | |
Comment: Route-finding was interesting for a first time Wife visitor. We did Wife 3 and 5 in that order. Wife 3 was the better of the two, with a fantastic first rappel and mostly dry conditions. It took us a while to find a good route into Wife 5. We chose the left-hand route down to a short tree rappel, where we had to replace a poorly created anchor. Beyond that, the canyon was straightforward with some deep and unavoidable pools. We replaced the webbing on one additional anchor lower in the canyon, the rest being in good condition. All told, a good day in a very scenic area.
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| Amazing | Very Low
| None
| Normal | 4 hours
| 2 people Intermediate to Advanced | Kirbside (98 reports) | |
Comment: Wives 3 and 5. 3 was much better than I expected. About 5 rappels total (likely could have bypassed 2 of them if you wanted). Anchor for the first rappel has currently been extended such that pull is relatively trivial. 1.5 hours for wife 3.
5 was also great. Lots of interesting anchors and starts. Rather than downclimbing the gully at the top ghosted the tree in the other gully. Soft starting the last rappel requires some interesting downclimbing. 1 hour for 5 but largely because I soloed this one quickly as we were running out of light. Pools were less than knee deep I think (but I avoided most pools and just got the bottom 1/4 inch of my shoes wet in one spot. Used a CEM in many places to limit rope grooves.
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| Great | Dry
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| Normal | 7 hours
| 12 people Intermediate to Advanced | Rglenn (19 reports) | |
Comment: Wives 3 and 5. Webbing and anchors in good condition. Dug up and inspected deadman on last rappel, but still used meat anchor except for Lamar. No water at all. Fun! Some interesting down climbs and tricky rappels on Wives 5.
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| Great | Dry
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| Normal | 4 hours
| 5 people Beginner to Advanced | Tcarlisle (84 reports) | |
Comment: Descended Wife 5 and Wife 3. 5 people, 4hrs 45mins car to car. No water, snow, or ice present in the canyons or on approach/exits. Anchors and webbing in the canyons are in good condition and in proper order. Clear, sunny sky and decent temps for November. Jackets were needed in the canyon at times. Not even a small pocket of water was present in either canyon. No unusual rigging or hazards to report.
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| Great | Deep pools
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| Easy | 4 hours
| 2 people Intermediate to Advanced | EMoorcroft (452 reports) | |
Comment: Wives 3 & 5.
Wife 3: The pull on the first rappel had some friction but everything came down smoothe. There are more rappels than what is on the kml we kept our rope out until we hit the trail. Fun downclimbs. Wife 5: Getting to the first anchor was fun slightly tricky but fun to figure out. Appreciated that there weren't other anchor options that bypassed the fun downclimb. Beautiful mini canyon with unique features. KML was spot on for this route.
Going directly up the approach canyon is more challenging depending on height.
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| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Amazing | Dry
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| Easy | | 3 people Intermediate to Expert | AmandaC (40 reports) | |
Comment: Our party did Wife #3. Awesome canyon! The 200' entry rappel is spectacular. All anchors were in good shape, and all downclimbs had anchors as well making a very easy go of it. The final 2 stage rappel described in the beta as "not recommended" and "difficult pull" is rigged high LDC in such a way that the pull is very easy. Great, short, afternoon trip. Excited to go back and try some of the other wives ;).
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| Great | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Good | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
| Good | | | | | CanditionBot (2103 reports) | ||
