Conditions:Tleilax Hollow-20260107025813

Latest:	4 Jan 2026 (4 days ago)

Reported by:	BryceM777 (25 reports)
Quality:	Great
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Special challenges
Time:	4 hours

Team: 5 people with experience level Beginner to Advanced

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Comments: We decided to do a shorter Sunday canyon to end our New Years trip before heading home.

First off, the approach sucked for us, but we were also approached the canyon from the left of the ridge since I missed that comment in the beta. Big mistake (and hence our special challenges)! The approach was loose scree and very crumbly rock ranging from class 3 to even a little exposed class 4 scrambling. It is certainly tempting to start left but don’t be fooled and stick closely to the map tracks. There were 2 instances I had to give a top rope belay for less confident members.

Once the approach was over, the canyon itself is quite a pleasant descent with 5 or 6 rapid fire rappels. You first see an excellent tunnel like slot for R1 and a 10ft down climb which can be rappelled for less confident members. The canyon then opens up to 4 more raps ranging from 40-60 ft. The canyon descent made all the approach toil worth it. The exit is one of the easiest you’ll ever see for DV. You pop out of R5 right at the road and make an easy stroll back to the car.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
4 Jan 2026	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	4 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	BryceM777 (25 reports)
Comment: We decided to do a shorter Sunday canyon to end our New Years trip before heading home. First off, the approach sucked for us, but we were also approached the canyon from the left of the ridge since I missed that comment in the beta. Big mistake (and hence our special challenges)! The approach was loose scree and very crumbly rock ranging from class 3 to even a little exposed class 4 scrambling. It is certainly tempting to start left but don’t be fooled and stick closely to the map tracks. There were 2 instances I had to give a top rope belay for less confident members. Once the approach was over, the canyon itself is quite a pleasant descent with 5 or 6 rapid fire rappels. You first see an excellent tunnel like slot for R1 and a 10ft down climb which can be rappelled for less confident members. The canyon then opens up to 4 more raps ranging from 40-60 ft. The canyon descent made all the approach toil worth it. The exit is one of the easiest you’ll ever see for DV. You pop out of R5 right at the road and make an easy stroll back to the car.
21 Dec 2025	Good	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	2 people Intermediate	Mollycule23 (1 reports)
Comment: Second DV canyon. Rock felt unfamiliar compared to CO Plateau sandstone. Because of that, took a bit of time second guessing and scouting on approach. (Sayarim yesterday was first- short scramble on that felt much more obvious and less loose than the loose section on this one.) All anchors were still in place (some partially cemented in place), however kelly green webbing was faded to white or beige - replaced all webbing, and replaced two rolled aluminum rings (one deformed) with 7mm quicklinks. There was one much smaller steel chain link I wish in retrospect we'd changed - harder rope pull than necessary against a loose wall that shed choss. Piece of rock split off adjacent to "tiny rock arch" anchor referred to for rap 2, so built a cairn instead. Haven't been in technical canyons much in about 7 years, so generally rusty and perhaps over cautious. This canyon was perfect for a relaxing run on the shortest day of year, with no time pressure to shake off the cobwebs and gratuitously practice random skills. First rappel through pink limestone slot was gorgeous.
31 Dec 2024	Great	Dry		Normal	4 hours	3 people Brand new to Intermediate	JasenPlus (20 reports)
Comment: We had one member of our group who is new to the sport, this was her second canyon so we took our time. We didn’t have much trouble following the approach, thanks to many comments about avoiding the ridge on the left. We followed the GPX track pretty closely and it mostly goes up a gully and every once in a while exits the gully to go around a dryfall or some obstacle in the gully. It’s a pretty quick approach and an easy introduction to DV canyons. We definitely traversed over at 1400ft and frankly I can’t see that there’s anything above that to do? The first rappel is a sweet surprise, didn’t expect such a pretty little slot up there! Cute! All anchors had newish webbing on them from another recent group so that was nice. Really sweet cairn anchors, the canyon obviously has a lot of great rocks to use. Fun quick canyon!
28 Nov 2024	Good	Dry	None	Normal	6 hours	8 people Brand new to Expert	Tmack0 (5 reports)
Comment: Group of 8 including several cavers with lots of rope experience but relatively new to canyons, and a few newbies only with rappelling experience out for some canyons over thanksgiving. Weather was great! We started up a bit left of the track and got stuck on the left side of the ridge on super loose steep exposed stuff typical of the area but a bit much for some of the newbies. After an hour reroute we continued the climb up to 1600' where the rock changed from red to white, got more cohesive but steeper, and decided to cut back down to the 1440' traverse. Looking back up the canyon from the top of R1, it looks like wide sloping drainage. Not sure if there is anything technical above R1, but couldn't see the the last part closest to the start as it rounded a corner. Anchors besides R2 (rock arch) were solid rock cairns (one was maybe a deadman?). Decent canyon for a first one and intro to DV canyons. As this was a first canyon for several in our group, we took our time and replaced all the webbing (fully bleached black turned white and crunchy), starting around 10am and finishing around 4pm.