Conditions:Typhon Canyon (North Fork)-20241225143453

Latest:	20 Dec 2024 (24 days ago)

Reported by:	Cheveran (84 reports)
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Time:	11 hours

Team: 11 people

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Comments: Great day out in Typhon (top down) with a rondy team. We replaced webbing where needed.

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
20 Dec 2024					11 hours	11 people	Cheveran (84 reports)
Comment: Great day out in Typhon (top down) with a rondy team. We replaced webbing where needed.
3 Feb 2024	Amazing	Dry	None	Special challenges	12 hours	4 people Intermediate to Advanced	Dfreeman1232 (5 reports)
Comment: Wow! What a beautiful canyon! The colorful rock formations, ample number of big drops, and fun downclimbs make the North Fork one of the best canyons in the Black Mountains. We got an early start and were on the trail by 6:04a. The approach is a grind on the knees. We arrived at the technical portion of the descent at around 10:00a after having some food and relaxing a bit. 19 rappels were set up (even though a couple of the raps could be downclimbed) and the anchors are currently in great shape. Kudos to whomever set them up recently as all are fully inspectable and strong despite the marginal nature of the set ups: cairns, several rock chocks, a nut, and even a knot chock. Some big drops in the canyon including a 200' that is every bit of 200'. The canyon is one of the best out there, in my opinion. The canyon slots up at times and then opens to amazing views of the basin (and even Lake Manley). The geology is the true wonder though. So many colors, so many beautiful veins and formations. Just stunning.
18 Nov 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	10 hours	5 people Intermediate to Advanced	DMonroy (188 reports)
Comment: Beautiful views from Dante this year. Absolutely gorgeous. We could see the mirror like reflection of telescope peak and the clouds in the lake that is currently in front of Badwater. The first rappel we did not replace the old webbing as we down climbed instead. There was a deadman at the bottom of the canyon that we tried and failed to dig up to replace. So that needs attention. We made a retrievable webbing loop on a horn for one of the lower section rappels, so another group will find nothing there. There is also a chock knot that is super sketchy, so back EVERYTHING up. Otherwise it's ready to go. (we installed about 14 new webbed anchors.)
25 Mar 2023	Great	Dry	None	Special challenges	11 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	AZ Advocate (40 reports)
Comment: Excellent canyon - incredibly beautiful and diverse rock formations, engaging and fun rappels, and spectacular scenery. Typical DEVA anchors; large cairns, knot chocks, and other such monstrosities, so bring your nerve and enjoy the sketch. Special challenge* rating is just for those folks who haven't run a DEVA canyon before. You need to know how to build cairn anchors, set knot chocks, and back-up all your rappels for all but LOD.
2 Jan 2023	Amazing	Dry					Abby Wines (39 reports)
Comment: We hiked down from Dantes View. I had forgotten how beautiful this canyon is, with really nice sculpted sections that were quite extensive. Long day, but worth it.
2 Jan 2023	Amazing	Dry			11 hours	9 people	Sri (30 reports)
Comment: Spectacular canyon in the black mountains. Beautiful smooth polished slots and narrows. We replaced all the webbing in the upper section, the lower section had more recent webbing below the confluence with the south fork.