Conditions:Vultee's Ladder-20220801160840

Latest:	30 Jul 2022 (3 yrs, 1 month ago)

Reported by:	Nclegg (444 reports), RFontaine (309 reports)
Quality:	Good
Waterflow:	Dry
Wetsuit:
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	7 hours

Team: 2 people with experience level Advanced

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Comments: A long, rugged, and enjoyable back country “cliffineering” adventure with great views and ever changing scenery!

We approached via AB Young trail; took us about 40mins from parking to the top. The woods up top is beautiful, lush, and green! The initial start down the drainage is a tad brushy but clears quick, turning into a canopy above as you down climb multiple sections to get to the first rappel.

Looking through the canopy provides a beautiful backdrop continuing down multiple larger rappels. Eventually the scenery changes and suddenly you emerge from the canopy into a classic Sedona style canyon which was unexpected and a neat feature! A couple fun little chute downclimbs and shallow avoidable pools.

We replaced webbing on multiple anchors and used retrievables for some of the drops.

We never did find the 2 optional rappels, we kept an eye out but they were far from obvious or hidden in brush.

We hiked out via Sterling Pass which was fantastic in it’s self; truly an A+ hiking trail! Beautiful lush forest with lovely views on both sides of the saddle.

All in all this was a fun, high mileage day. If you enjoy a lot of hiking with some rappelling/down climbs, this is a good solid route!

All condition reports

Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
30 Jul 2022	Good	Dry		Normal	7 hours	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (444 reports),RFontaine (309 reports)
Comment: A long, rugged, and enjoyable back country “cliffineering” adventure with great views and ever changing scenery! We approached via AB Young trail; took us about 40mins from parking to the top. The woods up top is beautiful, lush, and green! The initial start down the drainage is a tad brushy but clears quick, turning into a canopy above as you down climb multiple sections to get to the first rappel. Looking through the canopy provides a beautiful backdrop continuing down multiple larger rappels. Eventually the scenery changes and suddenly you emerge from the canopy into a classic Sedona style canyon which was unexpected and a neat feature! A couple fun little chute downclimbs and shallow avoidable pools. We replaced webbing on multiple anchors and used retrievables for some of the drops. We never did find the 2 optional rappels, we kept an eye out but they were far from obvious or hidden in brush. We hiked out via Sterling Pass which was fantastic in it’s self; truly an A+ hiking trail! Beautiful lush forest with lovely views on both sides of the saddle. All in all this was a fun, high mileage day. If you enjoy a lot of hiking with some rappelling/down climbs, this is a good solid route!
8 Mar 2020	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	9 hours	5 people Beginner to Advanced	EMoorcroft (451 reports)
Comment: took the ab young trail up, and sterling pass trail out. only waist deep pools but very cold. long run, probably best done in smaller groups. could not locate rapp 3 so we tied off to a boulder on the edge of a shelf. overall a good time and some scenic rapells. alot of hiking makes you earn it.
6 Jan 2020 Trip report	Good	Low	Full wetsuit	Normal	1 hour	1 people Advanced	Rocknbob33 (10 reports)
Comment: Up and over a AB Young All the way to the parking lot at the end of Dry Creek road Lots of ice and snow