Conditions:Yankee Doodle Hollow-20240421141726

Latest:	20 Apr 2024 (9 mos ago)

Reported by:	Bricepollock (36 reports)
Quality:	Ok
Waterflow:	Very Low
Wetsuit:	None
Water temperature:
Difficulty:	Normal
Time:	2 hours

Team: 4 people with experience level Brand new to Advanced

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Comments: Went through the route around 10am and there was a decent amount of traffic. One large group was doing an overhand rappel directly into the canyon outside normal bolts that we passed when going the normal way and ran into 2 other groups afterwards. Everyone managed to stay out of each other's way however. Last stem required getting into ankle deep water, otherwise no required water.

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Date	Quality	Waterflow	Wetsuit	Difficulty	Time	Team	Reported by
20 Apr 2024	Ok	Very Low	None	Normal	2 hours	4 people Brand new to Advanced	Bricepollock (36 reports)
Comment: Went through the route around 10am and there was a decent amount of traffic. One large group was doing an overhand rappel directly into the canyon outside normal bolts that we passed when going the normal way and ran into 2 other groups afterwards. Everyone managed to stay out of each other's way however. Last stem required getting into ankle deep water, otherwise no required water.
24 Nov 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	2 hours	17 people Advanced to Brand new	MRickerd (37 reports)
Comment: Led 16 others through this canyon, which included 12 kids. Same conditions as my last report. Bypassed first two rappels due to another large group of beginners getting there just a few minutes before us. Took the 'secondary' approach again. This was the lone rappel we completed. Adults worked together to pass the younger kids down the downclimbs. Kids had a blast. Adults carried kids across the knee high wade towards the end of the canyon. Water was cold but non-problematic.
22 Nov 2023	Good	Dry	None	Normal	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	MRickerd (37 reports)
Comment: Wife and I ran this canyon to gain insight into conditions prior to taking a much larger group through it. Tried out the 'secondary' approach. Fun down climbs and ~40' rappel into the main canyon. Only did that single rappel, DC'ed the rest of the canyon. One pool of water that was hard to avoid, towards the end. Beautiful canyon with easy approach and exit.
18 Apr 2023	Amazing	Very Low	None	Easy	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Beginner	Natepartyof6 (5 reports)
Comment: Canyon was surprisingly dry with very little mud. There were two pools of water. The first was easily avoidable. The second can be stemmed across. Anchors were in great shape. Great canyon close to home!!
16 Sep 2022	Amazing	Deep pools	None	Normal	3 hours	3 people Advanced to Beginner	Natepartyof6 (5 reports)
Comment: Beautiful canyon with lots of water and mud. expect to wade through waist high water, my 9 year old (this was his first canyon ever) had to swim in a few spots. Anchors were in great shape. water felt good. even the kids were having a good time!
19 Jun 2022	Great	Dry	None	Normal	1 hour	2 people Brand new to Advanced	Kirbside (82 reports)
Comment: No water in the canyon. Saw a guided group hiking out right before we left the car at 3 pm, otherwise we saw no one else in the canyon. It took us 1.5 hours as we were taking it quite slow and reviewing how to rappel. We ended up doing about 4 rappels for practice.
28 May 2022	Good	Dry	None	Normal	1 hour	2 people Advanced	Nclegg (384 reports),Pam (14 reports)
Comment: Only one small pool of water that was completely avoidable. A few nice downclimbs. Saw one other group on the exit hike. Combo’d with Boltergeist and Bitter Creek. About a 6h day in total.
9 Apr 2022	Good	Very Low	None	Normal	1 hour	3 people Advanced to Beginner	MRickerd (37 reports)
8 Apr 2022	Great	Dry	None	Normal	4 hours	7 people Beginner to Advanced	Balosal (1 reports)
Comment: Very little standing water at the end of the canyon. Biggest hold up was the number of large groups in the canyon.
14 Nov 2020	Good	Dry	None	Normal	3 hours	4 people Beginner to Intermediate	Anhimal (12 reports)
Comment: Took some beginners in there and let them rig just about all the raps, even the ones that could be down-climbed so that they could gain experience. It was a little chilly but beautiful.
23 Oct 2020	Great	Dry	None	Easy	1 hour	2 people Intermediate to Advanced	Toddk (15 reports)
Comment: Lots of people in the canyon. This is a guided route, so expect SLOW groups. Only one mandatory rap at the entrance. We downclimbed the rest. Best days to go to avoid the crowds are Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. A fun canyon to partner with Boltergeist.
3 Oct 2020	Great	Dry	None	Easy	1 hour	3 people Intermediate to Advanced	Anhimal (12 reports)
Comment: Nice beginner friendly canyon. No water. All potholes were easily passed. All anchors were in good shape.
25 Jul 2020	Good	Dry	None	Easy	3 hours	3 people Brand new to Intermediate	BWylie (20 reports)
Comment: Our group of 3 went LDC past the initial 30ft anchor to another anchor dropping over a ledge, just around 100ft. A group of 6 behind us climbed down and asked if they could join, as they had forgotten a rope and we let them use ours. There were several easy downclimbs, only two places where a handline was needed by any member. No water at all in any pothole or in the canyon. The last pothole was bypassed climbing up to the left and sliding around it. The hike out was extremely exposed and hot, would recommend starting earlier than 9am. Overall, the longer first rappel made the beginning worth it but not the entire canyon.
26 Feb 2020 Trip report	Great	Deep pools	None	Special challenges	2 hours	2 people Advanced	Bricepollock (36 reports)
Comment: There was a rain event four days before. The canyon was pretty full of water with a number of times getting too wide to stem around. Water reached our mid-thigh to waist multiple times
8 Sep 2019 Trip report	Amazing						CanditionBot (2096 reports)
Comment: See the full condition report at Candition.com. Submitted by Jsb4g.

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