Eardley Canyon (Lower)

Also known as: Eardley Canyon; Lower Eardley Canyon; Eardley Canyon Technical Day Hike; Eardly Canyon, Straight Wash (Lower), Lower Straight Wash. For other features with similar names, see Eardley Canyon (disambiguation)

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Difficulty:‌3B III (v3a2 III)

Raps:‌6, max ↨50ft

Metric

Overall:	5-8h
Descent:		⟷1.5mi	↓1266ft

Red Tape:‌

Shuttle:‌None

Vehicle:4WD

Start:

38.8003, -110.5269

Parking:

38.7858, -110.4885

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Condition Reports:

10 May 2026

"We took the shortcut approach and ended up rappelling off a small tree that had some webbing off it. It was a full 100 rappel with some loose rock. F

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Best season:

Spring;Summer;Fall;HOT in Summer

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Introduction

A fantastic half day of potentially watery fun.

Approach

The road to the parking lot is rough and you will want a 4WD vehicle. From the parking lot, navigate to the base of the canyon which can either be a dried out deep sandy wash or a more hard pack clay like substance if it's rained recently. Once at the base of the canyon, head up the right side. The base of the canyon is a good spot to stash some extra water if the hike out is expected to be hot or ditch your wetsuit if the mouth of the canyon is completely dry. Be sure to grab some map data, as finding the correct location to drop in can be difficult. The rappel for the drop in approach is 60ft.

Descent

Rappels

R1: 25 feet into a pool
R2: 40 feet
R3: 10 feet - Can be downclimbed or jumped depending on water level.
R4: 20 feet into a pool that is a semi-keeper.
R5: 20 feet - Typically the anchor is set back from the edge.
R6: 15 feet

Exit

The trail to enter the canyon passes by the exit. As such simply return to your car by the same trail you entered.

Red tape

None

Beta sites

RoadTripRyan.com : Lower Eardley Canyon
Climb-Utah.com : Eardley Canyon
Super Amazing Map : Eardly Canyon
AmericanSouthwest.net : Eardley Canyon
CanyoneeringUSA.com : Eardley Canyon
CanyoneeringUSA.com : Eardley Canyon Technical Day Hike

Trip reports and media

https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/eardley-canyon : Stav is Lost
EveryTrail 31 Aug 2009
Candition.com : Eardley

Background

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Credits

Information provided by automated processes. KML map by (unknown). Main photo by (unknown). Authors are listed in chronological order.

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