Figure 8 Canyon
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| | Difficulty:4B (v4a2 V) Raps:6+, max ↨190ft
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-27.9297, 152.3173
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Introduction[edit]
Approach[edit]
A long approach and a long exit. This canyon could be done in 1 day but it would be a large effort. Recommended walk a halfday to camp the night before descent at Point Pure.
Descent[edit]
From memory, lengths are likely inacurate and some pitches might be missing.
- R1 32m, CL Tree
- DC 3m, handline on CR to help
- R2 10m, CR XX
- R3 58m, CL XX. Test your pulldown, the bolts create a 90 degree angle which leads to nasty friction. Recommended you bring a sling and mallion to create a single point for the rope to run through.
- DC 5m, CL tree
- R4 20m, CL Tree
- R5 20m, CC Tree
- R6 30m, CC XX. Anchors can be found on the top of the large (~6m tall) boulder in CC upstream.
- Rockhopping over large boulders in constriction, rope likely required if wet.
- R7 10m, CR Tree
- 3x DC
- 500m of creek walking
- DC 8m on smooth rock, into impressive constriction
- Jump, highly technical 2-3m into waist deep water. Can be avoided with a difficult downclimb on CL.
- Jump, pleasant 2m into a deep oasis-like pool (shallow points exists due to rocks, check depth first). Can be avoided with an abseiled off a tree CL.
- Creek walk 1km
This canyon would be a delight with flow, though there would be many difficult hazards. All DCs would require abseiling.
Exit[edit]
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
Trip reports and media[edit]
YouTube.com : Craving Karst, Figure8 Canyon
- YouTube.com : YAMA Channel, Biking, Hiking, Camping and Cayoning Trip September 2023