Foolin Around Slot (East)

Foolin Around Slot (East) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Fooling Around East; Foolin'Around; West Butler; Foolin Around Slot; East Fork of Butler Canyons West Fork.

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‌	Difficulty:‌3B III (v3a2 III) Raps:‌3-5, max ↨100ft Metric Overall: 6-8h Approach: 30-45min  ↑0ft Descent: 4-6h Exit: 45min-1.5h  ↑0ft No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌Optional 15min Vehicle:Passenger Rock type:Sandstone
Location:	38.0612, -110.4770
Condition Reports:	22 Mar 2024 "Wore neoprene socks, stemmed for quite a long time then eventually got in the water. Cold swimmer
Weather:
Best season:	Spring or Fall winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	North America United States Utah Southeast Utah  North Wash West Butler

http://roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/north-wash/foolingaround,https://bluugnome.com/cyn_route/north-wash/north-wash_foolin-around/north-wash_foolin-around.aspx,http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/north-wash/foolin-around,http://canyoncollective.com/betabase/foolin-around.21,http://ropewiki.com/User:Super_Amazing_Map?id=Foolin_Around_Slot_-_North_Wash

http://candition.com/canyons/fooling-around-east-west-butler,https://youtu.be/VUE9_pIMbCA

https://bluugnome.com/cyn_route/north-wash/north-wash_foolin-around/north-wash_foolin-around.aspx,http://roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/north-wash/foolingaround

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Introduction

Possibly the most underrated canyon in Northwash. Stemming for hundreds of feet, high-stemming, one R silo xing and one R+ silo xing are all available to those who wish to practice for the big leagues. All the hard stuff is optional, but taking the easy way through is no walk in the park. A mandatory swimmer at the end. Wetsuit not required, except in winter.

Exit

A couple Class 4 short moves. Short and fun exit scramble up a gulley and a quick cross-country hike.

Beta sites

• RoadTripRyan.com : Fooling Around
• bluugnome.com : Fooling Around
• CanyoneeringUSA.com : Foolin' Around
• CanyonCollective.com : Foolin' Around
• Super Amazing Map : Foolin Around Slot

Trip reports and media

• Candition.com : Fooling Around; East & West Butler

Upper slot

The beginning of Foolin' Around Canyon

Final slot stemming

Final slot

Secure stemming

High stemming. You can drop down and walk in the water below instead of stemming

The watery slot

The swim

The swim

• YouTube.com : Richard Pattison, Foolin Around Canyon movie

Credits

Foolin Around Slot (East)

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