Gastropod Casket Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A IV (v3a1 IV) Raps:6-8, max ↨200ft
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| Condition Reports: | 14 Jan 2024
"We dropped in at the confluence. Started with rap that was about 70 feet (if you get off rope and bypass the bottom). We kept looking for the 190-foot |
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.4390, -116.5982
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Introduction
another cool canyon in the Funeral Mountains that contain the amazing Fossil Snails (Gastropods). And other cool canyon features to find in this new canyon
Approach
Walk ~4 miles across the desert towards the left of the highest wash. Go up ridge until you see bedrock on your climber's left and traverse over to it.
Descent
Dec 22' Descent rappels:
- R1 – 70 ft fiddlestick off Boulder
- R2 – 120 ft off pinch gray watercourse, near vertical
- R3 – 190 ft off rock chock (three stage)
- Couple short 8 ft down climbs
- R4 – 20ft off rock chock over stuck boulder
- R5 – 30 ft off pinch, overhung awkward Boulder
- Medium spicy downclimb traverse
- R6 – 20 ft off pinch
Exit
Walk back to your GPS waypoint for your car.
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Trip reports and media
- Dec. 22' Descent
- https://www.facebook.com/scott.swaney/media_set?set=a.10153936841142930.668617929&type=3
Background
First Descent Exploration by Scott Swaney, Daniel Elson, & Team (see above report) on 2-21-16
