Goblin Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A III (v3a1 I) Raps:5-8, max ↨80ft
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.8719, -117.2131
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Introduction[edit]
The canyon showcases a couple cool runnel rappels and a short conglomerate narrows sections. It has some areas with pretty dark red color (similar to the nearby Red Wall Canyon). It is shallow (never gets high walls), but is scenic.
Nice for a not-too-long day, but a bit of a trudge up the alluvial fan to reach the canyon mouth.
Approach[edit]
Drive on North Highway (paved) to a point north of Titus Canyon and park on shoulder.
Walk a couple miles up an alluvial fan then start up the ridge. The best approach is likely the North Ridge (between Goblin and Hoodoo), a party who has ascended via the South Ridge (between Goblin and Grim Reaper) thought it would have been better.
Note: If you don't take the North Ridge, you would miss the killer first fluted rappel in the canyon's picture right at the start of the decent.
Descent[edit]
North Fork (ascent via North Ridge)
Make sure you don't drop in lower than the network of smooth rock watercourses so you don't miss the cool dual-fluted first rappel.
- R1: 50ft dual-fluted rappel off rock chock
South Fork (ascent via South Ridge)
- Easy downclimbs through boulders in a chute.
- Wash walking
- R1: 40 feet from a cain down fluted conglomerate. Can be bypassed RDC.
- Confluence. We walked a little way up north fork through nice conglomerate narrows.
Confluence, Main canyon
- R2: 20 feet from an equalized knot chock and small arch RDC.
- Interesting shallow narrows.
- (Optional) 10-foot drop: over a chockstone, either partner-assist downclimb or bypass RDC.
- (Optional) 12-foot drop: either rappel (can anchor with counterweight around boulder) or bypass RDC to an easy downclimb with 5-foot hop at bottom.
- R3: 80 feet from a fiddlestick off a large boulder down a vertical wall.
- (Optional) 20-foot drop: pink and black rocks, easy walking bypass RDC
- R4: 50 feet from a pinch point
- Beautiful red walls, canyon is really wide here.
- R5: 50 feet down conglomerate, from a pinch point.
Exit[edit]
Easy wash walk down to cars.
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
Super Amazing Map : Goblin
Trip reports and media[edit]
Background[edit]
Originally explored by Scott Swaney & Team (SEE TRIP REPORT ABOVE) on 11-17-13
