Godzilla Canyon
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| | Difficulty:4A IV (v4a1 IV) Raps:2/3, max ↨830ft
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.4745, -116.6035
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Introduction[edit]
This canyon is a very steep water drainage that drops 4000 vertical feet down the massive East Face of Peak 6015. This report is for the lower portion of this wall, and was done the first time by rappelling, from the top anchor, for a vertical 830 foot drop to the bottom of the wall (as a single rappel for the entire drop). We used a 660' rope, and added another 330 rope tied to it, which gave us a 990' of rope to get down it. Luckily there was a ledge about mid-wall where an anchor could be built, and give us an option of breaking this immense wall into two sections of over 400' per section each. And to make sure we could pull the ropes down, and not get it stuck on the ledge, and not having to pass knots, we decided to break up the drop for the rest of the team descending down. Even though it can be done as a single one-rappel drop, it seemed more prudent to break it into two rappels. But it makes for a very exciting descent for Canyoneers who who like big vertical drops, and they will definitely get it here.
Approach[edit]
Descent[edit]
can be done two ways:
OPTION 1. with one 830 foot rappel by tying two ropes together - we had a 660' rope and a 330' rope tied together - using 990' of rope. But you cannot pull the rope from the bottom because of the knot. So you could try a releasable anchor like a Fiddlestick tool and drop the rope from the top by using a pullcord of at least the length of the rappel ( almost 1700' of rappel rope and pull-cord). But a ledge below would probably tangle and hang up the rope and end up losing all the ropes. SO, it is recommended to use option 2 below.
OPTION 2. Break up the long drop with two rappels of each over 400' from a ledge we found on the way down. We put a 2nd anchor in for the 2nd rappel on the found ledge.
NOTE: We also used a third rappel at the top by putting in a 10-15' rap to get to the main rap anchor safely - or it is a sketchy downclimb with lots of exposure to get down to the big drop.
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Trip reports and media[edit]
First Descent trip report:
https://www.facebook.com/scott.swaney/media_set?set=a.10155921378532930.1073742427.668617929&type=3
Background[edit]
First Descent exploration completed 12-3-17 by Scott Swaney and Team (Justin Pugh & Christopher Albando) described above. See trip report above.
