Golf Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A IV (v3a1 IV) Raps:11, max ↨110ft
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| Condition Reports: | 29 May 2026
"Nice canyon but the long approach and exit takes away from its fun. We hiked up the ridge between the wash and the canyon and it was pretty easy. It p |
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| Best season: | Oct-Apr (avg for this region)
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36.9043, -113.8102
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Introduction
Located 2.5 miles up Sullivan Canyon from the 15, Golf Canyon was named for the small patches of grass in the springtime that looked like the greens of a golf course.
Golf has been descended for more than a decade, by hundreds of people, using only natural anchors. Please, if you are planning on making a descent, know how to evaluate, construct, and manage natural anchors within a technical canyon. Golf is not "throw and go" where every anchor is always simple. Every potential descent needs to be prepared with the knowledge and equipment to evaluate and construct natural anchors. If you do not have these skills, please learn them beforehand in a controlled-safe environment hopefully from an experienced source, BEFORE going in Golf canyon. With the proper experience the anchors in Golf are not sketchy nor dangerous, and risks of using natural anchors can be can be effectively and safely managed.
This is not the place to pull out the drill and install bolts or other fixed anchors. They are absolutely not needed outside of a Land Manager sponsored SAR operations. If you cannot descend Golf without the use or installation of bolts, don't do it, and don't install them. Learn the skills to do so without, and come back later.
Golf Canyon is within the the Federally designated Paiute Wilderness Area.' Please abide by the laws of Wilderness Areas. That means it is illegal use motorized equipment (I'm looking at you power drill).
Approach
Park along the 15, cross the Virgin River, and proceed up Sullivan Canyon. Alternately, add 4 miles to the trip by starting from Cedar Pocket (the campground nearby) and following a small use trail to close to the beginning of Sullivan Canyon.
Leave Sullivan Canyon and climb a 26% grade for three quarters of a mile then contour into the Golf Canyon drainage.
Descent
Multiple raps up to 110'. You will find all natural anchors, ranging from rock cairns, knot chocks, and natural arches.
Exit
Simply head back down Sullivan Canyon the way you came.
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Beta sites
https://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/zion/golf-canyon
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