Grotto Canyon (Southwest Fork, Death Valley)

Grotto Canyon (Southwest Fork, Death Valley) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving descenso de barrancos Barranquismo

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‌	Difficulty:‌3A IV (v3a1 IV) Raps:‌6, max ↨120ft Metric Overall: Approach:  ↑4500ft No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌
Location:	36.5615, -117.1029
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Best season:	Nov-Mar (avg for this region) winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	North America United States California Death Valley National Park  Tucki Mountains

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Introduction

Probably one of the most interesting canyon routes in DV due to the middle section of narrow winding hallways cut through a layer of limestone, with many downclimbs ranging from easy to a couple that are very spicey and all but the best downclimbers will need to rappel.

Beta sites

• Super Amazing Map  : Grotto - SW Fork

Trip reports and media

FIRST DESCENT TRIP - 11-05-11:

• https://www.facebook.com/scott.swaney/media_set?set=a.10150449889887930.430156.668617929&type=3

Background

Originally explored by Scott Swaney on 11-5-11 DONE WITH RICK KENT, ET AL, SEE TRIP REPORT ABOVE

Incidents

Credits

Grotto Canyon (Southwest Fork, Death Valley)

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