Jumpup Canyon
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| Condition Reports: | 24 Nov 2023
"Hiked from the Kanab confluence up Kwagunt Hollow. All potholes in Jumpup were dry, but there was steady and clear flow in the lower half of Kwagunt. |
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| Best season: | Spring;Summer;Fall
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36.4885, -112.6274
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WaterflowIntroduction
Approach
Various approach options from the top:
- Jumpup Cabin
- Sowats Point along the Jumpup-Nail trail
- Sowats Point down Kwagunt Hollow. Water available from a small spring at 36.5076413660911, -112.5655215353174, and a larger spring at 36.50924869990519, -112.57521069768177. It seems both springs have small pools and minor flow for 50-100 yards all year round.
Or, approach from below via Kanab Creek.
Descent
Exit
Red tape
Jumpup has a combination of land owners:
- Above Indian Hollow = National Forest
- Indian Hollow to Kanab Creek junction = Jumpup is the boundary of National Forest and National Park.
- Kananb Creek below the Jumpup junction is National Park land
- Kananb Creek above the Jumpup junction is National Forest land
National Park backcountry permits are required for overnight use within National Park land, use area LA9 Kanab Creek.
For Jumpup, it's unclear whether a National Park backcountry permit is required for overnight use, either by law, or, within the spirit of the rules.
Technically, if you walk-through Jumpup to the Kanab/Jumpup junction, then camp a few yards upstream of the Kanab/Jumpup junction, you're in National Forest land, thus no National Park overnight use, so National Park permits are not required. It's unclear whether your entrance into National Park land between Indian Hollow and Kanab Creek triggers the requirement for a National Park backcountry permit, even though you don't camp in National Park land.
Possibly, the spirit of wilderness and backcountry rules dictate you should arrange a backcountry permit even if not camping in National Park land. Difficult debate - if you arrange a permit and don't camp in National Park, it means you take half of the permits and stop others from arranging a permit who do want to camp in National Park land. Difficult.
Beta sites
Grand Canyoneering Book by Todd Martin : Jumpup Canyon