Misery Canyon

Misery Canyon Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Fat Man's Misery; Misery Canyon; Fat Mans Misery Canyon; Misery Canyon aka Fat Man's Misery.

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‌	Difficulty:‌3B III (v3a2 III) Raps:‌5, max ↨70ft Metric Overall: 5-14h  ⟷8.9mi Approach:  ↑2420ft Descent:  ⟷1.5mi  ↓440ft No Red Tape:‌No permit required Shuttle:‌None Vehicle:Passenger
Location:	37.2122, -112.8833
Condition Reports:	8 Oct 2025 "Hiked in from Checkerboard Mesa on October 8. Great day - gorgeous narrows! Pretty mellow canyon difficulty wise - we did a lot of down climbing. Wat
Weather:
Best season:	Spring; Summer; Fall winter spring summer fall Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Regions:	North America United States Utah Southwest Utah Zion National Park  Zion East Side

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Beta sites

• BluuGnome.com : Fat Man's Misery (West Fork)
• Chris Brennen's Adventure Hikes (Southwest) : Misery Canyon
• RoadTripRyan.com : Misery (Fat Mans) East & West Forks
• CanyoneeringUSA.com : Fat Man's Misery
• Climb-Utah.com : Misery Canyon
• CanyonChronicles.com : Misery Canyon
• HikeArizona.com : Misery Canyon
• Zion Canyoneering Book by Tom Jones : Fat Man's Misery
• OnRopeCanyoneering.com : Fat Mans Misery Canyon
• ToddsHikingGuide.com : Misery Canyon
• CanyonCollective.com : Fat Man's Misery
• Super Amazing Map : Misery Canyon aka Fat Man's Misery
• AmericanSouthwest.net : Misery Canyon
• ZionCanyoneering.com : Misery Canyon
• CanyonCollective.com : Fat Man's Misery
• BluuGnome.com : Fat Man's Misery (East Fork)

Trip reports and media

• Thomas D. McArthur on Canyon Tales : Fat Man's Misery, Summer, 1964
• https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/fat-mans-misery-east-fork
• https://www.stavislost.com/hikes/trail/fat-mans-misery-west-fork
• https://www.facebook.com/pat.winstanley.7/media_set?set=a.601374776587890.1073741864.100001461198708&type=3
• Candition.com : Fat Man's Misery
• Mark Kilian's Adventures : Fat Man's Misery - ZNP
• http://adamhaydock.blogspot.com/2017/06/fat-mans-misery-west-fork-zion-national.html : Fat Man's Misery -West Fork

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