Orderville Canyon

Orderville Canyon Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

Also known as: Orderville Gulch.

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‌	Difficulty:‌3B III (v3a2 III) Raps:‌2, max ↨30ft Metric Overall: 6-10h  ⟷12.5mi Yes Red Tape:‌Permit required Shuttle:‌ Vehicle:4WD
Location:	37.3320, -112.8331
Condition Reports:	23 May 2025 "Somewhat late start (11am) due to fire alarms at the permit desk and general disarray, but a beautiful canyon. Subaru Outback made it down the 4x4 wit
Weather:
Best season:	Late 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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Introduction

One of the classics in Zion. It is best done in combination with other technical canyons like Englestead Hollow, Birch Hollow and others.

Approach

Upper Orderville outside of the park boundary. At the lower 4X4 Parking.

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Descent

R1/DC is 17' with bolts RDC before the junction with Birch.

R2/DC is 20' with bolts LDC after the junction with Englestead.

Red tape

Entry to this area may be restricted; check for information regarding permits before attempting this trip

Beta sites

• Chris Brennen's Adventure Hikes (Southwest)  : Orderville Canyon
• RoadTripRyan.com  : Orderville Canyon
• CanyoneeringUSA.com  : Orderville
• Climb-Utah.com  : Orderville Gulch
• CanyonChronicles.com  : Orderville Canyon
• HikeArizona.com  : Orderville Canyon
• Zion Canyoneering Book by Tom Jones  : Orderville Canyon
• Super Amazing Map  : Orderville Canyon
• AmericanSouthwest.net  : Orderville Canyon
• ZionCanyoneering.com  : Orderville Canyon from the Top
• ToddsHikingGuide.com  : Orderville Canyon
• SummitPost.org  : Orderville Canyon

Trip reports and media

• Candition.com  : Orderville

Background

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Credits

Orderville Canyon

Information provided by automated processes. KML map by (unknown). Main photo by (unknown). Authors are listed in chronological order.

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