Poe Canyon
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| | Difficulty:4B V X (v6a2 V) Raps:16, max ↨135ft
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| Condition Reports: | 24 May 2025
"7.5 hours camp to camp (Millers Creek), the group behind us did it around 17 hours at a more casual pace so I think RTR 12+ hour estimate is accurate. |
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| Best season: | Spring; Fall.
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37.5563, -110.8860
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Introduction[edit]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUqqeEliPYU
Approach[edit]
Descent[edit]
Exit[edit]
After the last rappel you have 2 options for exit. The first is to just continue on down the canyon to the intersection with Halls Creek. However this is likely to involve some heavy bushwhacking. The better option is to climb out canyon left shortly after the last rappel (Approx. 150 yards). As you head down canyon keep an eye on canyon left for an area that has some fallen trees and is covered in vines (Oct 2015). This is really the first place you can easily climb out of the canyon on this side. There is a short climb here that may need to be spotted (about 8 feet). Scramble up (North) to the ridge and then down diagonally heading back to Halls Creek. (Original info for the shortcut exit provided by Taylor Atwood.)
Red tape[edit]
Beta sites[edit]
BluuGnome.com : Smiling Cricket Canyon- Super Amazing Map : Poe Canyon (aka Smiling Cricket)
- Climb-Utah.com : Poe Canyon
- CanyonCollective.com : Poe
- RoadTripRyan.com : Smiling Cricket Canyon (Poe Canyon)
- SummitPost.org : Smiling Cricket
Trip reports and media[edit]
- Jenny (Hall) West on Canyon Tales : Poe Canyon & the Pit of Dispair, August 23, 1981
- Jason Pease on Canyon Tales : Smiliking Cricket (2008)
- Ram on Canyon Tales : Smiling Cricket (Poe Canyon)
- https://www.facebook.com/pat.winstanley.7/media_set?set=a.1091665230892173.1073742077.100001461198708&type=3
- Candition.com : RWID:279
- Mark Kilian's Adventures : Poe - Waterpocket Fold
Background[edit]
This canyon was called Poe Canyon because of its pits and pendulums on the first descent by Jenny (Hall) West & Mike Bogart on August 23, 1981 [canyon name database]