Red Canyon (South Fork, Sedona)

Red Canyon (South Fork, Sedona) Canyoneering Canyoning Caving

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‌	Difficulty:‌3A IV (v3a1 IV) Raps:‌4-6 Metric Overall: 10-13h Approach: 3-4h  ↑1800ft Descent: 4-5h  ↑1700ft Exit: 3-4h No Red Tape:‌ Shuttle:‌Optional Vehicle:Passenger Rock type:Sandstone
Location:	34.9156, -111.8836
Condition Reports:	7 Nov 2021 "Very dense brush, mediocre rappels. Not worth the time and effort.
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Regions:	North America United States Arizona Mogollon Rim Sedona

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Introduction

A very scenic hike up to the top of Bear Mountain followed by a very short approach to the head of the drainage where you will have to scramble and bushwack your way down steeply to the first drop.

Approach

Hike the entire length of Bear Mountain trail to the drop-in point.

Descent

I would bring a 200ft rope and pull. The start of this drainage is steep. After rappelling the first drop travel lets up a bit but still quite a bit of scrambling down to more drops before reaching the redrock section.

Exit

Take Red Canyon down and if you can help it take the fence line of the Palatki Ruins Property to the left and around to the road where either your shuttle awaits or do what we did and hitch hike back to the Bear Mountain T/H. We only had one car and easily got picked up so that was nice. We hiked straight through the Ruins property where a ranger was at the entry gate and was very curious as to where we came from with all the gear we had. He was great and we pointed out to him where we descended from as you can see the top of bear and some of the drainage from where we were standing, he was kind of speechless as to what we just did.

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Background

First Descent by Jay Wisocki and Dinna Marquez

Credits

Red Canyon (South Fork, Sedona)

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