Red Wall Canyon (Main Fork)
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| | Difficulty:3A III (v2a1 III) Raps:1, max ↨20ft
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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Introduction[edit]
(SCOTT SWANEY) - PUT ON MY MAP AS A REFERENCE CANYON. MAINLY A HIKING CANYON WITH ONE 20' DRYFALL TO CLIMB OVER. BUT PUT HERE BECAUSE OF TWO OTHER UPPER CANYON FORKS I COMPLETED THAT DRAIN INTO THIS CANYON. IT IS STILL A VERY PRETTY CANYON TO GET INTO. By getting into this canyon, you have to get up a 20' high chockstone that blocks the hiking route up. It would have a 5th Class climbing rating to climb up it. People have brought ladders in there, put knotted rope up, etc., to be able to get up the canyon.
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Descent[edit]
There is one 20' dry-fall near the mouth that would be considered a rappel, or a sketchy down-climb. For that one drop I think the canyon should carry a Class 3 rating even if that is the only technical falls in the main canyon. If people saw it as a Class 2 canyon. and went unprepared, there could be an accident. I have been thru there three times, and each time something different has been brought in there by hikers such as a wooden ladder, a knotted rope to climb & descend on, and webbing set for a rappel anchor. Many hikers do go up this canyon, and most try to get over this obstacle without much of a bypass option available.
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Beta sites[edit]
HikeArizona.com : Red Wall Canyon - DVNP- AmericanSouthwest.net : Red Wall Canyon
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Background[edit]
Originally explored by Scott Swaney on 2013-03-11 under the identifier "G". See more at Scott Swaney's Death Valley Canyoneering Exploration.