Rough Canyon Falls
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| | Difficulty:3B II (v3a2 II) Raps:1, max ↨100ft
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| Best season: | BEST in Spring
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38.9752, -108.6008
38.9888, -108.6174
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Introduction[edit]
Rough Canyon Falls is a two-stage waterfall rappel at the end of Rough Canyon. It's a long walk for just this dryfall with pothole, but is great in combination with Not Shaylee Birthday Canyon and Shaylee Birthday Canyon.
Approach[edit]
A nice loop can be made hiking down (or up) Rough Canyon and then up (or down) Tabeguache Canyon, both non-technical canyon hikes.
Timing the Spring waterflow in Rough Canyon would be great, but it is a narrow window or best after a rain storm.
Descent[edit]
A few large boulders in the upper slot provide nice solid pinches for anchors. Set an anchor and retrieve it when done rappelling.
R1: 100' from a boulder in the upper slot will stretch into the pothole and down the second stage to the ground below.
Scramble up the ledges after the rappel to the top.
Exit[edit]
Return to the trailhead up Rough Canyon, Tabeguache Canyon, or the Tabeguache OHV Trail.
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Trip reports and media[edit]
Apr 2025: beta added to ropewiki. Ira Lewis, Andrew Tanasescu (banner photo), Kati Write, Arick Calhoun, Carl Bern, Sean Yarborough
