Slit Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A II (v3a1 II) Raps:3, max ↨60ft
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.4371, -116.7190
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Introduction[edit]
I WENT SOLO EXPLORING UP DIFFERENT CANYONS, AND HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT WAS IN THIS CANYON. LATER I LEARNED THAT IT IS A KNOWN CANYON THAT PEOPLE CAN HIKE UP. THERE ARE THREE DROPS THAT I DID, BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE BYPASS TRAILS BUILT AROUND THEM. NO ANCHORS WERE ANYWHERE AT THE RAPPEL POINTS AND I HAD TO BUILD ROCK PILE ANCHORS FOR ALL OF THEM. SINCE THERE IS A BYPASS, NO ONE SEEMED IT WAS NEEDED. BUT THE "SLIT" IS A VERY PRETTY DRAMATIC SHORT DRY-FALL BUT WORTH THE EFFORT TO GO CHECK IT OUT. I DID THIS AS AN EXPLORATORY MISSION SO I CONTINUED ON UP FOR 3.5 MILES JUST TO SCOUT. AND I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL NICE NARROWS TO SCRAMBLE THROUGH. A NICE SHORT ONE.
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Beta sites[edit]
HikeArizona.com : Slit Canyon - DVNP- Super Amazing Map : Slit Canyon
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Background[edit]
Originally explored by Scott Swaney on 2014-02-16 under the identifier "F". See more at Scott Swaney's Death Valley Canyoneering Exploration.