Wretched Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A III (v3a1 III) Raps:8, max ↨50ft
Red Tape:No permit required Shuttle:None Vehicle:Passenger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Condition Reports: | 12 Jan 2018
"Removed old orange webbing and added new Blue webbing for raps 1-6. An intermediate anchor between rap 6 and 7 was re-slung using (old) 10mm climbing |
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.2651, -116.7620
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GPS data automatically extracted from bluugnome.com, please visit their site for more detailed information.
Introduction
Approach
Descent
Blue webbing added 1/12/18 any other webbing in this canyon should be replaced.
R1: 30 ft, cairn
R2: 40 ft, large horn
R3: 35 ft, cairn
R4: 50 ft, cairn or crack (down climbable on RDC. Be careful, the rock is conglomerate here and can easily crumble)
R5: 35 ft, large horn
R6: 20 ft (?), cairn
Intermediate Rap: 35 ft, cairn (replace the 10mm climbing rope). BluuGnome mentions a downclimb on LDC, but it was hard to see a clear path in the dark
R7: 40 ft (?), cairn
R8: 15 ft, boulder (no webbing on 1/12/18)
Exit
Red tape
Beta sites
BluuGnome.com : Wretched Canyon- Super Amazing Map : Wretched Canyon
Trip reports and media
Background
Discovered and named by Rick Kent. First descent, 28 November 2010: Mike Cressman, Luke Galyan, Jay Snow, Abby Wines. (Alphabetical order.)