Elephant Butte, November 2019

Here are some pictures from another trip up Elephant Butte, the high point of Arches National Park. It’s a scramble route with two rappels, not really canyoneering but not really technical rock climbing either. The first rappel, 90 feet or so. Slickrock ramps near the top. Steep and sandy due to recent rain. Final moves […]

Lockjaw Canyon, November 2019

This Sunday we descended Lockjaw canyon in the Moab area. It was a pretty fun canyon, a classic Moab canyon where it isn’t very narrow and there are a lot of escape options. The approach hike was on a hardcore jeep trail so we got to scope out some of the ridiculous obstacles jeep people […]

Cheesebox Canyon, September 2019

Last weekend we drove out to Cedar Mesa and descended Cheesebox Canyon. It’s usually a wet canyon and the weather was cool enough that we were a little worried about hypothermia, so I finally ordered a wetsuit. The canyon ended up being relatively dry, but there was still a section of swimming where we couldn’t […]

Canyoneering in the Fiery Furnace

Here’s a video a friend made of us canyoneering in Arches.

Upper Granary Canyon (Again)

I made an attempt at doing the full Granary Canyon, but only made it through the Upper section before running out of time. It was 7 rappels and we got a bit of a late start. It was 3:00 by the time we were ready to start the lower section, so we bailed instead of […]

10.21.2017 Horshoe and Larry Canyons

In late October we headed out towards Robbers Roost and explored a couple canyons. Robbers Roost is where Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch Gang would hide out between heists back in the late-1800s. We started with the non-technical Horsehoe Canyon, which is a small district of Canyonlands National Park, but about 3 hours away […]

Professor Creek Canyoneering

In late June we explored another technical canyon in the Moab area. This was a great canyon to do in the summer because you’re walking in cool water almost the whole time. It really made the 105 degree weather pretty bearable. It only has two rappels, one of which is only about 10 feet. The […]

Pool Arch Canyon and Dragonfly Canyon

A few pictures from Pool Arch Canyon, which is off Kane Springs Road near Moab, and Dragonfly Canyon in Arches National Park. I forgot my rx100 so the pictures are of lower quality than usual. Starting out the hike to Pool Arch A bit of a tricky scramble up Very lumpy terrain Pool Arch, 130ft. […]

Upper Granary Canyon

We took a dog rappelling for the first time on Upper Granary Canyon. It worked out fairly well. She was very hesitant to go over the edge of the cliff obviously, but as soon as she got over she pretty much went limp and was fine. Granary was a good choice because it wasn’t too […]

Leprechaun Canyon, east fork

A couple weeks ago we explored Leprechaun Canyon, over in the North Wash which is just south of Hanksville, and about a two hour drive from Moab. The canyon was pretty amazing, but it was very crowded and there was a group of about 20 high school kids going through it, which made it less […]