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After spending the last month in near freezing weather in Alaska, it was time to get reacquainted with the warm weather of Southern Utah. I arrived back in Salt Lake on October 11th, and quickly checked the forecast for Zion the next weekend. The 10-day showed beautiful weather, after a quick little storm moved through. 84 degrees?
Read MoreMuch time was spent this summer, enjoying the wonderful texture of the inside of the short tunnel. But less time was spent enjoying the canyons of Zion, so with the season coming to a close, Evergreen Dean called suggesting, maybe, perhaps, an Imlay Canyon trip? This canyon, I am usually up for a visit…
Read MoreEvergreen Dean came out with a couple of friends to run a lap on Imlay. I thought a warmup day was in order to assess skills, spread the The Imperial Style of canyon ropework and teamwork
Read MoreAnother stunningly beautiful day up near Lava Point, feels more like the first of October than the first of September!
Read MoreReid says: Today I headed out with a couple of friends to explore a slot behind the Watchman, which may or may not have proven itself. They'd heard about it from another canyoneer and it sounded worth checking out.
Read MoreNext day, we were looking for something rather casual, so a quick lap through Cassidy Arch Canyon would fit the bill.
Read MoreRyan and I were down Hanksville way, looking for a canyon to do. A couple days earlier, it had taken me 8 hours to drive from Mt Carmel to Ticaboo, as I had trouble getting across the Burr Trail, due to flash floods from a Utah-wide massive storm.
Read MoreOnce a year, it is good to get out with the Bushwhacker, among the few individuals who has done more cayons in the Zion area than I have. These days tend to be EPIC, or, more exactly, Kipic! Several of my longest days out have been with Kip in the Zion backcountry.
Read MoreI was up by Lava Point shooting flowers, a week or so ago, and measured the flow coming out of the dam as 12-14 cfs - which did not seem like very much - up there!
Read MoreFamous they are, these women from England, for being methodical, a polite way of saying "slow". This was their third year in Zion, at least for Sarah. Starting from a background of zero technical ropework, I think they do pretty well.
Read MoreYou can't come all the way from California to Zion and not see Boundary Canyon. Well, I guess you can, but that's not what we did... I took the girls up to Kolob country for cooler temps and some refreshing AGUA
Read MoreAnna (friend of Luca and Roberto and an MIT grad) was visiting the USA and Zion from Switzerland, Italy and Stanford. Wait, Yuhua is from Stanford AND MIT. Anyway..
Read MoreI consider hosting capable foreigners as part of my duties as Emperor of Utah Canyoneering; thus each year I take the opportunity to show off some of our lovely Zion canyons to visitors from foreign lands.
Read More“How do you know an unexplored canyon is going to be good?”
Well, there are the obvious hints ...
Read MoreI've had my eye on the 'end of Refrigerator Canyon' thingee for a while. Even tried it once, but the rain gods had other plans that day.
Read Morea FEST! A Valley of Death Fest!
Read MoreBefore heading into more serious things, a lazy-ish weekend in North Wash was in order. No Kidding provided a good opportunity to test out the new Sand Trap. Dave Buckingham and Anna Rehkopf from ZAC and Springdale drove up for some slot action
Read MoreI’ve had Pipe Spring Canyon on my curiousity list for a while, having stopped by and poked into the bottom almost every time I hiked the MIA..
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