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Escalante
56 canyons.
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3BAardvark Canyon (North Fork)Unknown flood
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n/aAardvark Canyon (South Fork)
Two to six rappels depending on how much water the canyon is holding, finishing on a 140 foot drop that takes at least an hour to rig and clear.
Boulder, UT Unknown flood -
n/aBad Neighbor
Rated XX and widely called one of the three hardest canyons on the Colorado Plateau, with a 400 foot final slot that RopeWiki quotes as positively diabolical.
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2ABig Horn Canyon (Escalante)Unknown flood
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n/aBishop Canyon
Four sections of escalating consequence where the third crosses silos in the dark about 80 feet off the deck, and the way out is a 150 foot line you fixed before you started.
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3ABown Star Canyon (Left Fork)Unknown flood
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n/aBox Elder Canyon
Better known as SOS or Six Ounce Sack. Zero rappels and still one of the three hardest XX canyons on the plateau: three sections of stemming on flaky, mossy rock.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aBrimstone Gulch (lower)
Possibly the narrowest slot in the Escalante: under three feet wide for most of a mile, in places only inches across at floor level and still dozens of feet deep, with almost no daylight reaching the bottom.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
4BBrimstone Gulch (upper)Unknown flood
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3ACalf CrackUnknown flood
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n/aCalf Creek Falls (Lower)
Closed to canyoneering, the entire drainage, since April 2018. What remains is the trail hike to a 125 foot waterfall that is probably the most photographed on the Colorado Plateau.
Boulder, UT Unknown flood -
2ACalf Creek Falls (Upper)Unknown flood
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n/aCoyote Gulch
Jacob Hamblin Arch, Coyote Natural Bridge and a filterable stream inside 21 miles of undercut sandstone, and also the busiest backpack in the monument. Both are true at once.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
2BDavis GulchUnknown flood
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2BDeath Hollow
Over 20 miles of canyon taken as a three to five day backpack, with swimming and downclimbs through the upper section and poison ivy for most of its length.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aDon't Do It Canyon
Hours of high stemming in an X rated canyon on King Mesa, where it also goes by DDI and by King Mesa Slots Middle Fork.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
1ADry Fork SlotUnknown flood
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3ADry HollowUnknown flood
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3BDurffey's DoozyUnknown flood
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n/aFortymile Gulch
The northern branch of a 20 plus mile system shared with Willow Gulch, cut as much as 500 feet into sandstone below the Straight Cliffs, narrowing into slots and pools before it reaches the Escalante.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3AFrosted Flakes
Half a day, with 60 to 90 minutes of X stemming around 50 feet off the deck and a 150 foot finish into Sleepy Hollow.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aFuzzy Caterpillar GorgeUnknown flood
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n/aHalfway HollowUnknown flood
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3AHeadless DuckUnknown flood
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4B RHeadless Hen
Nonstop keeper pothole work in the right conditions, and a canyon that has been descended without leaving a single anchor behind.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
4AHoly Cow Canyon
Six rappels with no fixed anchors anywhere in the canyon, past a section holding three arches and a subway shaped bore, finishing on the longest drop at 100 feet.
Boulder, UT Unknown flood -
n/aIslomania Dome
A landmark rather than a descent: RopeWiki files this as a point of interest, and its only beta link resolves to Road Trip Ryan's Volcano / Cosmic Ashtray route in the Red Breaks country north of Hole-in-the-Rock Road.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aLittle Death Hollow
Over two miles of narrow, twisting Wingate passage in the lower half, reached after a long open walk, on the quiet east side of the Escalante.
Boulder, UT Unknown flood -
n/aLlewellyn Gulch
Begins as sandy wash under the 1,500 foot cliffs of Fiftymile Point, tightens into more than a mile of narrow orange passage, then opens into a sheer red gorge with a clear stream running down to Lake Powell.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aLong Branch
The Long Branch of Sleepy Hollow: two separate narrows sections of sustained XX stemming, and one party went four straight hours without touching the ground.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3BMantrapUnknown flood
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n/aMicro Death Hollow
Two canyons in one entry: a 3B sneak exit at about 2.5 miles, or the full 4B line at 2.9 miles with 600 feet of climbing to get out. Both open with a 276 foot rappel off a tree.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3AMidget RattlerUnknown flood
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3B XMumbai
Eleven miles and an X rating, ending on a rappel that lands in whatever Lake Powell is doing that year: dry ground, or half a mile of swimming.
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3BNot Water CanyonUnknown flood
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4BO.B.
A 4B in the Escalante backcountry named for an inscription found near the old Mail Trail, per Steve Allen's Canyon Country Place Names. Published beta stops there.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3BOptimus PrimeUnknown flood
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2APeek-a-Boo CanyonUnknown flood
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2APhipps WashUnknown flood
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n/aPINTAC
PINTAC stands for Pain In The Ass Crack, and the name is the review: eleven miles and eight to twelve hours of high stemming, broken by up-climbs of up to fifty feet that force you back off the canyon floor over and over.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aPonderosa Fork
Bill Wolverton named this fork of the Dry Fork for one large ponderosa growing on a Navajo sandstone seep above the lowest pouroff, about a mile and a half up canyon. He puts the nearest other ponderosas roughly twenty miles off at the east end of Spencer Flat.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
n/aPothole Fork of Sleepy Hollow
Barely a canyon on its own: two fifteen foot rappels, one off a sandtrap and one off a meat anchor, then it dumps into Sleepy Hollow below the X section.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3APotholy Grail
Interesting spot with many dozen potholes of all shapes and sizes. This is a great option for when all other canyons in the area are a no-go due to weather.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
4A RRabbit of Caerbonn (ROC)Unknown flood
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3ARattle KingUnknown flood
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3B RRaven Canyon
The standard warm up for the King Mesa canyons, and the beta is unanimous on the shape of it: mellow enough at the start that you wonder why you came, then it turns on.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3ARed BreaksUnknown flood
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3BSad Cow DiseaseUnknown flood
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4B XSleepy Hollow
Rated 4B X, and in Climb-Utah's judgment one of the hardest canyons on the Colorado Plateau: seven miles of sustained high stemming and chimneying with two rappels, the longest 70 feet.
Escalante, UT Unknown flood -
3BSpencer CanyonUnknown flood
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n/aThe Gulch
Twelve miles of canyon running south from the Burr Trail trailhead to the Escalante River, designated a National Outstanding Natural Area, with one short slot near the midpoint as the only real obstacle.
Boulder, UT Unknown flood -
3ATilted TeepeesUnknown flood
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n/aWolverine CanyonUnknown flood
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2BZebra CanyonUnknown flood