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Zion West Side

7 canyons.

• 3C

  Boundary Canyon

  Ten rappels down a flowing watercourse that regulars describe as a scaled down Kolob, sculpted the whole way, with a 100 foot drop off bolts as the second rappel.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• 3B

  Das Boot

  The stretch of the Left Fork of North Creek directly above the Subway proper: three rappels, longest 66 feet, and almost nobody runs it on its own.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• 3C R

  Kolob Canyon

  An irrigation dam, not the weather, decides how much water runs through this slot, and Kolob Creek has been notorious since a scout troop was trapped here in high water in 1993 and two of their leaders died.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• n/a

  Oak Creek (North Fork)

  Private land from the drop in to the exit, which is why most people who descend this one, also called Battle Creek, do it from the back of a guided trip. Thirteen rappels, longest 80 feet.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• 3C

  Oak Creek (South Fork)

  Better known as Eye of the Needle, for the 130 foot rappel that threads an arch mid canyon: you go through the hole on the rappel rope and throw the pull cord over the top.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• 4A

  South Guardian Angel Canyon

  The last rappel is the point: 305 feet, mostly free hanging, sweeping down through a hanging garden alcove at the bottom of eleven drops.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood
• 3B

  The Subway

  Four bolted rappels through the tunnel shaped section of the Left Fork of North Creek, wrapped in a 9.5 mile day: 3.5 miles of slickrock route finding to get in, 2.2 miles of boulder hopping to get out.

  Virgin, UT Unknown flood