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07-07-2008, 09:43 AM
Our group of eight (8) finished off a great week in Zion on Friday (June 27th) by doing the top-down Orderville Canyon route. This was a first time for everyone in the entire group. Thanks to Joe Braun, Bo Beck, Tanya, and Tom Jones for their excellent trip reports an beta information.
We had two vehicles so shuttling people was not a problem although the day was long by the time we returned to our cabin in Duck Creek Village. We dropped our smaller vehicle at Zion's parking area and ran our group up to North Fork road. We arrived at the trail head (Jeep road) about 10am. We make quick time and headed down the Jeep road and into the beginning of Oderville Canyon. With every step the views became more spectacular! The first obstacle (chockstone) was a welcome change to our quick paced hiking. We quickly made our way down the chockstone and on to the guillotine (double chockstone). Just before our second obstacle we grabbed a quick bite and energy boost! Leading up to the guillotine we began seeing traces of water (not too much mud as it must have been pretty dry). The Virgin River was running at 42 or 43 cfs that day
We had two vehicles so shuttling people was not a problem although the day was long by the time we returned to our cabin in Duck Creek Village. We dropped our smaller vehicle at Zion's parking area and ran our group up to North Fork road. We arrived at the trail head (Jeep road) about 10am. We make quick time and headed down the Jeep road and into the beginning of Oderville Canyon. With every step the views became more spectacular! The first obstacle (chockstone) was a welcome change to our quick paced hiking. We quickly made our way down the chockstone and on to the guillotine (double chockstone). Just before our second obstacle we grabbed a quick bite and energy boost! Leading up to the guillotine we began seeing traces of water (not too much mud as it must have been pretty dry). The Virgin River was running at 42 or 43 cfs that day