Kanarra Creek

[Iceaxe]

We stopped by Kanarra Creek Sunday with some friends. I hadn't been to the place for 7 or 8 years so it was fun to visit again. The slot was better then I remembered. This was the wife and kids first visit. We also discovered a cool waterslide I missed the first time I was there. Enjoy the pictures. This is one of the best family slot canyons I know of. If you haven't already, put it on your to-do list.

Kanarra Creek Route Description (http://climb-utah.com/Zion/kanarra.htm)



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[2065toyota]

we went there a few weeks ago and the top 2 steps were missing off the top of the slippery log. it made it a little more sketchy. only thing i didn't like was there were 28 cars in the parking lot when we got back. probably close to 80 people in the canyon. we still had a great time. definitely worth the trip up. park downtown at the church and walk up a few blocks to avoid paying the $10 at the parking lot

[Iceaxe]

There were 4 cars in the parking lot when we started and 4 diffenrent cars when we finished, but we only pased three groups of people so I have no clue where everyone was. We stopped at noon on Sunday and the canyon wasn't crowded. We had both slots all to our self while we were there.

Normally I hate paying fees, but this time I didn't mind since I could see what the money was going for. That nice new parking area, with toliets and picnic tables is all new. I considered my $10 well spent.

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[optikal]

Sure is a pretty canyon. Nice photos :2thumbs:

[spinesnaper]

:2thumbs:

[moab mark]

I had a very sore tailbone for quite sometime due to that small water slide.:angryfire:

[ratagonia]

I had a very sore tailbone for quite sometime due to that small water slide.:angryfire:

:angryfire: does not seem quite appropriate. How about :bootyshake::eek2:

Tom

[accadacca]

Excellent photos. :popcorn:

[Skylinerider]

I was there on Friday morning. It's a nice place close by. I'm very happy to see Kanarra using the parking money to improve the parking lot.

[arnellfam]

Thanks for the TR and photos. Kanarra was too cold for my now eight year old daughter when I took her in the late afternoon a few years back, but my older kids LOVE it. I need to try a mid-day trip with the smaller ones.

[Iceaxe]

And now the video from the canyon. :popcorn:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVVGEpknoa4

[ststephen]

Definitely need to hit this on one of my Zion trips. Looks like a "fun for everybody" kind of a place.

[stefan]

I was there on Friday morning. It's a nice place close by. I'm very happy to see Kanarra using the parking money to improve the parking lot.

it's been a few years since i've been there. how have they improved the parking lot?

any one have photos?

[Iceaxe]

I have a picture somewhere I'll try and post, but bottom-line they have an actual dedicated and maintained parking lot/trailhead with parking for 20 or 30 cars. The trailhead has restrooms (porttapotty's) and picnic tables. Looking over what they are doing I except they will have a permanent restroom in the near future.

[arnellfam]

This is a delightful hike. I'm helping to take a youth group there on Wednesday. I'll post pictures of the parking lot improvements when we get back.

[2065toyota]

i may be wrong, but i was told the parking lot is privately owned. not kanarraville

[Skylinerider]

i may be wrong, but i was told the parking lot is privately owned. not kanarraville

Nope it is Kanarravilles. We spoke to the town clerk one day about the parking situation.

[2065toyota]

that definitely changes my opinion on paying the fee. will do so next time. thx for the info

[Sandstone Addiction]

I loved the video! Thanks for sharing.

[Sandstone Addiction]

I loved the pictures too!

[Iceaxe]

Here is a picture of the new parking area. Its not the greatest picture as I was mainly interested in the fee box and not the parking lot.

Anyhoo... you can see the port-a-johns (there were two of them) in the back corner and the picnic tables would be to your right under the cedar trees. The lot has been leveled and gravel hauled in to create an all-weather parking surface.

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[ratagonia]

that definitely changes my opinion on paying the fee. will do so next time. thx for the info

Huh? fine-tuned morality?

[stefan]

thanks, shane, for posting the photo of the parking lot and fee box. wow!

thanks for posting the photos and video too. it's a nice canyon. i remember enjoying watching the water meander through the wavy narrows. you captured that in the video

[jamlution]

Great video and pics! Thanks for sharing

[2065toyota]

Huh? fine-tuned morality?

as with all, that depends on the day

[ratagonia]

that definitely changes my opinion on paying the fee. will do so next time. thx for the info

Selective morality? How does that work???

Curious why that would make a difference for you.

Tom (annoyingly) :moses:

[Skylinerider]

I still think the fee is about $8 too much, but at the very least it seems to be going into making the parking lot better.

[ratagonia]

I still think the fee is about $8 too much, but at the very least it seems to be going into making the parking lot better.

I was there today. 2 sedans in the parking lot, 5 groups in the canyon. Parking a few blocks away at the town hall is offered as a free option - looks like people are using that too.

Tom

[Iceaxe]

FWIW: I forgot to mention the new parking area and trailhead also included a couple dumpsters for trash which is nice.

[Bicycle Lee]

Wow....looks great. Is that typical runoff? I just hiked down Muddy Creek in the Swell and it was running very high for the time of year.

[seb42]

Excellent pics and video! Thx!

[Miss Erin G]

PERFECT! Headed there this weekend and def going to check this out. Will I be ok without canyoneering shoes? (great pics by way)
erin

[Iceaxe]

Will I be ok without canyoneering shoes?

Any shoe that you can wade in will work great. Old running shoes or cross training shoes are ideal. You will be walking in ankle deep water that gets to knee deep in a couple of places, nothing too extreme.

Welcome to Bogley. :2thumbs:

[zzyzx]

THX for info.
Did you commend neoprene socks for hiking in the creek in the month of April/May?
THX for ur help.

[Iceaxe]

I always wear neoprene socks when hiking in water... partly because my canyoneering shoes are oversized to work with neoprenes.

[zzyzx]

THX for sharing your experience.
So I've to buy these socks for my Keen-style sandal.
I hope REI has better ones in the next year, than now.

[rjhooperphoto]

I can honestly see within the next few years a serious limitation or possibly even entry fee to enter the canyon (on top of parking). It is an amazing place and I think most of us want to keep it that way but it seems to be receiving heavy impact the last few years! Great shots though!

[zzyzx]

If you haven't already, put it on your to-do list.
Done.

[Iceaxe]

I can honestly see within the next few years a serious limitation or possibly even entry fee to enter the canyon (on top of parking). It is an amazing place and I think most of us want to keep it that way but it seems to be receiving heavy impact the last few years! Great shots though!

If by heavy impact you mean more visitors I agree. But the place is actually in much better condition now then it was when I first visited 10 years ago. There has been a lot of trail work in recent years that has eliminate many of the braided social trails.

When I first visited you could drive to the underground water tank. The place was a party area for local youth and was covered with lots of garbage. The place also had a lot more social trails.

Closing the road to vehicles and requiring visitor to hike the road seems to have really cleaned things up. I call it a riff-raff barrier as that type of thing tends to strain out a lot of the bad element.

I would like to see a little more trail work to establish a preferred trail to reach the slot and eliminate the remaining social trails, but as a whole whomever is managing the slot is doing a good job IMHO.

[ratagonia]

If by heavy impact you mean more visitors I agree. But the place is actually in much better condition now then it was when I first visited 10 years ago. There has been a lot of trail work in recent years that has eliminate many of the braided social trails.

When I first visited you could drive to the underground water tank. The place was a party area for local youth and was covered with lots of garbage. The place also had a lot more social trails.

Closing the road to vehicles and requiring visitor to hike the road seems to have really cleaned things up. I call it a riff-raff barrier as that type of thing tends to strain out a lot of the bad element.

I would like to see a little more trail work to establish a preferred trail to reach the slot and eliminate the remaining social trails, but as a whole whomever is managing the slot is doing a good job IMHO.

There's some hard terrain to do trailwork in, up there.

T :moses: