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05-13-2014, 05:54 PM
28 March 2014, four of us jumped into the Big Spring East West Loop in the High Spur area of Robbers Roost. Equipment we brought with us consisted of a GPS, 105ft rope, 110ft pull cord, plenty of webbing and hardware. Combining these two canyons took us 5 hours. Time includes farming rocks and building a deadman anchor from scratch. The East Loop has a few interesting down climbs but no rappels. The West Loop has several small rappels, a few of which we rigged with our new Fiddle Stick (FS) device. We decided on using the FS on raps where the anchor location was far back from the actual drop thus eliminating any chance of adding additional rope grooves. I really enjoyed the simplicity and quickness of the FS, another great tool to have in the bag.
Both of these canyons pack a lot of interesting features and shouldn’t be missed if visiting the area. A great option that we did was combine these two canyons with their big brother to the north, Big Spring NW Fork. This combo made the day feel more complete and only took an additional 2 hours car to car.
Canyon beta was obtained through http://www.climb-utah.com. We found the information to be very accurate and useful.
Area Overview
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Trail Overview
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Looking North towards the two canyons
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Dropping into the West Loop
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Fiddle Stick in action
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Dropping into the East Loop
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Back to the waiting vehicles
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Both of these canyons pack a lot of interesting features and shouldn’t be missed if visiting the area. A great option that we did was combine these two canyons with their big brother to the north, Big Spring NW Fork. This combo made the day feel more complete and only took an additional 2 hours car to car.
Canyon beta was obtained through http://www.climb-utah.com. We found the information to be very accurate and useful.
Area Overview
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Trail Overview
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Looking North towards the two canyons
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Dropping into the West Loop
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Fiddle Stick in action
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Dropping into the East Loop
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Back to the waiting vehicles
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