Canyoneering October 16-21 Moab area

[apdale]

My wife and I will be visiting the Moab/Arches/Canyonlands area 10/16-10/21 and would really like to do some canyoneering. We have only done one canyon before so rather than exploring on our own I thought I would check and see if someone experienced would mind letting us tag along with them. We do rock climb frequently and are experienced at rappelling but we certainly have a lot to learn still about canyoneering.

Alternatively if anyone has a good recommendation for a canyon that some newbie canyoneers could tackle that would also be very much appreciated. We will have a 70m rope and rappel devices with us if that matters.

[moab mark]

U turn-Elephant Butte are 2 good straight forward routes in Moab. All the info you will need is available at Climb-utah.com

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[apdale]

U turn-Elephant Butte are 2 good straight forward routes in Moab. All the info you will need is available at Climb-utah.com



Thank you!

[jman]

X2. Elephant butte is an awesome route!

If rock climbing is your sport but wanna mix it up a bit with canyoneering - Elephant Butte can't be beat! Plus you knock off a high-point off the Eternal list of peakbagging. (It's the highest point in Arches NP).


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[apdale]

X2. Elephant butte is an awesome route!

If rock climbing is your sport but wanna mix it up a bit with canyoneering - Elephant Butte can't be beat! Plus you knock off a high-point off the Eternal list of peakbagging. (It's the highest point in Arches NP).




I think canyoneering would be our sport if there were any canyons in Kentucky! Unfortunately that isn't the case. We will definitely visit Elephant Butte.

[Iceaxe]

x3 for Elephant Butte. While not exactly canyoneering it might be the funniest route inside the park.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhdZvVnvd4


And here is the video for U-Turn


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-4cYzaAfU

[apdale]

Thanks for the suggestions. U-turn and Elephant Butte were both a lot of fun.
We also ended up doing Pool Arch Canyon which we enjoyed as well.

[moab mark]

Did u by any chance have a picture of the rope grooves at end of pool arch/rock of ages?

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[apdale]

Did u by any chance have a picture of the rope grooves at end of pool arch/rock of ages?


No, didn't take a picture of that.

[Rob L]

Thanks for the suggestions. U-turn and Elephant Butte were both a lot of fun.
We also ended up doing Pool Arch Canyon which we enjoyed as well.

Glad you had fun! I was introduced to those three routes (and more) by Iceaxe and MoabMark and ScottP and others during a "BogleyFest" a few years ago.

Rob