Howdy!
After several guided trips my family finally took a three day course and have started do solo canyons. We are returning to Utah in late March and thinking of hitting some canyons in the Robber's roost area. I am wondering if anyone has any beta on High Spur or other 3A canyons in the area. We are particularly interested in the anchors available in the canyons in the area. We are comfortable constructing anchors off the easy stuff - trees; choke stones, etc, but are are not yet comfortable with deadman anchors, sandtraps or using fiddle sticks and such. Has anyone been in High Spur lately that can speak to the anchor material available, especially on the last rap. Any other recommendations for 3A II or III canyons would be great. 2As are great too but we really like using the ropes. We have a high clearance vehicle and good route finding skills.
Also would love recommendations on diameter and brand of rope you prefer. We have 200 ft. of 9mm Imlay that we bought for 50 bucks of a dutch guy in zion last summer. It's a bit stiff. We would like to purchase more rope and in different lengths. What lengths of rope do you all own? I do not think we need anything longer for a while but we might need to get some pull cord.
Would value any input or ideas.
Thanks much!
Canyonkat