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Thread: Wintertime Canyoneering
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11-11-2013, 10:38 AM #1
Wintertime Canyoneering
Are there any reasonable places to canyoneer in the wintertime (Dec/Jan/Feb)? I certainly dont like the idea of breaking through sheets of ice and plunging into water. I'm thinking....warmer....
Death Valley?
Red Rocks?
Southern Arizona?
Where do you all go? Do you shut it down until spring?canyon to the face??? CANYON TO THE FACE!!!!
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11-11-2013 10:38 AM # ADS
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11-11-2013, 11:52 AM #2
Marble Canyon, Ticaboo area, North Wash, Robbers Roost, Moab. Sometimes the Swell too.
Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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11-11-2013, 12:26 PM #3
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11-11-2013, 01:01 PM #4
Go skiing instead. To everything there is a season...
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11-11-2013, 01:54 PM #5Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit
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11-11-2013, 04:55 PM #6
The Grand Canyon. Pick up the book by Todd Martin...there's plenty to do there in the winter without freezing your butt off. As long as a big nasty cold front doesn't come in, it's actually a great time to hike.
The end of the world for some...
The foundation of paradise for others.
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11-11-2013, 07:54 PM #7
If avoiding water/ice is the main goal, watch the reports on Candition.com to get an idea of what's dry. Also trip reports here & on Canyon Collective. (Can I mention a competing site and not be castigated for it?) Many of the canyons in North Wash area will be dry as well as Poison Springs, the Mini Slots near the Dirty Devil & some of the Roost areas. This winter, I think some/many of the canyons in the Swell may be slow to drain out from the very wet fall. If you want warmer, head further south or into CA as some others have suggested.
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11-12-2013, 05:18 AM #8
The North Wash is generally pretty good in the winter. It will be freezing up in Salt Lake/Provo and a balmy 35 down in the North Wash. There are the few canyons down there that stay pretty dry, and if they don't, the water is often frozen almost solid. Just keep an eye on what conditions you can get.
--Cliff
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11-12-2013, 07:13 AM #9
The Superstition Mountains in central AZ are great winter canyoneering. Minimal water and a different type of canyoneering than Utah due to the volcanic rock. Just make sure and wear long sleeves and pants, the all of brush out here is trying to make you bleed!
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11-12-2013, 07:30 AM #10CanyoneeringUtah.blogspot.com
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"As you journey through life, choose your destination well, but do not hurry there. You will arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten path[s] ... Such things are riches for the soul. And if upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, ... know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at journey
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11-19-2013, 12:30 PM #11
I like canyons because of the water, so to go do dry shit is not appealing at all for me. I have some friends in Europe that go Ice Canyoning... they say it's lots of fun. They have to smash the ice to swim through potholes and sometimes the wetsuit will get cut with the sharp ice edge. There's one hot spring canyon they do in the Pyrenees that they always ask me to go to, but the hot water is only in 2 pools out of 7.
Pics are amazing but honestly, that shit is NOT for me...
In winter I'll usually prefer to go skiing or caving.
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11-20-2013, 08:45 AM #12CanyoneeringUtah.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel
"As you journey through life, choose your destination well, but do not hurry there. You will arrive soon enough. Wander the back roads and forgotten path[s] ... Such things are riches for the soul. And if upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, ... know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at journey
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