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05-28-2015, 08:41 PM #1
South Fork of Maidenwater Canyon
On May 26th, 2014, Jason ( @goofball ) and I took a leisurely stroll through the South Fork of Maidenwater Canyon.
Oh wait, it wasn’t leisurely at all. I’m pretty sure we did 25 downclimbs. Plus I did 5-6 rappels, while Jason did 3-4 rappels.
The downclimbs are especially challenging because most of them start from a polished granite boulder. Your upcanyon hand, normally used as an anchor for the first 5-6 feet of each downclimb, becomes relatively useless. Plus the drops are realtively wide, normally 5+ feet, so stretching your feet waaaay out (back to feet) without using your hands becomes your go-to move.
Free advice: Once you start getting to wades that are thigh deep, put your wetsuit on. They only get deeper from there. We had 4-5 full swims at the bottom. I was happy to have my 3/2 on.
This adventure took us 5.5 hours at a very casual pace.
Special thanks to Jason for going through this canyon again (his 5th lap). It was a good canyon with great company.
-Bob
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05-28-2015 08:41 PM # ADS
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05-28-2015, 09:39 PM #2
Looks sweet! Another canyon to add to my hit list.
Micah
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05-28-2015, 10:55 PM #3
The Maidenwaters and Trail were really popular a few years back but seem to have fallen out of the flavor of the month club recently. Both Maidenwaters and Trail are excellent canyons.
And Lower Maidenwater is a great slot canyon hike for those looking to avoid technical routes. It's easily as good as Little Wild Horse and comes without the LWH crowds.
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05-29-2015, 12:49 PM #4
South Maid is very nice. You can go thru it with other good canyoneers at a quick clip and try to downclimb everything possible - or take relative noobs thru it, assist them, and get them to start to understand and enjoy downclimbing. Lots of different techniques to practice.
I counted the drops one time and came up with 35. With maybe 3-6 raps.
And Trail also cool. I and my buddies were small enough that we stayed low on last 2 tight sections which made it much easier - think we did it in 2 1/2 hrs.
Great doubleheader !
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05-29-2015, 05:14 PM #5
nice pics bob ! you even made my bald spot look good.
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