Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: South Fork of Maidenwater Canyon

  1. #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

    Name:  P1020325.jpg
Views: 597
Size:  183.2 KB

    Name:  P1020327.jpg
Views: 461
Size:  112.9 KB

    Name:  P1020330.jpg
Views: 479
Size:  129.3 KB

    Name:  P1020335.jpg
Views: 482
Size:  135.2 KB

    Name:  P1020336.jpg
Views: 474
Size:  132.7 KB

    Name:  P1020338.jpg
Views: 460
Size:  78.7 KB

  2. # ADS
    Circuit advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many
     

  3. #2
    Looks sweet! Another canyon to add to my hit list.
    Micah

  4. Likes Slot Machine liked this post
  5. #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.

  6. #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 !

  7. #5
    nice pics bob ! you even made my bald spot look good.
    signature

  8. Likes Slot Machine liked this post

Similar Threads

  1. [Trip Report] The South Fork of Maidenwater
    By SRG in forum Canyoneering
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 10-25-2012, 08:54 PM
  2. [Trip Report] South Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs
    By powderhound in forum Rock Art & Ruins
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 03-07-2012, 05:17 PM
  3. [Trip Report] Maidenwater South Sunday May 4 2008
    By french_de in forum Canyoneering
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 05-08-2008, 08:45 PM
  4. South Fork Of Maidenwater - A request
    By ajroadtrips in forum Canyoneering
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 08-06-2007, 07:40 AM
  5. [Trip Report] mineral canyon, south fork
    By erial in forum Hiking, Scrambling & Peak Bagging
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 05-06-2007, 09:34 PM

Visitors found this page by searching for:

Outdoor Forum

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •