Technical Slot Canyons Utah
While hikes through slot canyons are beautiful, they can’t compare to rappelling down one or having your partner help you climb over a stuck rock. A technical canyon is the best version of an adult obstacle course nature has to offer us, and one of the most adventures fun found anywhere. The canyon begins as a shallow drainage meandering in and out of the slickrock expanse. Potholes and a few short pourovers appear here and there, but all are readily bypassed. About when we started wondering whether the slot proper would ever form, we were forced up on the gently sloping walls for a section of easy, low–stemming. Climb-Utah is proud to sponsor Bogley.com. The finest outdoor forum on the web. We promise to make the forum a fun and friendly place where everyone is welcome to hang-out. The forum is FREE to join and open to all hikers, mountaineers, technical canyoneers and slot canyon enthusiasts. You will discover the forum is a great place to find. The famous Zebra Slot - not very deep or long, but one of the most photogenic slot canyons in Utah. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. I consider a slot canyon a canyon where you can touch both sides at the same time. There are many slot sections of canyon in Zion, but most are part of technical canyons. Where can a person enjoy a slot canyon experience without ropes and helmets and permits and all that jazz? In Zion, there are not many options, but there are a few.
Canyoneering
There is an irresistible lure to a desert slot canyon. At each bend and twist, a small clue to a vast secret is revealed one step at a time. Reflected canyon light illuminates the stillness, silence envelopes the spaces between footsteps and each echo fly’s down canyon on a search of its own.
Canyoneering is the exploration of this world of slot canyons, via hiking, scrambling, rappelling and sometimes wading and swimming. Southwestern Utah is widely considered to be one of the top Canyoneering destinations in the world, with everything from casual slots that can be done in a couple of hours to multi day wilderness canyons that offer every type of obstacle imaginable.
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Our Canyoneering programs offer several beautiful slot canyons on both Bureau of Land management and Dixie National forest terrain, all of which are excellent introductions to the sport. We provide all the equipment, instruction and transportation, and take you step by step through the techniques that make moving through these labyrinth passages both possible and fun.
We specialize in tailored and intimate Canyoneering experiences for small groups. Each trip is an opportunity to share the wonders of this region and our appreciation of it. We thrive on each gasp of wonder.
Deserteering:
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If Canyoneering is the exploration of narrow depths, Deserteering is a traverse over a desert formation, like a butte or mesa. This differs, in that the skill set required may include hiking, scrambling, technical rock climbing, canyoneering, caving, rappelling and route finding through a confusing labyrinths of passages.
Our Deserteering programs feature access to locations that few have experienced, and intimate features of this slickrock landscape that will forever be locked in the silence of both the desert and your memory .