Non Technical Slot Canyons Utah

4/9/2022by admin

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Zion National Park is famous for slots. Indeed, the narrows of the North Fork of the Virgin is the most famous slot canyon hike in the world. Hundreds flock to Parunuweap Canyon along the East Fork, to Orderville, Kolob, and Deep Creeks which empty into the North. Red Canyon (also known as Peek-a-Boo Canyon) is a non-technical slot canyon on BLM land in southwestern Utah, just east of Zion National Park.One should note that this canyon is not the Red Canyon near to Bryce National Park or Peek-a-Boo Gulch in the Canyons of the Escalante.

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Non Technical Slot Canyons Utah Hotel

GEAR:Standard Hiking Gear (Technical Gear if doing the optional rappel)

Non Technical Slot Canyons In Utah

RAPPELS:1 optional (50 m ( 165 ft. ) rope required for the optional rappel)

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If there is a better non-technical slot in Escalante, it would be tough to name. Egypt 3 is by far one of the most dramatic and narrow non-technical slots in the area. The canyon offers a seemingly endless supply of narrow slot, that gets narrower and narrower as you progress. A number of downclimbs and challenges along the way keep it interesting.
Narrow slots not exciting enough? Need to get a rappel in to REALLY feel like your canyoneering? After the non-technical exit, technical canyoneers can continue down canyon a short distance to a final technical section of slot with 1 rappel. Surprisingly, for such a short slot, it is quite pretty and well sculpted. Even though it is a bit of work to carry a rope through Egypt 3 for a short optional section, I would highly recommend it to technical canyoneers.

Warning: At 6'2' / 185 lbs and probably about a 40 inch chest, there were several sections I had to wiggle and squeeze to fit through. Overly big boned canyoneers, or those with claustrophobia should find a different adventure. The tightest spots come just before the first exit, you have been warned!

Getting narrow - Egypt 3

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