Back To Cassidy Arch Canyon - Capitol Reef
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10/10/2024
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06/11/2024
Too hot with Chris and Mel. Worst part was there was NO PIE! Got to swim in the Fremont river though. |
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05/06/2024
Robert, Susan, John (Mike moral support due to bad back. EPIC!! |
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04/13/2024
I took Kate, Ryan Madsen, Kyle Oswald and John Wirthlin. Waited 1 hour at the arch to rig the anchor and descend. Started at 9:42 AM finished around 2PM. 2.5 hours moving time but over 4 hours total trip. Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/11182629000 |
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04/12/2024
Conrad and Noah. P school moab trip. skipped a clinical |
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03/22/2024
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03/22/2024
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03/09/2024
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12/02/2023
Down Cassidy again so soon. It was Liam’s 30th and we took Alex, Tim, ray and Brandt. Met garret and someone else who were very nice. Cold but fun for ray and brandts first time. Learned a thing or two about rope pulls, friction, and helmets.Alex went up then back down the bridge because of fomo. Rad time in the A frame. |
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11/11/2023
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10/28/2023
3 hours 37 minutes with a long lunch break with Jacq, Lisa, and Caroline. 10-15% chance of rain and it rained on us at the last rappel - very light rain, no issues. Beautiful day otherwise. 2 other groups behind us and 1 in front but we never saw them. Fun rappels back to back. |
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10/12/2023
Did this canyon with Danny and Khristina. In hindsight probably not a good idea because Danny was really scared. The rappels were great. However I wish there was more hiking between each rappel. The climb up to the Arch was relatively short and it was a bit funky getting Danny and Khristina into the first rappel. Payback for the fake spear point! |
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09/30/2023
With the friends and kids |
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09/23/2023
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09/09/2023
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08/07/2023
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08/01/2023
With the golds |
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06/24/2023
Loved this canyon. What a blast! Definitely glad we started somewhat early to beat the heat |
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06/05/2023
Solo, hiked in from campsite |
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05/15/2023
Easy canyon. I don’t think the second rappel traverse is so bad. With snow and ice sure. But I’d think even then some spikes or crampons would be good enough to get to the rappel station. |
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04/22/2023
3 hours solo. Had a few Moments ... 2nd rap about 50 feet from the ground on free hang found my bag with the rope tangled and was suspended. I had to lock off and untangle it, but my lockoff wasn't official because I was too close to the tangled bag and ran out of rope. Nonetheless I bumbled through it and got the bag to fall all the way to the ground, only to find a figure 8 tied about 10 feet down, so 40 feet off the ground. I had to lock off and pull up 40 feet of rope to move the knot to the ground, then I was able to make it all the way down. Mishap 2, rap 5 is tight and I was trying to go with rope bag attached on my left side and backpack on. I kept getting wedged and was getting frustrated. The last wedge I pushed back hard on all of a sudden I popped loose and I lost the rope and started to free fall backwatds. I luckily snagged the rope with my flailing left had. My ring finger got a bit jammed in the device. It didn't do much damage and was certainly better than the 25 foot free fall it prevented, which would have had me landing on my back onto some small jagged boulders. Other than that, great decent! |
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04/16/2023
Tom Jones helped us with the first rappel! |
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04/14/2023
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12/24/2022
Funnest route Greg or I've ever done. All anchors were bolted and easy to find. Some of the hangars were spinning a little but the bolts seemed fine. |
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11/13/2022
dylan, kate, rowan, EPIC! |
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11/11/2022
All dry. Took 3 of us 2.5 hours. |
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10/29/2022
Dana, Dane, Madeline, cat, ammara! Always love this canyon |
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10/21/2022
Did this after old school, took 6 of us 4 hrs car to car with two ropes so Maddie went first and set up the next rope each time, very fast! Funny that I ended up with all the carabiners from the blocks. First rappel had an audience! Very long & heady. I don’t know how to add good mid rappel friction. Second rappel traverse is a bit sketchy but fine if you’ve done that sort of thing before. Also very long but less heady. 3 and 4 we set up on a single rope (do as multistage tho because the grooves are shit from people doing it all in one), and then 5 is super tight squeeze. 6 is the super cool natural bridge, then a short tree downclimb, then 7 you take a cable, then we don’t remember rappel 8. Awesome cave that we crawled thru to exit!! A couple spooky & tough rappels but straightforward, great for day 1 |
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10/20/2022
Super fun. Rappelling off an arch is always a blast. Took us about 5 hours to complete. Went with Ellen, Olivia, Eden and Ray. |
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09/20/2022
pretty cool canyon. no narrows, but some cool arches and neat caves/rooms |
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09/03/2022
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09/01/2022
Capital Reef |
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07/18/2022
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07/15/2022
Amazing canyon. Calvin and Sarah started at the trailhead at 6 am and got back just after 9 for just over 3 hours round trip. We used a 200 foot rope and 100 foot rope which was easily enough for the two big rappels. I was a little concerned about the rope pull on the first rappel off of Cassidy arch because of the length and deep rope grooves but you are able to walk up canyon down below to improve the angle of pull. We did a short practice pull after Sarah reached the bottom to make sure it would work before I rappelled in. The traverse to the second anchor was ok but would be terrifying if there were even a bit of moisture on it. We didn't feel the need to protect it. We spooked a Mexican spotted owl between rappel 5 and 6 right after the down climb. |
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06/21/2022
Superb canion |
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06/01/2022
Canyoneering final with Bridger |
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06/01/2022
Canyoneering class final. |
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05/27/2022
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05/07/2022
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05/07/2022
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04/11/2022
Anchors good. |
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11/25/2021
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11/22/2021
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11/14/2021
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10/23/2021
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10/22/2021
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10/16/2021
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10/06/2021
rad! 3 hours |
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09/19/2021
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04/10/2021
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02/28/2021
Sayre, Natalie, Emma. Possibly the best time of year to do the canyon. No crowds or anything like the first attempt when there were ~50 people waiting in line trying to get into the canyon... |
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11/27/2020
Hyonjee and Eugene first big canyon. Cold start but great day |
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11/10/2020
Very fun, surprisingly pretty!! |
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11/07/2020
Nice to leapfrog set-up. Would do again. Good views, big drops, little else. |
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10/25/2020
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10/17/2020
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10/10/2020
Birthday Trip with Meg & Gretch - their first real canyon :) |
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10/08/2020
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09/07/2020
Fun |
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07/26/2020
Completed with Devin Stratton, Kelsey Stratton, Kenny Watson, and Keana Fawcett |
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07/23/2020
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06/27/2020
So much fun. Need to do it again! |
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06/11/2020
w/ pa, T |
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06/04/2020
Completed with Nathan & Austin. |
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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04/14/2020
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02/16/2020
Rap 2 was clear and dry |
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01/20/2020
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11/08/2019
With Verlyn, John and Grant |
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10/11/2019
Easy straight forward canyon. In and out easy. Anchors all good. Fun first rappel. |
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10/04/2019
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09/13/2019
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09/08/2019
Did this canyon with Roscoe Tiger, Alysen Krummenacher, Gale Woodward, and a couple of physicians Peter and Lindsay |
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05/26/2019
Chuck Cooper, Cori Renfroe, Brian Reischl, Lauren Brenneman, Diana Wright |
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04/28/2019
Easy, casual, gorgeous. Relatively short hike up, 8 rappers and short walk back to the car. One section of down climbing. I think I could even lead this one! No water. |
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03/15/2019
Start at around 10 |
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03/02/2019
Max and Kellan |
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11/11/2018
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10/13/2018
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10/13/2018
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09/05/2018
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07/20/2018
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07/11/2018
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06/15/2018
First canyon with the BYU canyoneering class- what an awesome way to kick it off! First rappel is sweet. Approach is hot in june. |
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04/22/2018
nice temp, no water, 3 other groups showed up around the same time |
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02/10/2018
Bitt & I, nobody in the park! |
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11/26/2017
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11/24/2017
Pretty fun, quick canyon. Went on Black Friday and it was crazy busy. At least 5 parties in the canyon. Luckily we got there right before the bigger parties so we were able to cruise it in 3.5 hours. All the webbing looks fresh and the chains on the first rappel are great. The first rap is a doozy!!! |
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10/15/2017
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10/07/2017
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10/03/2017
I loved this canyon. The hike to the arch is beautiful, and rapping down through the arch itself is tons of fun. I brought a 200 ft. rope and 150 ft. pull cord, which worked just fine for the first (and fairly big) rap. Note that you might have an audience when start the slot, as the arch itself attracts bevies of hikers throughout the day. The rest of the canyon is really splendid. Great raps, pretty scenery. It is over all too soon. One note: be sure you follow the beta on the second rap. I hit the second (bolted) rap and foolishly though it was a short one. It is not, it is about 130 ft. After rapping down to a ledge before a big drop off, I realized my mistake and had to ascend my rope back up to the bolt and redo my rap. Amateur hour! :P All the same, I highly recommend doing this canyon, especially if you love rappelling! |
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09/30/2017
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06/15/2017
Venture off: awesome canyon with arch and cool bridge, cave too. |
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05/31/2017
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05/29/2017
Fun trip with Cory, Murr, Katie, and this lame dude Mike. |
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05/27/2017
Group of 11 in 5 hours |
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05/17/2017
It was a very cold rainy may day but we knew this canyon didn't have much flash flood potential so we went for it with Calder, Maddi, Kelley and my wife. It started snowing a little bit on us while we were in there. 8 rappels |
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10/22/2016
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10/15/2016
This is a favorite - especially in October during fall foliage times. Good variety, only one in the canyon. New bolts in places didn't use to be since I did it a year or so ago. One note is that the hike up to Timpie canyon (Ferns nipple route) provides a great view of the Cassidy Arch and canyon. |
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08/20/2016
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06/02/2016
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05/07/2016
After reading on several sites that retrievable anchors were needed I was surprised to find that most of the rappels were bolted on this canyon. With all the bolted anchors the canyon was very straight forward. |
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03/19/2016
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11/26/2015
If taking beginners it is good to understand that the first rappel can be quite intimidating. Would be good to do a "practice" rappel first for the uninitiated. Great little canyon with a lot of action in a short distance! |
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09/08/2015
This canyon was fun, easier than advertised but very fun. There were several tour groups in front of us, I think this canyon gets done a lot by them. Luckily they were nice and there was plenty of room to pass. Great easy trip. |
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05/02/2015
Awesome canyon with great natural features and lots of fun rappels. Took us forever though with a group of 10 mostly newbies |
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03/24/2015
Awesome day with two teens. Family also hiked to the arch and took photos of our first rap. ~2hr 3min trip from arch. |
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10/10/2014
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09/18/2014
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05/15/2014
done this twice |
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04/17/2014
We had great weather when we did this canyon! It certainly starts off with a bang- fine for me but a few fairly new canyoneers in my group who were afraid of heights who struggled with the first rappel. If you take "beginners" make sure they are comfortable with heights, or they will question why they joined you! When we went some of the webbing was starting to get worn- will probably return in the fall with a small group to replace a lot of webbing. The fourth rappel following the two stage has been bolted, and very well. A super squeezey start to that one! I personally am not a fan of the placement of the bolts for the fifth rappel - their height and proximity to the edge make for a super awkward swinging-out start. Not terrible, but bolts placed higher on the wall could make the start go much more smoothly. Canyon was completely dry and litter-free. Absolutely gorgeous and one I will likely end up doing annually! A blast! |
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04/18/2011
Deadman anchor failed at small drop, luckily no injuries. |
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04/10/2011
Cold trip. Rappeling with the dogs is easier when you where them like a backpack. |
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01/01/2001
Very easy to find. Huge first rapel! Easy the rest of the way |
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10/30/0020
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04/08/0020
fun and long rappel with single 80m. |
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10/19/0019
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10/05/0019
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