Back To Choprock Canyon - Escalante
Quality Ratings
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05/21/2023
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08/02/2022
Low water. Not so grim. Wetsuits may not have been necessary. Maybe the shorty..? |
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10/03/2020
Peter, Sayre, Steve Dunn, and friends. Hiked in at night, bushwhacking and wading through the river and growth at the bottom. Memorable approach. Water was low in the canyon, but what a blast! Will be back when the canyon is full! |
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04/14/2020
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07/12/2019
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09/02/2018
Approach was rough. Got fairly dehydrated. Took almost four hours from Fence to canyon bottom. From there took 7.5 hours to final rappel. Water levels very low - didn't need wetsuit until grim section. Happy section was lovely, and there were a few other outstanding parts. Grim section was terrifying - all of a sudden started raining when we were in the depths of the narrows. Took shelter on small ledges just 10 or 15 feet above watercourse for 45 minutes, and thank goodness rain was brief and low volume - no raised water levels made it down to us. Might've been challenging yet enjoyable were we not scared sh!tless. After final rappel spent an hour organizing, filtering water, etc. then 2 hours back to camp. Lots of bushwhacking. Overall 14 hours round trip from Fence campsite. |
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07/15/2017
Very low water, the grim section was very nice. We stayed Happy the whole time. Great canyon! |
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10/21/2016
Scott, Alan and I went through Chop. The water was cold but not as cold as I had expected. I wore my 3mm full and never put on my 3 mm shorty, with 5 mm booties. The Grim section took a bite at Alan, he rolled or maybe broke his foot near the mid of the section. The first slots were awesome, Happy section was absolutely beautiful. Grim had pretty good water levels without too many super diff obstacles. This is my fav canyon to date. |
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09/11/2016
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09/04/2016
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08/13/0020
9 hrs 40 minutes. a good bit of stemming , very dry and could have gone without a wetsuit. Maybe not quite as awesome as hyped, but many pretty spots. |