Back To Not Mindbender Canyon - Robbers Roost
Quality Ratings
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10/01/2024
Moki exit was sketch. There was a rope so it was fine. Very very sketch in mid caked tennis shoes. Rock shoes would be worth it |
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09/30/2024
Additional note on this trip. The approach leads to what Ryan describes as a wide canyon and find the easiest way down into the main Canyon. That is b******t. Move to down Canyon right rib and walk the rib to the floor of the canon. |
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09/30/2024
Absolutely gorgeous. Huge chambers, awesome Canyon D,N,Brian,K,Boone 8.5hrs. C2C standard (short) route with staged vehicle. Needed both 100’ ropes for last (free) rap. Very little water knee deep. 90°weather for the slog out. Ugh. Not super tight but fair amount of squeezing. BIG day. Took 3L water. Just enough. Nancy stayed dry. Shuttle saved 1.7 miles of walking, which was huge. Anchors were sketch but with weight testing and meat anchor they worked fine. |
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05/25/2024
First time down with 5 adults, 1 12 year old.5:10 RT taking the short approach. There was a rope placed to protect the Moki exit, but didn't find the steps all that challenging. Lovely canyon |
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04/22/2024
With dad. Pretty easy fun canyon. Long exit. 4hr 4min |
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04/21/2024
TJ, Birnbaum Quinn. Great finish. Big open grotto similar to golden cathedral but smaller. Great place to wait out the sun, drink beer and take mushies. Home of the Great Desert Fish. Oh Great Fish. |
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03/30/2024
Did this canyon with Jared S, Bryce, and Eduardo. It was dry with a couple of small pools that could be stemmed over. There are some tight sections in this canyon with a fair bit of chimneying and scraping up yourself and your gear. A good canyon for intermediates. The exit is a bit long (last rap to the car was about 1.5 hours of quick hiking) but the 5.5 climb out was very doable. When we did it there was a fixed rope for those not comfortable with the climb. After the climb out it is quite a steep slog back to the car. Bryce set up a shuttle with his e-bike which saved us about two miles of walking and was very appreciated. From trailhead to car was 4 hours. |
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05/13/2023
Trip with Nick, Matt Myers and Byron. Good moderate, friendly canyon. Last rappel is stellar. Great ending and place to hang w group. Water everywhere at the end. The rest of the canyon didn’t have to get wet. |
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11/23/2021
Morgan, Bryce, Elsa, Seth and I. We took the long entrence. It was cool to start from the very top and watch the canyon form, but over all a longer walk than we would have liked and not that pretty. Mostly crumbly dirt, bushes, and cow sign. We did an out and back, turning around before the first rappel. GREAT squeeze section. Very narrow with several cool down squeezes. I was bummed to be turning around but a small pool of water where we would have had to get our ankles wet was convincing. |
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04/26/2021
Did with Bence. Was difficult finding the trailhead, but eventually just went down the middle of the wash and towards the not so obvious "obvious" saddle. From there we had troubles finding out way to the bottom but went right and found a way down. We ran into someone that flew a helicopter to the edge of the canyon and chatted with him, finding that he had dropped some people off to do the canyon we were in, but was going to ask to have them cut out early. Canyon was fun with an airy rappel at the end. Luckily with the mochi steps there was a hand line left behind. Would have been a bit nervous without it. it's easy climbing, but a bit exposed. Plus was windy AF that day for us. Trip took a lot longer than we expected (7+) |
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04/24/2021
Some water in first pot hole. Webbing at escape. Optional slides made good opportunities for body anchors or pack pulls. Great beginner canyon! |
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04/12/2021
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06/05/2020
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05/23/2020
11 hrs car to car, was a bit rough of an exit. Climb out wasnât bad but tough for others, anchored on the pillar. With JaM, Lara and Mike, Annah, Shae, Dana and I |
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05/18/2020
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05/02/2020
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04/24/2020
Did the long route with Jake & Sue. Cool exit rappel |
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07/16/2019
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06/10/2019
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04/13/2019
Tight with a lot of stemming. There are short breaks between the stemming areas. Temperature was around 65F and was good for all the effort put into moving through the canyon. Water was not avoidable at the slide for the members in our group. With a group of 9 people with varying levels of canyoneering experience, it took us 8 hours but there was no rush. |
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05/19/2018
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09/01/2017
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04/30/2017
Really fun canyon, great rappel at the end, just before last rappel you can reach around to the right pull yourself around the fin, and avoid the keeper |
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04/29/2017
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04/22/2017
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10/30/2016
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04/20/2016
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03/26/2015
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11/18/2014
only a little muddy when we did it. Ran into a group this year that said they had chest deep water. Same time of year as it was dry for us the year before. |
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05/02/2014
From the top |
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04/27/2012
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10/31/2008
with Bart B |
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11/23/0020
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05/02/0020
Looooots of hiking through sand for not a lot of canyon. Exit was brutal in the heat. The Moki exit got my blood pumping a bit, but wasn't too bad. This canyon inspired me to buy 65m of Canyon Pro because I'm pretty weary of slogging that heavy ass 65m rope through slots. |
