Back To U-Turn Canyon - Arches National Park
Quality Ratings
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11/05/2024
Group of 2 ran it for the first time on 11/1 in 2 hrs 15 mins. Ran it again on 11/5 in 1 hr 35 mins car to car. R1: used a 30m rope lots of slack. Anchor off the big on the right LDC is solid. There is a significant crack that the rope ends up falling into that causes a drag when pulling the rope. Avoid by pulling to either side if possible. R2: 30m rope again, plenty of slack. Lots of rope grooves to be aware of on the pull, but nothing to be super concerned about. Solid anchor off a big rock. R3: 60m rope used - 30m is not sufficient (about 10-15ft short). Solid anchor (maybe bolted? Can’t remember) off a waco on the left side LDC. R4: 60m rope, solid anchor off a boulder on the left LDC. Be careful of your walk over to avoid stepping on crypto. Easy hike out, as others have said, stick to the wall/shelf to the right instead of going into the wash. |
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11/01/2024
3rd class scramble to the top of the mesa, incredible views at the top. Would be tough on a hot summer day. Rappels were straightforward. * all bolts except one natural hueco anchor. * First two raps use 100’. * Last two raps use 200’ |
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09/24/2024
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09/05/2024
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05/26/2024
Nice little chill canyon. Did this on the big Moab trip organized by Hayley Boushka. Big group of 8: Myself, Hayley, Lauren, Jordan, Kyle, Logan, Chris, and Riley. Logan is a super experienced climber, so his support helped a lot while I was leading. Few people's first or second time rappelling, so lots of care taken. |
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05/21/2024
First canyon in Moab. Fun! |
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05/11/2024
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04/27/2024
All of the rappels are sketchy down-climbs, so they are not fun rappels, nor are they comfortable enough to down-climb. The highlight was the walkout. Wouldn’t recommend again. 2 hours |
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03/31/2024
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03/10/2024
our first canyoneering experience in moab and arches. It was fun. not quite like the Zion/ St. George area but still beautiful and a great time. |
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02/25/2024
With WOLI, unable to finish due to near accident on third rappel |
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11/11/2023
w/tiff |
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11/11/2023
Shaun |
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09/28/2023
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09/16/2023
One of the most picturesque canyons we have ever done! More than worth it for the views alone. |
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08/12/2023
Good beginner route with no water |
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08/04/2023
Book has more updated beta. Repeat |
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07/30/2023
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06/17/2023
First canyon with Dad, Nate, and Allie. Great one for a first go. |
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04/15/2023
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03/26/2023
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11/26/2022
With Kate and Matt! His first canyon. |
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11/25/2022
Gricelda and I |
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10/26/2022
First second-trip in a canyon! :P After work weekday rush-job. Beautiful views of the snow-dusted La Sals. Unfortunately ran out of light by the final epic rappel around 7 PM. All anchors are in good shape. |
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10/12/2022
Dawn lap with Carsten. 1hr C2C |
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10/01/2022
Returning from Robbers Roost, made a stop with Montgomery. Met Eric, Brooke, and Bryan |
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04/26/2022
April, Ellie, Bela |
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04/21/2022
With Rachel, car to car 3h 15m at a very casual and leisurely pace |
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04/12/2022
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03/19/2022
Steph, Jorge, Jake, Megan |
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03/07/2022
my favorite so far |
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01/17/2022
Did this with Kaden. Used bolts on the first two small drops then fiddled a tree down to the second to last bench. Due to snow/ice, we fiddled a rock immediately below the previous drop, but stuck the rope. I had to climb up the slab with ice (scary) to retrieve the rope then traverse over the the normal slab rappel. There are more short rappels if using a shorter rope. The last rappel was only about 60 ft from the smaller boulder on the left of the large boulder above the final corner drop. Even with mishaps and snow, we did it in 2.5 hours. |
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01/16/2022
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01/16/2022
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10/26/2021
Did this route with Sontian using 70m dynamic rope. |
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10/24/2021
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10/18/2021
Fun little canyon. Steep climb up but short and easy to find. Long rappel to finish the route. |
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09/17/2021
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06/25/2021
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06/10/2021
Took the Kerrybrook younger YM through this canyon. Ryan Jones and Gary Hansen were the adult supervisors. Ryan told me that the final rappel was "life changing" for him. |
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04/18/2021
Fam trip on way to Joshua Tree. Pulled the last rap with a biner block and resulted in a core shot directly at mid point. Super fun easy canyon |
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03/08/2021
Great evening canyon. Stay to the right after the last rap or you will loose elevation before having to climb back up. |
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11/06/2020
First night canyon |
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10/04/2020
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09/22/2020
Nice quick canyon |
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09/21/2020
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08/14/2020
Annual Krummenacher Moab River raft event. Some of who came along: Trent, Eva, Alysen, Jordan, Adam Smith, Kyle Thomas, Launa Thomas, Brett, Cosmo, Bryce, Malia Hall. Brett and Malia wore sandals on this hike. I didn't wear socks and got blisters on my heels. |
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08/03/2020
Pete, Dave, Michelle, Julie, Marty, J & F. Fun and easy! Set last rap, then waited for full moon at the fudge-cicle but it was taking too long so we bailed and looked at the moon from the parking lot, instead. Workers on 191 hit a gas line, so town power was out and traffic bottle-necked. Cleared out by the time we left the park, though. |
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03/15/2020
Round trip in an hour solo |
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11/30/2019
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11/11/2019
With renae |
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10/28/2019
FWGG |
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10/20/2019
Lizzy and myself. Lizzy navigated with gaia with my confirmation and we took turns but i took lead to set up rappels. |
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09/28/2019
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09/05/2019
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05/07/2019
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05/04/2019
Fun, short, casual. Last rap makes it down with 200 foot rope. Make sure one pulls to the right to not have both strands in a groove. |
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05/03/2019
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05/01/2019
Met some nice people in the parking lot who hadn't run this canyon before so we waited at the top for them and helped! |
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04/26/2019
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04/22/2019
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04/16/2019
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04/14/2019
With mick and the guys from teh dropzone |
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03/29/2019
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03/14/2019
w BC group |
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11/23/2018
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11/21/2018
Fun canyon in Arches, but could be lots of folks depending on time of year. |
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11/13/2018
KV. rap the boulder after the short downclimb. |
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10/13/2018
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10/01/2018
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04/06/2018
Classic first canyon, cleanly bolted, great way to learn the basics. |
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11/23/2017
Easy, decent canyon |
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10/01/2017
Should have done this one before little bull. Pretty steep approach but nice and open repels, with one fully hanging. Very beginner friendly! Did a simul repel with Minna lol. |
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06/18/2017
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05/16/2017
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04/24/2017
Second trip to moab |
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03/18/2017
Went with Ross, AJ, and Alan. Kinda hot. |
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03/10/2017
Easy and short trip with beautiful views and a very exciting final rappel. I did a few of the short raps with a hand line and a Prusik hitch backup. |
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02/20/2017
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10/16/2016
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03/24/2016
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03/13/2016
Autumn, Susan, Don and Kari. No incidents. |
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09/28/2015
Susan Goodman, Tim Williams, Collins Gerstner, Ryan Grube |
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06/01/2015
Not sure the date, but did with Yannick with Matt & Bill |
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04/15/2015
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03/13/2015
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12/27/2014
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08/23/2014
With the 15th ward YM and another time with the YW |
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11/25/2013
w/Robin, Jessica and Bryce |
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10/19/2013
pretty cool super easy good beta |
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10/19/2013
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10/19/2013
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07/14/2012
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04/25/2011
Fun even if short. |
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03/28/2011
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09/22/2009
Andy, Neely, and bela. good easy one! |
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10/17/0019
good half day |