Trachyotomy Canyon, North Wash, Land of Oz

Apparently, the canyons were paved of gold, home to munchkins, and even a witches cauldron could be found. In fact, these canyons were said to be among the best in the North Wash area...

Canyoneering, Dan Ransom, Exploration, Guest, North Wash, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportDan RansomNovember 9, 2007Brian Frankle, Eric Godfrey, Malia McIlvenna, Nick Wilkes, Penny Centava, Tom Jones, Trachyotomy Canyon, north wash, north wash canyoneering, canyoneering

Confessions of a Human Chockstone - Choprock Canyon

For me the approach really sucked... my full 5mm wetsuit weighs 6 pounds dry and it was still damp from the day before. On top of that, I was carrying a 100 foot, 8mm rope and 3 liters of water…

Canyoneering, Dan Ransom, Escalante, Guest, Ryan Foster Lee, Trip Report, Glen CanyonDan RansomSeptember 15, 2007Choprock Canyon, Kaliedoscope Canyon, choprock, escalante, escalante canyoneering, Escalante National Monument

Neon Canyon, Escalante National Monument, UT

I've been lured to Escalante before. I remember the first time I saw a photo of the Golden Cathedral, and I had to convince myself it was real. Anxious to see it myself, I recruited a few friends, and we set off to spend the day hiking and wandering, but without any ropes.

Canyoneering, Dan Ransom, Escalante, Guest, Trip ReportDan RansomSeptember 14, 2007golden cathedral, Neon Canyon, neon canyon escalante, neon canyon utah

Escalante Canyons, Egypt 2

We'd seen some really good stuff, but it was weekend menu that really had me salivating. With a few hours to kill before making the approach hike down into Fence Canyon in the cool hours of the afternoon, we decided to make a half-day out of Egypt 2.

Canyoneering, Dan Ransom, Escalante, Guest, Trip ReportDan RansomSeptember 13, 2007Dave Pimental, Doug Noel, Egypt 2, Egypt II, Penny Centava, Ryan Foster Lee, escalante, escalante canyoneering, Egypt canyon

Lower Calf Creek Falls - Escalante Canyoneering - Sep 2007

All this coincided with me finally biting the bullet and getting a digital SLR - so many of the shots here are my new rig, but I haven't read the instruction manual yet, so there's some degree of just plain playing around with it

Canyoneering, Escalante, Tom Jones, Trip Report, WaterfallsTom JonesSeptember 8, 2007Bette Wise-Steffen, Bill Aho, Calf Creek Falls, Carol Petrelli, Chris Hood, Jungle Love, Kari Moe-Hoffman, Larry Halford

Cypress Creek Canyon, Vancouver, Canada, PNW Fest

Well, we ain't nuts, so we made the last long drive to the land of the Maple Leaf in search of glorious canyon fame.

Thornton Creek Canyon, North Cascades National Park, PNW Fest

Thornton was the business. It was my favorite canyon of the trip, though some of the other festers would like to disagree. But let's be real, this thing has it all.

Canyoneering, Class C, Pacific Northwest, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip Report, WaterfallsDan RansomAugust 16, 2007Jane Arhart, North Cascades, Roger Arhart, Thornton Creek, class c, canyoneering, waterfalls, waterfall rappel

Gorge Creek Canyon, North Cascades National Park, PNW Fest

I was amped for the drive into the great North. The highlight of the night definitely came in Sedro-Woolley. I never realized how important the process of beer selection is.

Canyoneering, Class C, Pacific Northwest, Tom's First Visit, Trip Report, WildflowersDan RansomAugust 15, 2007Gorge Creek, Jane Arhart, North Cascades, Roger Arhart, steve arhart, Washington, pnw, canyoneering, North Cascades National Park, north cascades, class c

Denny Creek, PNW Fest

Denny Creek is the equivalent of Snoqualmie's less attractive roommate. You don't mind hanging out with her as long as the good looking one is there too, but you certainly wouldn't go out of your way to just hang out with Denny.

Canyoneering, Class C, Pacific Northwest, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip Report, WaterfallsDan RansomAugust 14, 2007Bob Madsen, Denny Creek, Jane Arhart, Roger Arhart, steve arhart

Canyoneering South Fork Snoqualmie Creek, PNW Fest

South Fork Snoqualmie could easily be considered the "Pine Creek" of the Pacific Northwest. The similarities are striking. Easy access, densely packed with action, and fairly straightforward technically. What's more, they both have highways running literally on top of them.

Right Fork and Stevenson Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

Chris Avery came by for his annual Zion trip, this time with son Tanner in tow. We rounded up Lin Alder of Springdale and two of his friends, Pearl and Blake. We set up a wonderful Right Fork trip, but some of us snuck away to do a Zion first descent - Stevenson Canyon, the canyon that comes in just upstream of the Stevenson Alcove (get it?) from the northwest. We hoped for something good… we got a long rappel to get in, then not much, so…

Canyoneering Pandora's Box, Capitol Reef National Park, UT

I've been hounding Malia for the last couple of weeks, trying to persuade her to endure the heat and show me through Pandora's Box. After a couple of weeks of nearly hooking up, the timing finally worked for Sunday, and off we went.

Canyoneering, Capitol Reef, Dan Ransom, Guest, Trip ReportDan RansomJune 3, 2007Brandon Ransom, Dan Ransom, Malia McIlvenna, Pandora's Box canyon, Pandoras Box, capital reef, capital reef canyoneering, pandoras, Pandoras Box Capitol Reef, pandoras box, canyoneering

Robbers Roost Canyon Festival: High Spur, Almost Mindbender, and Chambers Canyons

Spring. Usually a time of unstable weather. Ram planned two weeks out in the Roost with family and friends, and I planned to join them. The usual late-night drive brought me in to Granary Spring at 2 am.

Spring in Zion: Pine Creek, Angels Landing, and The Subway

Greg Cornelius really wanted to do Pine Creek with flow, so after a little precip reported, he rounded up Jason Robertson and I for a Pine Creek. Uh, no flow, sorry Greg...

Death Valley National Park: Canyon Exploration

Well, what was the weekend to be? Celebrating Mardi Gras with Mo in JH? Or a run to Death Valley with the

Alicia Scotter, Canyoneering, Death Valley, Guest, Trip Report, ExplorationCUSA OrdersFebruary 16, 2007Dave Pitney, Hank Moon, Randi Poer, Death Valley national park, death valley, canyoneering, canyon exploration

FreezeFest V: Upper Stair Canyon

The Freeze Fest Camp - the morning after. After the big day, a get away canyon. A few years earlier, on a Freezefest, we had done the complete Stair Canyon. It was great fun

Canyoneering, Freeze Fest, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesJanuary 2, 2007Malia McIlvenna, Stair Canyon, Steve Ramras, Wyoming Dave, freezefest, freeze fest, stair canyon, canyoneering

FreezeFest V: The Black Hole for New Year's Day!

Finally the big day dawns. No sense getting an early start, we mosey around camp awhile, then pack for the drive to the Black Hole. Mr. Dave Black joins us once again. Here's Malia's group shot, in the parking lot.

Canyoneering, Cedar Mesa, Freeze Fest, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesJanuary 1, 2007Black Hole, Black Hole canyoneering, Bruce from Bryce, Hank Moon, Jared Hillhouse, Malia McIlvenna, Steve Ramras, Wyoming Dave, freezefest, freeze fest, canyoneering, the black hole, cedar mesa

FreezeFest V: Hard Day Harvey in Wet Conditions, Ticaboo Mesa, UT

“No Stefanos, you won’t need a wetsuit”
“Ram, are you sure?”
“Yeah, it is a dry canyon, except after real storms and there haven’t been any for awhile”
“I don’t mind carrying it”
“Don’t bother”
Then Tom pipes in “But Ram is often wrong”

Canyoneering, Glen Canyon, Steve Ramras, Tom Jones, Trip ReportRamDecember 31, 2006Hard Day Harvey, ticaboo, ticaboo mesa, canyoneering, freezefest, freeze fest

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