Canyoneering
Technical descents through desert slot canyons — ropes, rappels, and the patience the rock requires.
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Canyoneering
Pine Creek
Zion National Park
Zion's busiest technical slot — nine rappels to a hundred-foot finale, cold pools you have to swim, and a car spot that takes ten minutes. Short and heavily sculpted, but not the beginner canyon its popularity suggests.
Full Day Commitment
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Canyoneering
Mystery Canyon
Zion National Park
The one that finishes by rappelling a wall straight into the Zion Narrows, in front of the day-hikers. Beginner-friendly anchors, a long car shuttle, a seasonal slide-dammed lake — and a permit you have to win in a lottery.
Shuttle Heavy
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Canyoneering
Behunin Canyon
Zion National Park
Big, open, and sunny — nine rappels down slickrock to a 165-foot free-hanger above the Emerald Pools. The danger here isn't swims or squeezes; it's rigging the long rappels so your rope actually pulls.
Full Day Commitment
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Canyoneering
Leprechaun Canyon
North Wash
A North Wash classic — three technical forks that drop through short rappels and long stretches of sustained stemming before merging into one of the prettiest lower narrows in the desert. Mostly dry, flash-flood-prone, and famously tight in the Middle Fork.
Remote Serious
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Canyoneering
Kanarra Falls Route
Kanarraville / Cedar City
A ticketed water-canyon hike up a red sandstone slot to a string of waterfalls, climbed on fixed ladders. Non-technical and family-popular — but the creek is cold, the rock is slick, and the town caps it at 200 permits a day.
High Payoff Easy Day