Horse Play Canyon, North Wash
Last Candition: May 25, 2013
No rope! Fun, some surprising challenges. Not good for kids. Has a committing far jump with rock landing near beginning. Tight, long squeezes. Longish section of high stemming (but you might be able to just walk above. Didn't explore that). I got spooked while stemming, thinking it opened up below--it doesn't.
Canyon is mostly dry, all water is avoidable. It was a very entertaining canyon.
The road has one obvious damaged spot that can be bypassed by driving on the slickrock on the north side of the road. HC 4x4 recommended.
Mostly dry with a little water that accumulated from Thursday night rains. A few wet & muddy spots we were able to stem over. Should dry in just a few days. Very entertaining canyon that you don't need to carry a lot of gear for. Does require some good descending & stemming skills. Found ourselves about 20 feet off the deck a couple times avoiding skinny sections and one crawl section. Took us 2 hours in the canyon. About half hour hike in and one hour hike out. 20 - 25 minute drive in. Roundtrip from Sandthrax about 4.5 hours. An excellent half day canyon.
One very easy to avoid pool. A very fun canyon, but beginners probably won't like this because of the technicality of the downclimbs. Super fun sections mixed with technical sections that will wear some people out. I really liked this canyon a lot.
Super fun and dry! We didn't need ropes or harnesses.
Pretty dry. Any wet spots were avoidable. Good practice spot for downclimbing and stemming.