Yankee Doodle

Day after Thanksgiving 2020.

Myriads of people gearing up to descend.

I soloed and jumped in the queue first.

Bone dry the whole way.

Someone has hacked steps in two locations, one on the ramp up before the last pothole and the other in the exit. Every drop was bolted as well. For such a small canyon, someone has put a lot of effort to reduce creativity in anchors. In other canyon these short drops would most likely be down climbed.

Day after Thanksgiving 2020.

Myriads of people gearing up to descend.

I soloed and jumped in the queue first.

Bone dry the whole way.

Someone has hacked steps in two locations, one on the ramp up before the last pothole and the other in the exit. Every drop was bolted as well. For such a small canyon, someone has put a lot of effort to reduce creativity in anchors. In other canyon these short drops would most likely be down climbed.

Group of 4 headed down 10am. Canyon totally dry except for one small stemable or jumpable puddle at the very end after exiting the last pothole. Bring 25-30ft of rope or webbing to be used as hand lines for the down climbs, especially the last pot hole.

7 people, 2.5 hours. Almost no water. Pothole only has about 2 feet of water in it as of May 19 and it can be avoided using steps to the left. Can you locate the USFS camera on the exit?

Freshly full with water, unavoidable water was no deeper than belly button.

We discovered close to a dozen never before seen(by me) bolts at the top of the canyon. Is it just peoples practice ground for bolting?!

Not very muddy but Waist to chest deep freezing cold water. We could stem over most of them. The deep one is too wide to stem for us.

Still bone dry with no mud. Temperatures were fantastic. 2 hours car to car with four teens, three of them noobs.

Bone dry. No mud. Perfect.

The canyon is completely bone dry. No mud and no water anywhere. Quite fun as it is. 1 hour and 40 minutes car to car for 2 people taking our time. We did this in the heat of the day and there is enough shade to make it enjoyable.

Fun as always ran into two different guided groups. Water never got much past waist.

Awesome canyon. Went in afternoon with 2 kids and 2 adults. Took 3.5 hours. Good bit of water, not flowing though. Not much mud. Had wetsuits so we were not cold..I was actually a bit toasty, but my wife said she was just right. Some water is avoidable. Pothole was full, neck deep or swimmer depending on height. Pothole can be avoided IMO, but what is the fun in that?

Day temps in the 60s-70s, water up to crotch/waist in a couple of places. Delightful trip! Group of six, three hours car-to-car at a nice leisurely pace.

Several waist deep wades(6'). Bolts as far as the eye can see.

Canyon was flowing, no swims, a slew of chest deep wades, some avoidable, some not.

8 swims to pit deep on a 6' guy. First two stemmable, but why bother.

90 minutes car to car.

Anchors in good condition. Chest to neck deep water, very cold, thin layers of ice on top. Wet suits a must.

waist deep water.

Anchors were fine. Water levels were pretty low and very muddy, nothing over waist deep. Very hot.

Took us 3 hrs with group of 8 (3 kids ages 4-7).

Pretty dry as of this date - only one pothole requiring that you get wet. Anchors in place and secure.

Went this morning and it was pretty full, not the fullest I've seen it but pretty close. I'm 5'9'' and had to swim across at least a couple holes. Water was moderately cold but wouldn't waste my time with a wetsuit this time of year.