Canyoneering Route Description

Lost Angel Canyon - 3A III
Dirty Devil Area, Utah.

Quick Facts

03-29-16, 2 people, 1 Day (Travel time in route 5 hours)

Time Required - 4 to 6 hours
Distance - 5.3 miles Total, 0.5 miles Technical
Rappels - 6 Rappels, Longest Rappel 180 feet.  Can be done with a shorter rope, General Comments for details.
Elevation Range - 4850 - 4150 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance or carefully driven passenger car Permit Required - No

Gear Used for Canyon

Rappelling and anchor gear, Ropes and or pull cords for rappels up to 180 feet and 80 feet of 1 inch webbing for sling placement.

General Comments

Lost angel is a great route to visit if you have seen the others or want a little longer day.  The canyon is worthwhile but if you are looking for more bang for your buck some of the other Angels may be a better choice since Lost angle has a longer approach, a longer exit and does not offer a significant increase in canyono fun or scenic value.

The recomendation for 80 feet of webbing is so spare webbing is on hand in the event the webbing at rap 6 needs to be replaced.  50 feet of webbing will be needed for just that rappel if replacing the webbing.

The last road you turn off onto may have some rough spots (depending on when it was last maintained) that a passenger car may not like.  If you find it too rough to travel there is space to get a couple cars parked off to the side of the road at the previous road junction.  From there you can walk the 0.36 miles of dirt road instead of drive in.

There is an arch high up on the RDC wall near the end of the canyon that can be easily missed if you are not looking carefully.  If you do miss it the arch can readily be seen in the distance while walking the exit route.

Lost Angel Canyon does not have a lot of water holding capacity so if there are recent rains you may expect some shin deep water in places but not much more.

A fun note for those who enjoy playing with echo walls.  Shortly after starting on the use trails along the river bank after exiting the canyon there is a large flat wall on the opposite side of the river.  This makes for great sonic fun!

Note:
Both upper forks leading down to the top of Lost Angle forks drop down to roughly the same location, each having a spot to rappel into an alcove like spot below.  The fork to the right (south) on the way in is what has been described in some other route desctiptions and involves rappelling from a dead tree.  The tree appeared solid when we were there in March 2016, however rappelling from a dead tree is a bad idea since it will fail at some point.  The fork to the left (north) on the way in, as followed by this route description, gets to a drop with a lot of boulder debris at the top which is used for an anchor instead.  Both rappels are of similar hieght and go to the same place so the left fork rap 1 is preferred for safety resons.  If you would like to look at both options it is a quick 80 feet walk up and over between the forks so you can make your own choice.

Note:
The final rap (rap 6) is anchored from a tree and travels about 180 feet to base of rappel. However the first 50 feet the rap needs to have the anchor webbing extended over 2 potholes that can be downclimbed through leaving only 130 feet of rope travel needed for the rappel. After the 2 potholes, Rap 6 goes down a mostly vertical wall with the last 15 feet being downclimable.  The downclimbs into each of the potholes is about 15 feet with the second being moderately difficult but the anchor webbing can be used as a handline if needed. After 2nd pothole rap drops off vertical.

This is mentioned so the actual lengths of what are needed are known before you go in.  If you go in with a lot of webbing and can extend the anchor as needed then a rope shorter than 180 can be used.  However if you do not extend the webbing over the potholes you will need more rope, have a more difficult rope pull and leave more rope grooves on the canyon walls.  Bring webbing, please extend the anchor.

Note:
There are a couple rock art panels to check out on the exit.  See the route description for details on finding them.

Driving Directions

To get to the Trailhead

From the junction of highway 95 and highway 24 in Hanksville Utah, drive 10.2 miles south on highway 95 to an un-named dirt road on the left (extAngelTrlRd).  The road has a BLM sign saying it goes out to the Angel Trail.  Turn left (east) on the Angel Trail road and ignore smaller dirt roads that branch off.  

2.4 miles from the highway will be a Y in the road (ex0100-0101DD).   Turn left at this Y and continue toward the Angel Canyons on the road labeled 0100.

Stay on road 0100 for 5.9 miles to a turn off to another road on the right (ex1002DD).  Do not turn right on this road but instead continue north for another 0.33 miles to an un-marked dirt road on the right (exAngelCove). Turn right onto the un-marked road and drive 0.36 miles to a large parking area (tAngelCove) to start the route. 

Note: Some vehicles may have issues on the last part of the road if the road has not been recently maintained.  If this is the case you can park at the junction and walk in 0.36 miles to the TH.

To leave the Exit Vehicle / Escape Pod

No exit vehicle is needed.  This is done as a loop route.

Maps

GPS coordinate information listed at the bottom.  For information about waypoint naming and map symbols, refer to the Glossary page.

Click the links for maps of the route. Map of the drive into the route.
Map of the entire route.
Map of the technical section.
Map of the last portion of the exit.

Details

The Approach:
From the parking spot / trailhead (tAngelCove), follow a use trail north about 500 feet down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage.

Once down in the draiange for Angel Cove North Fork (jAngelCoveNFTp) continue up out of the north side of the drainage up a dirt side ravine about 400 feet to the bottom of a dirt ridge which can be followed up to rolling open desert above (wFallenAng01).

Once up in the rolling desert (wFallenAng01) look for the Flat Tops off in the distance to the northast and walk directly toward the Big Flat Top. The upper shallow dirt drainage of Fallen Angel is about 0.3 miles away (jFallenAngel)

Contour around the drainage and continue toward the right side of the Big Flat Tops for about 0.2 miles to the drainage for Lost Angel (jLostAngel).

As you get to the wide dirt drainage for Lost Angel you should note there are two forks forming each going around separate sides of a dirt hill.  You can follow either one as they both end up in roughly the same place.  This route description follows down the drainage to the left (north).

About 900 feet is where the drainage starts to get deeper with a mix of dirt and rock sides (yLostAngelTp). 

The Canyoneering / Technical Section:
From where the dirt drainage begins to get deeper (yLostAngelTp) continue about 700 feet to the top of rap 1 (dLostAngR1-2).

Note: Both forks drop down to roughly hear, each having a spot to rappel into an alcove like spot below.  The fork to the right (south) on the way in  is what has been described in some other route desctiptions and involves rappelling from a dead tree.  The tree appeared solid when we were there in March 2016, however rappelling from a dead tree is a bad idea since it will fail at some point.  The fork to the left (north) on the way in, as followed by this route description, gets to a drop with a lot of boulder debris at the top which is used for an anchor instead.  Both rappels are of similar hieght and go to the same place so the left fork rap 1 is preferred for safety resons.  If you would like to look at both options it is a quick 80 feet walk up and over between the forks so you can make your own choice.

Rap 1 (dLostAngR1-2) is anchored from one of many large rocks and drops 50 feet down a vertical chossy wall.  Be careful of anchor placement as the rocks can be sharp. Also be careful of knocking loose rock down while on rappel.

Rap 2 very close to the bottom of rap 1, anchored from a boulder on the LDC side and drops about 20 feet. Rap 2 may be downclimable with a partner assist.

Rap 3 (dLostAngR3-4) is about 200 feet down canyon, is anchored about head high on the LDC side from an arch in a hueco and drops about 65 feet down a slopped wall. Rap 3 is sloped enough to allow the drop to be done as a handline.

After rap 3 is a sloped trough like downclimb / scramble to the top of rap 4.

Rap 4 is anchored from large choke stones and drops a total of about 60 feet over 2 stages. The first stage is sloped enough to be handlined but the second stage is vertical.

Rap 5 (dLostAngR5) is a little over 100 feet from the bottom of rap 4 and is anchored from a large rock in the wash, drops about 60 feet over 2 stages. Rap 5 can be bypassed by going up around on either side but both sides are a little sketchy. The RDC side involves going up over to a short ledge where a partner assist may be needed and the LDC side involves steeply sloped slabs to traverse.

A little over 150 feet down canyon is a semi spicy sloped downclimb of about 20 feet (wLostAngel01) that can be bypassed LDC if desired. This is also the start of a V-shaped slot with scenic winding / undulating walls.

About 150 feet down canyon is a downclimb / galumph of about 15 feet in a v-slot (wLostAngel02).  A little over 200 feet is the top of rap 6

Rap 6 (dLostAngR6) is anchored from a tree and travels about 180 feet to base of rappel. The first 50 feet of the rap needs to have the anchor webbing extended over 2 potholes that can be downclimbed through. This leaves only 130 feet of rope travel needed for the rappel. After the 2 potholes, Rap 6 goes down a mostly vertical wall with the last 15 feet being downclimable.

Downclimbs into each of the potholes is about 15 feet with the second being moderately difficult but the anchor webbing can be used as a handline if needed. After 2nd pothole rap drops off vertical.

Note: During colder months this tree goes dormant and appears to be dead but comes to life as things warm up. If this tree does die off or does not look trust worthy you could build a deadman in one of the potholes or place choke stones in a crack out on the RDC side. Up on the RDC rim there is a lot of rock debris that can be farmed if needed.

About 700 feet down canyon after rap 6 is drop of about 20 feet (wLostAngel03) that is easily bypassed on the LDC using a use trail that is forming.

A little over 300 feet farther you will get to the bank of the Dirty Devil River (yLostAngelBt).  Just before getting to the over grown vegetation turn right to go up onto the east dirt bank to a use trail.

The Exit:
From the use trail by the Dirty Devil River (yLostAngelBt) follow the use trail just under a cliff band.

Note:
Also an arch way up on the RDC side is more visible if you look over there from the use trails as you exit the canyon. Look high up on the ciff rim to see it.  If you enjoy playing with Echos there is a big flat wall on the opposite side of the Dirty Devil a short distance after you start on the use trails along the river. Great echo play wall.

Follow the use trail about 0.3 miles to where the use trail starts up here to go from the base of the cliff band up to the top of the cliff band (wLostAngel04).  Follow the use trail up to to the next level then to where it crosses over a small drainage and pouroff (wLostAngel05).

Cross the drainage and look for the use trail to continue up the dirt slopes to the southeast up dirt slopes.

Follow the use trail about 0.2 miles to the top of a ridge dropping down from the rolling desert (wLostAngel06).

Note:
While in the rolling desert up here look south off in the distance for a hoodoo like tower up on the rim about 0.8 mile away. The hoo doo like tower is on the rim of Angel Cove canyon and your exit route will take you just beyond there to then go up to the rim.

About 350 feet further is the bottom of the ridge (wLostAngel07) dropping down from rolling deset above to the top of a slickrock pour off. Veer right to travel southwest allong the top of the shelf just abovce the Dirty Devil. About 300 feet farther you will cross under an alcove.

About 0.2 miles further the route follows a short distance down a wash along the rim to a pour off (wLostAngel08). Pass the pour off and continue south-ish along the rim.

About 200 feet later pass over the top of another pour off (wLostAngel09).

About 600 feet further begin finding your way down in one of a few places to get down off the shelf (wLostAngel10) down toward the Dirty Devil River as you get close to the Fallen Angel drainage.

A few hundred feet after dropping off the shelf will be the Fallen Angel Canyon drainage (yFallenAngelBt) dropping in from the right (west).

From the Fallen Angel Drainage (yFallenAngelBt) walk about 200 feet and look for a way to scramble up over some boulder debris then down to use trails following along the base of the huge flat wall.

Follow the use trail along the very base of this rediculously huge flat wall for about 1,000 feet to near the other end of the wall where there is boulder debris (wFallenAng05).  Depending on what use trail you followed along the wall you may find a rubble pile here you need to scramble up about 15 feet to find the use trails continuing. Shortly after here you will need to find your way down the rubble to the use trails thta travel right along the shore of the Dirty Devil.

Note: - Rock Art Pannel(s)
If you would like to check out some rock art there are some samples here.  To locate this start from the rubble pile at the south end of the wall and walk right at the base of the wall.

To find the first spot of art, look up and note a huge arch forming on the flat wall way up then a second smaller arch forming lower down. Just under the apex of the smaller arch is a rock that could be scrambled up onto. Just at the top of this rock is one area of rock art where you will find red paint making some symbols.

To find the second spot of art, travel south along the wall from the first spot about 100 feet to some carvings in the wall about head high.

Follow the use trails down along the bank of the Dirty Devil River for about 800 feet over to the bottom of the drainage for Angel Cove Canyon (yAngelCove-Bt) where it meets the Dirty Devil.

From the bottom of Angel Cove Canyon (yAngelCove-Bt). continue south on well defined use trail.

Note:
Very shortly after starting on the use trails, look about waist high on the cliff wall for rock art carvings(sAngelPetro02).  These are not as nice of rock art as the set to the north of here but worth a quick look just to check them out.  Better rock art carvings and some paint can be found about 750 feet north on the cliff walls of a HUGE flat wall the use trails go under.  More details of how to locate these can be found on the route description for Lost Angel and Hidden Angel.

Continue along the use trail for almost 500 feet to where it starts up a sand hill (AngelCvExit11).

About 375 feet further the trail briefly tops out (AngelCvExit12) then drops back down again.

About 200 feet further the trail briefly tops out again (AngelCvExit13).  There is a spot here you can upclimb to get to the next higher level that may be moderately difficult.  If you want to climb up here you can shortcut the route a little.

If you did not climb up yet, follow the use trail about 200 feet to another top out (AngelCvExit14) then about 220 feet to yet one more top out (AngelCvExit15) where it is an easy walk up to the shelf above.

Once up on the shelf above, veer right to walk southwest then west working your way over to a draiange (AngelCvExit16) going up to the west.

When you get to a large pothole in the wash (AngelCvExit17) exit the wash on the right (north) side and route find along the slickrock for about 200 feet to the bottom of a steep side ravine / slot with small potholes visible up in it (AngelCvExit18).

When get to this area you can begin to see the final cliff band you will be climbing up onto.  A good visual aid is the huge pocket / hole in the side of the cliff band.  Your goal is to navigate over to near that huge pocket and scramble up the ramp just to the left (west) of it.

From the bottom of this side ravine / slot, note a semi steep slickrock slope to the left (west) of the ravine.  Scramble you way up to the top of this slope (AngelCvExit19).

Walk north about 200 feet to the bottom of a trough like drainage running up (AngelCvExit20). Follow up this to go up toward the end of the red rock point above. You may need to use your hands in a few steep spots.

Walk up the slopes to get to a ramp like area just to the left of a huge pocket on the side of the cliff band above (AngelCvExit21).

Work your way up the ramp then scramble the dirt and rock debris up to the mesa top with rolling dirt desert above (AngelCvExit22).

Once up on the rolling desert, follow use trails west-ish roughly following the Angel Cove drainage on your right (north) side.

About 0.25 miles up the route will drop into a wash (yAngelCvSF-Tp) just above a shale shelf.  This is the top of the South Fork of Angel Cove.

Continue west up the wash about 450 feet to find one of many use trails (AngelCvExit23) leaving the wash going northwest up the steep dirt slopes.

The better use trail in this area seems to be the one going up the ridge to the left (west) of a hoodoo like rock feature protruding from the dirt slopes.

Once at the top of the dirt slopes (AngelCvExit24) walk northwest about 0.2 miles through rolling desert back to the trailhead (tAngelCove).

GPS Waypoint Information

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1 Lost Angel - Drive in to Trailhead

extAngelTrlRd          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.23613   W -110.64761        Elev: 4,810 Feet Exit off highway 95 to an un-named road that leads to the Angel Point areas. The BLM has a sign saying this road leads to the Angel Trail. ex0100-0101DD          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.24243   W -110.61040        Elev: NaN Feet This is a Y in the road. Turning left on the road labeled 0100 leads northeast toward the Angel Trail and to the Angel Canyons. Turning right on the road labeled 0101 leads southeast toward the Beaver Canyons and Balcony Canyons Area. ex1002DD          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.30851   W -110.55301        Elev: NaN Feet Turn right onto a dirt road here marked 1002 to go to Angel Slot. Continue straight to go to Angel Cove or Fallen Angel Canyon. exAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31323   W -110.55147        Elev: NaN Feet Exit of of Road 0100 to the Angel Cove Canyon area. Turn right (northeast) onto an un-named road for about 0.35 miles to the TH for Angel Cove Canyons. To the left (northwest) road 0100 continues. tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage.

2 Lost Angel - Approach

tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage. jAngelCoveNFTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31818   W -110.54666        Elev: NaN Feet To go down North Fork of Angel Cove, travel east down the wash. To continue over to Hidden Angel or Lost Angel, continue up out of the north side of the drainage up a dirt side ravine about 400 feet to get to a dirt ravine to travel up another 350 feet up to rolling open desert above. wFallenAng01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31976   W -110.54779        Elev: 4,850 Feet Top of the slope up onto open rolling desert. To get Fallen Angel and Lost Angel look for the Flat Tops off in the distance to the northast and walk directly toward the Big Flat Top. The upper shallow dirt drainage of Fallen Angel is about 0.3 miles away and the upper shallow dirt drainage of Lost angel is about 0.2 miles farther. jFallenAngel          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32330   W -110.54677        Elev: 4,840 Feet To go to Fallen Angel walk east and follow down the dirt runnels leading down. To continue to Lost Angel cross over this dirt drainage and continue northeast toward the Big Flat Top for about 0.2 miles to the next dirt draiange. jLostAngel          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32546   W -110.54677        Elev: 4,850 Feet Upper end of a wide shallow dirt drainage dropping down to the east. Look east and follow down one of the two forks here that go on either side of a dirt hill. Both get you where you want to go but the drainage to left (north) goes to the preferred rap. yLostAngelTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32739   W -110.54480        Elev: 4,730 Feet This fork of the wash goes from wide dirt to a more developed slot with some rock beginning to show.

3 Lost Angel - Canyon

yLostAngelTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32739   W -110.54480        Elev: 4,730 Feet This fork of the wash goes from wide dirt to a more developed slot with some rock beginning to show. dLostAngR1-2          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32831   W -110.54332        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 1 - 2 - Lost Angel. Rap 1 anchored from one of many large rocks and drops 50 feet down a vertical chossy wall. Be careful of anchor placement as the rocks can be sharp. Also be careful of knocking loose rock down while on rappel. Rap 2 very close to the bottom of rap 1, anchored from a boulder on the LDC side and drops about 20 feet. Rap 2 may be downclimable with a partner assist. Note that the rap 1 others have used is from a dead tree in the other fork about 70 feet south and drops down to this same place. Dead trees can be a bad idea to rap from so this rappel is preferred. dLostAngR3-4          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32875   W -110.54256        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 3 - 4 - Lost Angel. Rap 3 anchored about head high on the LDC side from an arch in a hueco and drops about 65 feet down a slopped wall. Rap 3 is sloped enough to allow the drop to be done as a handline. After rap 3 is a sloped trough like downclimb / scramble to the top of rap 4. Rap 4 anchored from large choke stones and drops a total of about 60 feet over 2 stages. The first stage is sloped enough to be handlined but the second stage is vertical. dLostAngR5          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32908   W -110.54197        Elev: NaN Feet Rap 5 - Lost Angel. About 100 feet downcaonyon of rap 4, Anchored from a large rock in the wash, drops about 60 feet over 2 stages. Rap 5 can be bypassed by going up around on either side but both sides are a little sketchy. The RDC side involves going up over to a short ledge where a partner assist may be needed and the LDC side involves steeply sloped slabs to traverse. wLostAngel01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32934   W -110.54154        Elev: NaN Feet Semi spicy sloped downclimb of about 20 feet that can be bypassed LDC if desired. This is also the start of a V-shaped slot with scenic winding / undulating walls. wLostAngel02          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32956   W -110.54104        Elev: NaN Feet V-shaped galumph / downclimb of about 15 feet. dLostAngR6          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33004   W -110.54064        Elev: 4,330 Feet Rap 6 - Lost Angel. Anchored from a tree and travels about 180 feet to base of rappel. The first 50 feet of the rap needs to have the anchor webbing extended over 2 potholes that can be downclimbed through. This leaves only 130 feet of rope travel needed for the rappel. After the 2 potholes Rap 6 goes down a mostly vertical wall with the last 15 feet being downclimable. Downclimbs into each of the potholes is about 15 feet with the second being moderately difficult but the anchor webbing can be used as a handline if needed. After 2nd pothole rap drops off vertical. Note: During colder months this tree goes dormant and appears to be dead but comes to life as things warm up. If this tree does die off or does not look trust worthy you could build a deadman in one of the potholes or place choke stones in a crack out on the RDC side. Up on the RDC rim there is a lot of rock debris that can be farmed if needed. wLostAngel03          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33175   W -110.54045        Elev: NaN Feet Drop of about 20 feet that is easily bypassed on the LDC using a use trail that is forming. yLostAngelBt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33236   W -110.54112        Elev: 4,150 Feet Bottom of Lost Angel Canyon where it meets the Dirty Devil River. Just before you get to the over grown vegetation at the side of the Dirty Devil, go up the dirt bank on the RDC (east) side to find use trails going east along the river bank just below a cliff band. Also an arch way up on the RDC side is more visible if you look over there from the use trails as you exit the canyon. Look high up on the ciff rim to see it. If you enjoy playing with Echos there is a big flat wall on the opposite side of the Dirty Devil a short distance after you start on the use trails along the river. Great echo play wall.

4 Lost Angel - Exit

yLostAngelBt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33236   W -110.54112        Elev: 4,150 Feet Bottom of Lost Angel Canyon where it meets the Dirty Devil River. Just before you get to the over grown vegetation at the side of the Dirty Devil, go up the dirt bank on the RDC (east) side to find use trails going east along the river bank just below a cliff band. Also an arch way up on the RDC side is more visible if you look over there from the use trails as you exit the canyon. Look high up on the ciff rim to see it. If you enjoy playing with Echos there is a big flat wall on the opposite side of the Dirty Devil a short distance after you start on the use trails along the river. Great echo play wall. wLostAngel04          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33214   W -110.53632        Elev: NaN Feet Use trail starts up here to go from the base of the cliff band up to the top of the cliff band. wLostAngel05          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.33196   W -110.53598        Elev: NaN Feet Use trail now on top of the cliff band crosses over a draiange here. Cross the drainage and look for the use trail to continue up the dirt slopes to the southeast up dirt slopes. wLostAngel06          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32895   W -110.53481        Elev: NaN Feet Top of a ridge dropping down from the rolling desert. While in the rolling desert up here look south off in the distance for a hoodoo like tower up on the rim about 0.8 mile away. The hoo doo like tower is on the rim of Angel Cove canyon and your exit route will take you just beyond there to then go up to the rim. wLostAngel07          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32791   W -110.53505        Elev: NaN Feet Bottom of the ridge dropping down from rolling deset above to the top of a slickrock pour off here. Veer right to travel southwest allong the top of the shelf just abovce the Dirty Devil. About 300 feet farther you will cross under an alcove. wLostAngel08          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32525   W -110.53734        Elev: NaN Feet Route follows a short distance down a wash along the rim to a pour off here. Pass the pour off and continue south-ish along the rim. wLostAngel09          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32469   W -110.53757        Elev: NaN Feet Pass over the top of another pour off and continue south-ish along the rim. wLostAngel10          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32301   W -110.53771        Elev: NaN Feet Begin finding your way down in one of a few places to get down off the shelf down toward the Dirty Devil River as you get close to the Fallen Angel drainage. yFallenAngelBt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32209   W -110.53787        Elev: 4,180 Feet Bottom of Fallen Angel Canyon where it meets the Dirty Devil River. As you get close to the river look for a way up onto the bank to find use trails that will travel south down the river but high up on the ledges up out of the river along the base of the huge flat wall. wFallenAng04          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.32153   W -110.53833        Elev: NaN Feet Look for a way to scramble up over some boulder debris then down to use trails following along the base of the huge flat wall. sAngelPetro01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31888   W -110.53742        Elev: 4,260 Feet Rock art on the walls along the huge flat wall. To locate this start from the rubble pile at the south end of the wall and walk right at the base of the wall. To find the first spot of art, look up and note a huge arch forming on the flat wall way up then a second smaller arch forming lower down. Just under the apex of the smaller arch is a rock that could be scrambled up onto. Just at the top of this rock is one area of rock art where you will find red paint making some symbols. To find the second spot of art, travel south along the wall from the first spot about 100 feet to some carvings in the wall about head high. wFallenAng05          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31878   W -110.53726        Elev: NaN Feet Trail is high up on a dirt ledge following along the wall. Depending on what use trail you followed along the wall you may find a rubble pile here you need to scramble up about 15 feet to find the use trails continuing. Shortly after here you will need to find your way down the rubble to the use trails thta travel right along the shore of the Dirty Devil. yAngelCove-Bt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31778   W -110.53510        Elev: 4,150 Feet Bottom of Angel Cove Canyon where it meets well worn trail running along the bank of the Dirty Devil River. Follow the trail southeast for the exit route. sAngelPetro02          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31766   W -110.53467        Elev: NaN Feet Rock carvings in the wall about waist high. Not as many or as intricate as those north of Angel Cove though. AngelCvExit11          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31699   W -110.53365        Elev: NaN Feet Trail has been following a sandstone wall then gets to an open sandy area here with a use trail starting up a sand hill. Go up the sand hill to continue the exit. AngelCvExit12          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31610   W -110.53310        Elev: NaN Feet Trail briefly tops out. From here follow the use trail southish as it roughly follows another sandstone wall. AngelCvExit13          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31562   W -110.53275        Elev: NaN Feet Trail tops out again briefly. Follow the trail southish roughly following the wall. There is a trail from here over to the wall where you can scramble up to the shelf above. The scramble up here can be a little tricky but is not overly difficult. If you want an easier way up continue southish to a much easier way up. AngelCvExit14          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31503   W -110.53246        Elev: NaN Feet Trail tops out again with pretty level travel beyond. About 220 feet from here is a spot where the cliff band has dropped down to make an easy walk up onto the top. AngelCvExit15          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31443   W -110.53232        Elev: NaN Feet Trail comes to an easy walk up onto the cliff band you have been following here. Follow the use trail southwestish roughly following the drainage to the south. AngelCvExit16          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31361   W -110.53297        Elev: NaN Feet Follow the use trail over to and down in this side wash and follow westish about 400 feet up the wash. AngelCvExit17          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31332   W -110.53381        Elev: NaN Feet Large pothole in the wash. Makes good navigation aid as this is shortly before leaving the wash to exit up to the mesa above. AngelCvExit18          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31329   W -110.53458        Elev: NaN Feet Leave the wash here by walking northwest up the slickrock slope next to a side draiange commming in from the right (north) that has some small pothole like features. Walk up with the side drainage on your right (east). As a navigation aid this is about 250 feet or down canyon of where the wash you are in begins to have some slickrock slot like features which you can see froom this point. AngelCvExit19          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31347   W -110.53549        Elev: NaN Feet Top of the slope up out of the wash below and on the next higher shelf. Look northwest for the end of the red rock point on the mesa. Route find your way over toward the end of the point just to the left of a large obvious pocket in the cliff band. About 200 feet from herre is the bottom of a trough shaped drainage you cn scramble up on the way there. AngelCvExit20          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31401   W -110.53560        Elev: NaN Feet Bottom of a trough like drainage running up. Follow up this to go up toward the end of the red rock point above. You may need to use your hands in a few steep spots. AngelCvExit21          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31506   W -110.53794        Elev: NaN Feet Part way up a ramp just to the left of a large abvious pocket on the cliff side. Route find your way up the cliff side just left of the large pocket. You will need to climb up a couple spots and possibly assist one another. AngelCvExit22          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31537   W -110.53806        Elev: 4,740 Feet On the mesa top just above the large pocket in the dlif side. Walk west in wide open dirt roughly following along the canyon on the right (north) which is Angel Cove Canyon. yAngelCvSF-Tp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31503   W -110.54239        Elev: 4,755 Feet Use trail for the exit from the Dirty Devil River meets the wash of Angel Cove Cayon here. On the exit travel up the wash about 350 feet and exit to the north where convinient. To drop down the South fork of Angel Canyon continue down the wash over a small shale shelf. AngelCvExit23          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31466   W -110.54392        Elev: NaN Feet A few use trails up out of the wash developing here. For a visual aid look for a hoodoo like rock outcropping. The use trails are developing in the general vicinity of it with the best route being up the ridge to teh left (west) of the Hoodoo like outcropping. AngelCvExit24          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31498   W -110.54452        Elev: 4,840 Feet Up on open flat desert. Walk northwest about 0.2 miles to the cars. tAngelCove          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 38.31687   W -110.54710        Elev: 4,800 Feet Parking at the trailhead for Angel Cove Canyon. Enough space for up to about 4 cars. 2WD can make it here but the road can have some sand and rough spots where high clearance may be required. If your car will not get to here you can park at the road junction about 0.36 miles before getting here and walk in. Follow a use trail north down into the side of the North Fork of Angel Cove Drainage.