Canyoneering Route Description List:
Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Canyons in the Long Canyon and The Gulch Area
Midget
Rattler
Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 4A II(III)
Time Required - 3 to 4 hours
Distance - 3.3 miles Total, 0.5 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel 95 feet.
Elevation Range - 5575 - 6120 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle -
Passenger
Permit Required - No
Canyons in the Death Hollow area
Time Required - 4 to 6 hours
Distance - 3.1 miles Total, 0.6 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel 270 feet.
A 300 foot rope left at rap 1 and shorter ropes carried
in canyon (see comments)
Elevation Range - 5930 - 5360 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle -
Passenger
Permit Required - No
Canyons accessed via the Old Sheffield Road (Spencer Flats)
Drill Hole Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A II
Time Required - 3 to 4 hours
Distance - 4.2 miles Total, 1.1 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel 110 feet.
Elevation Range - 5730 - 5180 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Miles Vehicle -
Passenger carefully driven - High Clearance helpful
Permit Required - No
Spencer
Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 3(B) II(III)
Time Required - 5 to 6 hours
Distance - 4.8 miles Total, 1.4 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 to 5 Rappels, Longest Rappel 70 feet.
Entry Fork 2 - no raps but has 40 foot handline. Entry
Fork 1 - 3 to 5 raps.
Elevation Range - 5790 - 5160 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Time Required - 7 to 9 hours
Distance - 6.6 miles Total, 0.7 miles Technical
Rappels - 4 Rappels, Longest Rappel 85 feet.
Elevation Range - 5790 - 4910 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Canyons accessed via Wolverine Loop Road
Bown Eye Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A(B) III
Time Required - 7 - 9 hours
Distance - 8.1 miles Total, 0.3 miles Technical
Rappels - 5 Rappels, Longest Rappel 80 feet.
Longest vertical drop is less but one rap can use 80 feet of
rope travel.
Elevation Range -
5475 - 6380 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger,
if bad road conditions High Clearance
Permit Required - No
Bown Bottom Slot - non-technical
If adding a
trip down Bown Bottom Slot add
the below time and mileages
Added Time - 1 hour
Added
Distance - 0.8 miles
Bown Star Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A(B) III
Bown Star - Left Fork
Time Required
- 8 to 10 hours
Distance - 7.2 miles Total, 0.6 miles Technical
Rappels - 5 Rappels, Longest Rappel 50 feet.
Bown Star - Right Fork
Time Required
- 8 to 10 hours
Distance - 7.5 miles Total, 0.7 miles Technical
Rappels - 7 Rappels, Longest Rappel 70 feet.
Bown Bottom Slot - non-technical
If adding a
trip down Bown Bottom Slot add
the below time and mileages
Added Time - 1 hour
Added
Distance - 0.8 miles
All route options
Elevation Range -
5475 - 6380 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger,
if bad road conditions High Clearance
Permit Required - No
Holy Cow Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A(B) III
Time Required - 6 to 8 hours
Distance - 4.3 miles Total, 0.5 miles Technical
Rappels - 6 Rappels, Longest Rappel 100 feet.
Will need 120 foot rope.
Elevation Range - 5425 - 6125 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger,
if bad road conditions High Clearance
Permit Required - No
Pork Chop Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A(B) IV
Time Required - 11 to 13 hours
Distance - 10.2 miles Total, 2.4 miles Technical
Rappels - 5 Rappels, Longest Rappel 70 feet.
Elevation Range - 5570 - 6590 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance
or carefully driven passenger car
Permit Required - No
Time Required - 4.5 to 6.5 hours
Distance - 9.2 miles Total, 0.4 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel 100 feet.
Longest rap actually less but will need this much rope.
Elevation Range - 5300 - 5550 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger,
if bad road conditions High Clearance
Permit Required - No
Upper Neon Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A(B) IV
Time Required - 11 to 13 hours
Distance - 10.3 miles Total, 3.6 miles Technical
Rappels - 6 Rappels, Longest Rappel 160 feet.
Elevation Range - 4880 - 5860 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance
or carefully driven passenger car
Permit Required - No
Canyons accessed via Hole in the Rock Road
Big Tony - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4B IV R (X)
Time Required - 9 to 11 hours
Distance - 6.9 miles Total, 0.9 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel 70 feet.
Elevation Range - 4155 - 4720 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD
incase deep sand issues.
Permit Required - No
Time Required - 4 to 5 hours for The Beast
only - Can be combined with other routes in the area to fill out
the day.
Distance - 6.7 miles Total, 0.8 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Longest Rappel N/A feet.
Elevation Range - 4965 - 4600 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger
- High Clearance
Permit Required - No
DDI
Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 4A(B) IV (X)
Time Required - 8 to 11 hours
Distance - 6.5 miles Total, 0.7 miles Technical
Rappels - 4 Rappels, Longest Rappel 85 feet.
Elevation Range - 4600 - 4140 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Egypt 1 - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A I
Time Required - 2 to 4 hours
Distance - 1.7 miles Total, 0.8 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 to 4 Rappels (depending on skill
level), Longest Rappel 30 feet.
Elevation Range - 5270 - 4940 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance
recommended, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Egypt 1.5 - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A I
Time Required - 2 to 4 hours
Distance - 1.1 miles Total, 0.5 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel 25 feet. (a
couple of downclimbs could also have anchors show up one day)
Elevation Range - 5350 - 5030 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance
recommended, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Egypt
2 - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A I
Time Required - 2.5 to 4 hours
Distance - 2.9 miles Total, 1.4 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel 270 feet.
Elevation Range - 5390 - 4800 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Egypt
4 - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A III x
Time Required - 6.5 to 9 hours
Distance - 5.8 miles Total, 1.4 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Longest Rappel N/A
E4 has no rappels but is dangerous and difficult requiring solid
stemming skills.
Elevation Range - 5680 - 4810 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Egypt 5 - Upper and Lower -
Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 4A(B) II (IV) X (X-)
Upper Egypt 5 Only -
Time Required - 4 to 6 hours
Distance - 1.7 miles Total,
0.34 miles Technical
Rappels - 1 Rappels, Longest Rappel
300 feet.
Elevation Range - 5680 -
5080 Feet
Lower Egypt 5 Only -
Time Required - 6 to 7 hours
Distance - 5.1 miles Total,
0.25 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel
50 feet.
Elevation Range - 5680 -
4740 Feet
Upper and Lower Egypt 5 -
Time Required - 9 to 10
Distance - 5 miles Total,
0.59 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel
300 feet.
Elevation Range - 5680 -
4740 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance
recommended, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
East Scorpion Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 4B
III R
Time Required - 6 to 8 hours
Distance - 7.3 miles Total, 0.8 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel 35 feet.
(but have a 55 foot rope)
Elevation Range - 4400 - 4750 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger
- High Clearance if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Frosted Flakes Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument,
Utah. 4A(B) III R+(X-)
Time Required - 6 to 8 hours
Distance - 7.4 miles Total, 0.8 miles Technical
Rappels - 3 Rappels, Longest Rappel 140 feet.
Elevation Range - 4155 - 4800 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Headless Hen and Raven Canyons - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
Raven Canyon 3A(B) III R
Headless Hen Canyon 4B III
Time Required - 8 to 11 - - combining
Raven and
Headless Hen.
Distance - 6.1 miles Total, 1.5 miles Technical
- - combining Raven and Headless Hen.
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Lots of short raps or
downclimbs into potholes and pothole escape work.
Elevation Range - 4720 - 4250 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD
incase deep sand issues.
Permit Required - No
Mumbai Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A(B) IV X
Time Required - 11 to 14 hours
Distance - 13.1 miles Total, 0.6 miles Technical
Rappels - 2 Rappels, Longest Rappel 90 feet.
(bring a 120 foot rope though - see general comments below)
Elevation Range - 4230 - 3720 Feet
Shuttle Required - No
Vehicle - Carefully driven Passenger Car
- High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Neon Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3B III (IV)
Time Required - 9 to 12 hours
Distance - 10.2 miles Total, 1.1 miles Technical
(using the Fork Chop Entry)
Rappels - 4 Rappels, Longest Rappel 95 feet.
using the Fork Chop entry.
Elevation Range - 5620 - 4560 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle -
High Clearance
Permit Required - No for day use - Yes for
overnight trips (free permit at trailhead)
Red
Breaks Loop - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
3A III
Time Required - 6.5 to 8.5 hours
Distance - 2.8 miles Total, 8.7 miles Technical
Rappels - 1 Rappels, Longest Rappel 20 feet.
Elevation Range - 4970 - 5710 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Miles Vehicle - Passenger
Permit Required - No
Time Required - 3 to 4 hours for ROC only -
Can be combined with other routes in the area to fill out the
day.
Distance - 5 miles Total, 0.3 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Longest Rappel N/A feet.
Elevation Range - 4965 - 4600 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger
- High Clearance
Permit Required - No
Sandslide Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 2(3)A
I(II)
Time Required - 2 to 4 hours
Distance - 3.7 miles Total, 0.7 miles Technical
Rappels - 1 Rappels, Longest Rappel 110 feet.
The rappel is only 90 feet but you will need about 110 feet of
rope for it.
Elevation Range - 4530 - 4770 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Miles Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD
suggested
Permit Required - No
Time Required - 3 to 5 hours
Distance - 2.9 miles Total, 0.6 miles Technical
Add a 0.5 to 1.0 mile if doing the side trip through Eerie Slot
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Longest Rappel N/A feet.
Elevation Range - 4966 - 4670 Feet
Shuttle Required -No Vehicle - Passenger
High Clearance
Permit Required - No
BFS Canyon - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah.
4A X
II
Time Required - 3.5 to 5 hours
Distance - 2.6 miles Total, 0.3 miles Technical
Rappels - 0 Rappels, Longest Rappel N/A feet.
(bring a couple 50 foot ropes though - see general comments
below)
Elevation Range - 4710 - 4520 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No
Zebra and Tunnel Slots - Escalante Nat. Monument, Utah. 2A(B) II(III)
Time Required - 3 to 5 hours
Distance - 6.4 miles Total, 800 feet of scenic
canyon
Rappels - 0 Rappels
Elevation Range - 5350 - 5110 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger
- High Clearance, 4WD if bad road conditions
Permit Required - No