Techniques & Gear For Canyoneering

 

This has  a lot of info on how to plan a trip, what to bring and techniques to use. This website has more detailed and specific gear lists.

Here’s information on techniques And a whole bunch of links here.

Water Canyon

Water Canyon is what ZRG told Lisa we’d do the first day. There’s a route description here. A lot of photos here. And a magazine story of it here.

If You Like To Play With Ropes & Anchors

Lots of ideas here on retrievable/releasable anchors.

Here’s a simple one:

A little more complicated:

Macrame:

 

Maybe the easiest:

(I think Carl and Aaron would love this stuff.)

Hidden Canyon

“A fine adventure in a wilderness setting.”

It starts and ends at Weeping Rock, shown below.

Mystery Canyon

For this canyon, wear your red shirt.

“Mystery Canyon ends with a spectacular 115-foot rappel into the Zion Narrows. You will be rappelling down a waterfall, which is very slippery with moss. If you are lucky, there will be a large crowd of tourists gathered to admire your canyoneering skills and videotape you for future generations.”

Keyhole Canyon

Maybe the shortest technical canyon in the Zion area. 1-2 hours and 3-4 rappels.

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Pine Creek

This canyon has a start right underneath the highway where you park the car. Five minutes of hiking gets you to the first rappel. Cool, huh?