Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Colby Canyon 2x
Nothing too crazy here. On Saturday I had half a day and was able to make it out to the Colby Canyon trail head around noon. I'd been curious about this little canyon for a while since I've looked down on it from the trail a few times.
I also wanted to find out for myself what was going on with the descriptions that conflicted between Brennen's site and Augie's SP page. They both turned out to be right, you can bypass the raps on the sides or down climb them, but where is the fun in that.
The first rap was 25 feet, followed by a 15 foot and another 15 foot. There are several down climbs and one in particular that I saw an anchor for (a steep 6 foot down climb).
One thing that was pretty lame was the fact that someone had taken the time to bolt the last two falls. Natural anchors were abundant for the first one, and slightly less obvious for the second, but there was no excuse.
The entire canyon took only an hour and twenty minutes round trip so I decided to take my dad down it the next day. We had a great time and even though it was my dad's first canyon, we still made it down in around two hours. Its a great intro to SG canyons, so don't be thwarted by Brennen's one star rating.
Looks pretty nice. Do y'all ever run into other parties doing canyoneering while yer out?
I think there's a well-rated canyon on Glendora Ridge Road, before Cow Canyon Saddle, just north of Fallen leaf Spring. Try that one yet? Heard it's supposed ot be real good, but it's hard to see as that area has a healthy amount of growth.
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Colby Canyon 2x
MikeSash wrote:
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One thing that was pretty lame was the fact that someone had taken the time to bolt the last two falls. Natural anchors were abundant for the first one, and slightly less obvious for the second, but there was no excuse.
The entire canyon took only an hour and twenty minutes round trip so I decided to take my dad down it the next day. We had a great time and even though it was my dad's first canyon, we still made it down in around two hours. Its a great intro to SG canyons, so don't be thwarted by Brennen's one star rating.
Mike,
It is a very good "intro" canyon isn't it. That's cool you took your dad down. Nice photos. I didn't notice the bolts when I was there but you're absolutely right-no excuse-there are plenty of natural anchor opportunities.
I took my son on his first canyoneering experience last Thursday, July 31. We went down Colby Canyon providing 3 rappels, beautiful flora throughout the canyon and a couple of garter snakes for fauna. There was little water flowing, but there were several pools. Tree anchors were in place for all 3 rappels. However, we spent a little time analyzing the second one because the webbing is tied around two adjacent bush branches 1 inch in diameter each. In the end, I chose to go with it because of the low angle and short distance of the rappel. If the rap had been more vertical or longer, I would have sought to build another anchor although the pickings for anchors at the top of the rap were slim to none.
I took my son on his first canyoneering experience last Thursday, July 31. We went down Colby Canyon providing 3 rappels, beautiful flora throughout the canyon and a couple of garter snakes for fauna. There was little water flowing, but there were several pools. Tree anchors were in place for all 3 rappels. However, we spent a little time analyzing the second one because the webbing is tied around two adjacent bush branches 1 inch in diameter each. In the end, I chose to go with it because of the low angle and short distance of the rappel. If the rap had been more vertical or longer, I would have sought to build another anchor although the pickings for anchors at the top of the rap were slim to none.
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