Waking up to a group of homies that multiplied, We were a small committee.
We had quite the massive group to be entering into this canyon .
We worked our way across the desert and down into the canyon with a series of raps that we
created.
Once we were down, we continued to walk down into a section where the walls started to get thinner.
Proceeding down further, the walls got tight to a point where we had to stem up high in order to continue
for some, this was their first time high stemming and we did not bring wetsuits for the cold water.
Some of the group went into the water and found that they were met with choakstones that were really difficult to get around.
Some of us stayed really high to navigate the group through this high stemming section.
We worked together as a team to get through this
section and head over to a sandy bottom.
After a canyoners cheer, we continued down into the canyon to exit out of narrow portion.
A narrow slit popped us out into a beautiful golden cavern like passage with towering walls and beautiful corridors.
We headed down the canyon to find a few raps that took us even deeper into the canyon
This opened up even more into a huge deep gorge and nice walking passage
The walls of the canyon opened up and we were surrounded buy a
landscape of sandstone slab rock buttes
Other versions of the mindbender system came into this canyon
Almost mindbender and maybe mindbender canyons all fed into this regional area.
Eventually we got to the last two raps of the canyon.
We found a beautiful scenic last rap that was
overhung into a hanging garden alcove.
the hike out was long for some but it was very scenic, similar to hiking to coyote gulch.
We continued to work our way up to the top and our shuttle cars were waiting for us at the top.
I am so glad we got around to get into this canyon and I am looking forward to visiting more of these in the near future.
Robbers roost has some of the most scenic and amazing canyons throughout the desert southwest.
Throughout this region are sculpted sandstone drainages that extend from the hanksville to canyonlands.
The far east side of robbers roost is a place called high spur.
High Spur canyon is a incredibly scenic canyon located in the deep heart of robbers roost.
There are a number of canyons within the high spur region
Low spur, red spur, big spring, and many more
canyons that are quite scenic are within this region.
High spur canyon is rated at a 3AIII
We camped at the trailhead and got an early start into this canyon.
We headed down and got into some scenic narrow corridors.
This section was basically walking passages with very little obstacles and excellent narrow scenery.
We encountered a group of ahead of us setting up a handline for a short drop that got into a deeper narrow section.
The scenery rivaled antelope canyon in the lower section.
There is one beautiful rappel at the end of this canyon that really wrapped up the scenery into a dramatic ending.
the 90 ft rappel is a must do and worth the effort to drag the gear down for.
We worked our
way down to a break and back up to the rim of the canyon.
We set up a shuttle ride which was a considerable help since the roads were 4x4 and quite bumpy.
The hike to the cars was a bit long with the heat but they indeed helped out considerably.
This is a must do canyon for anyone going into the robbers roost region.
The road to get out to this area is quite rough and requires high clearance.
Subaru was able to make it to the trailhead but it was about at its limit in performance.
Make sure to have a lot of resources with you including an extra tire and a full tank of
gas when headed out to the roost.
This is definitely the place to go for a scenic strool through the canyon.
