FALLEN ANGEL, LOST ANGEL, ANGEL COVE CANYONS. ROBBERS ROOST, UTAH
May 18, 2016
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
After being kicked around the roost and the Swell a bit with thunderstorms popping up in sporadic parts of the desert, I thought to just take a U turn and head for these three angels as they are all rated 3AII and appear to be fairly straightforward.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I drove my car down the dirt road which was really nice until the last 1/4 mile to the trailhead so I stopped there and donned my gear for a trip on the plateau of the angel systems.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I memorized the map and the directions to theses canyons as I was around a mile away form the first rap on most of these but the trek was straightforward IMO.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I dropped into Fallen Angel first and the drops appeared to be a bit more gorge like and out in the open than anything, than they started to narrow up a little until I got to the last rap which was 120ft to the bottom near Dirty Devil River.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I got Lost Angel next which was also a bit open but than slotted up a bit more with some nice passage which was short lived until I got back down to the dirty devil river.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
All of these canyons will drop you down onto the same elevation and you have to take similar hikes out of the canyon up the slick rock sandstone which is a nice workout especially if you are doing all three.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I got Angel cove last which was also a bit open with some sections of slots that are short lived.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I found that all of these canyons were really straightforward and all had similar qualities about them but I wouldn't consider these to be my favorite. I found the hike up the plateau to get to the next canyon to be the most physically challenging but everything else was good.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
the drops were mostly less than 100ft but there were a few that were around 120ft in length total. I changed out some of the webbing in in section but I recommend bringing (2) 150ft ropes, 50ft of webbing, rings, prussik, and some sun screen.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
The View of the Roost was a nice site and I enjoyed seeing that the clouds stayed far away, especially the thunderclouds that were in the distance.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
This canyon had low to moderate flash flood potential with a lot of escapes from what I can see but I always recommend to not venture out in there is more than a 30 percent chance of rain.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
There was also another canyon just down the way but after these three and grabbing chambers while I was at these, I was a bit tired of this area. I swam across the Dirty Devil River to Chamber and had a run through that which was nice.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
Robbers Roost has tons of canyons that I am looking forward to returning to with great company so I want to save those for the right time.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
next I had some hours of day light so to round off the day with 5 canyons, I headed over to get Lucky charms canyon about 20 miles south.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
I recommend these canyons for beginners and for people that want to just get out in the desert have some fun enjoy some rappelling near the Hanksville area.
| Fallen Angel, Lost Angel, Angel cove Canyons. robbers roost, Utah |
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