Entrance to Blue Owl cave, Unita Mountains, Utah We made it up to the Unita Mountains and headed over to Owl Pit cave which is a really interesting feature in this range. Blue Owl cave, Unita Mountains, Utah Blue owl Cave is one of the more interesting caves in the area which has a nice 30-40ft entrance drop where you pass in-between a...
GMZ cave, Utah After Thunder Shower cave we set out to find GMZ cave which is just a 200ft pit with no going passage. After a while, we found the entrance which is a nice sink and indeed goes down around 200ft. I prepared the anchor and noticed the highline rope had a core shot in it so I ended up having to...
the entrance of Fish Mouth Cave Ruins, Utah After fueling up a bit in blanding, we headed out to the Comb Ridge area and headed out down the dirt road to Fish Mouth Cave Ruins. There are a number of ruins in this area where the Anasazi appeared to have a network of housing structures built for protection, ceremonies, and a desert life...
Last rap in Pleiades Canyon La Sal National Forest, Utah After breakfast we headed out to Manti La Sal National Forest outside of Moab to get to a different kind of canyon setting which could be a class C especially in the earlier part of the year but I consider this one a 3BII because we ended up sticking the rope on the...
Wilhite Trail-Island in the Sky, Canyonlands Utah We got our permits 1 minute before the ranger station closed which was blind luck and they were reluctant to open up the computer to issue them but thankfully they did. We finally made it up to the Wilhite trailhead and cooked up some dinner before we hiked out to the rim where the Wilhite Trail...
Final rap in Tierdrop Canyon, Arches National Park, Utah We headed over to Arches National Park to check out some 3AII canyons and to dodge the tour bus loads of people that occupy the trails and congest the slab rock overlooks. Last time I was here was around 6 years ago and I went to check out some of the tourist trails including...
