First Descent of Not So Hot with Echo Canyon in Zion National Park, UT

It WAS hot out, but a north-running canyon, early start and projected cloud cover combined to make this reasonable. THIS being exploring a branch of Echo Canyon that comes off Cable Mountain. The team for this adventure was Kody Prisbrey from St G, Jonathan Zambella from Springdale, Felicia Bicknell from Phoenix and me.

Canyoneering, Echo Canyon, Exploration, Trip Report, Zion, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Jonathan ZambellaTom JonesJune 30, 2013zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering, first descents canyoneering, first descent, canyoneering first descents, echo, echo canyon, middle echo canyon

Eyedropper Canyon, a First Descent in the San Rafael Swell, Utah

Canyoneering first descents are always cherished - we found a nice one down in the Swell, near Hidden Splendor. At last year's SUWA Roundup, I hiked up and scouted this little canyon with Bill Wolverton, thinking it might make a nice, easy, technical canyon for beginners.

Big rappel, Canyoneering, Exploration, San Rafael Swell, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesSeptember 23, 2012first descent, eyedropper canyon, san Rafael swell, the swell, canyoneering

Zion Canyoneering: New East-Side Canyon with Kip Marshall

Getting out with Kip is always a treat. Kip has an indomitable enthusiasm for exploring the obscure corners of the Zion area, and tends to invite me along when he thinks he has a good one lined up. "I'm IN!" I said.

Canyoneering, Exploration, Tom Jones, Trip Report, ZionTom JonesJuly 28, 2012Exploration, first descent, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering, kip marshall, eastern sun

Exciting New Canyon in Zion National Park, First Descent?

Exciting new Canyon in Zion, First Descent? Nope! I was hoping. Hope springs eternal and looking for new canyons involves lots of hope. This one...

Canyoneering, Exploration, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Zion, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesJuly 25, 2012first descent, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering

Right Fork and Stevenson Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

Chris Avery came by for his annual Zion trip, this time with son Tanner in tow. We rounded up Lin Alder of Springdale and two of his friends, Pearl and Blake. We set up a wonderful Right Fork trip, but some of us snuck away to do a Zion first descent - Stevenson Canyon, the canyon that comes in just upstream of the Stevenson Alcove (get it?) from the northwest. We hoped for something good… we got a long rappel to get in, then not much, so…

Robbers Roost Canyoneering: Not Mindbender and Hog Canyons

One of my favorite canyons in the Roost is Not Mindbender, a fork of the North Fork, or of the North-Middle Fork. A tasty one.

Canyoneering, Exploration, North Wash, San Rafael Swell, Tom Jones, Tom's First Visit, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 12, 2005Brandt Hart, first descent, Hayduke Trail, Hog Canyon, Not Mindbender canyon, canyoneering, exploration, canyon exploration

Mountain of Mystery Summit and Canyoneering into the Narrows, Zion National Park

Once in awhile, a guys’s gotta climb a few summits. Zion offers quite a variety of difficult-to-access peaks, and our chosen pinnacle this weekend was the mysterious Mountain of Mystery.

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