North Wash Canyons and the Black Hole for FreezeFest

A new tradition. The Black Hole for New Years. Ram rounded up a bunch of folks, most of whom backed out when they checked the weather forecast. So off with a small group of die-hards to the slots of North Wash for a little Mae-Westing before the Hole.

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Freeze Fest, WinterTom JonesJanuary 1, 2004Black Hole, Dave Black, FreezeFest, Steve Ramras

Canyoneering Stemming Photos: Ram Fest

Stemming, stemming, & stemming, oh my.

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesOctober 18, 2003ram, canyoneering, photography

The Original FreezeFest Story

I, like several other folks I imagine, had wondered for a long time... does the Hole freeze solid in winter? Open water? A nightmare of thin, break through ice? Inquiring wackos want to know!

Death Canyon, North Wash, UT

Death sits on the map just north of Turkey Knob, and looks like it might be interesting. But not too interesting, as it turned out.

Canyoneering, Exploration, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesMarch 10, 2002Alicia Scotter, Death Canyon, Mike Dallin, North Wash, Steve Ramras, canyoneering, north wash canyoneering

Shenanigans Canyon, North Wash, UT

We decided to start the week with a canyon we had looked into recently, but had not explored the upper part of. Unfortunately (maybe), jumping into canyons in this area can be dangerous, and we almost re-created our friends' experience in Sandthrax last fall.

Canyoneering, Exploration, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Alicia ScotterTom JonesMarch 9, 2002Alicia Scotter, Dave Black, North Wash, Shenanigans Canyon, Steve Ramras, canyoneering, north wash, north wash canyoneering, Shenanigans North Wash

Left Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, North Wash

Ms Scotter kept insisting that her Irish heritage would eventually produce a visit from the elusive namesake of Leprechaun Canyon. Sunday we headed up to find the actual Left Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, and in the woods below the canyon mouth… what do we see?

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 4, 2001Left Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, Leprechaun Canyon Left Fork, leprechaun canyon, leprechaun, north wash, north wash canyoneering

Middle Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, North Wash

After a quick lunch in the sun, Dave gives us the beta on Left Fork. Dave and Deb go off exploring.

Canyoneering, North Wash, Tom Jones, Trip ReportTom JonesNovember 3, 2001Alicia Scotter, Dave Black, Leprechaun Canyon, Main Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, leprechaun canyon, leprechaun canyon middle fork, north wash, north wash canyoneering

Right Fork of Leprechaun Canyon, North Wash

Shane has been exploring a new slot canyon area down near Hanksville, and was getting ready to release it to the Circle of Few when, ahem, well, they got kinda stuck. Sounded intense, so it seemed like a good time to go check it out.