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06-15-2015, 07:40 AM #1
Subway Canyon
Flash flood warnings were very high this weekend in the Zion area, but the radar looked good and so did the skies for the most part.
We did Subway on Friday the 12th and it had relatively low water from what we remember on our other trips through.
We hit Orderville the next day, I'll write up a report on that. No harnesses for either of us and we seemed to do fine, but gloves were a must.
I think they added a couple of miles to the canyon on the exit hike, because we were totally beat.
Check the closure schedule of Kolob Terrace road. I believe it's closed Monday - Thursday 9 am - noon and then 1 - 4 pm, and on Friday it's 9 am - noon
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06-15-2015 07:40 AM # ADS
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06-15-2015, 07:42 AM #2
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06-15-2015, 12:03 PM #3
Nice pics! Looks like you had a blast!
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06-15-2015, 12:14 PM #4
It was another fun trip, thanks. I think that might be my last trip down subway though, that exit and those miles of stepping on boulders are just too hard on my knees.
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06-15-2015, 12:56 PM #5●Canyoneering 'Canyon Conditions' @ www.candition.com
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"He who walks on the edge...will eventually fall."
"There are two ways to die in the desert - dehydration and drowning." -overhearing a Park Ranger at Capitol Reef N.P.
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06-15-2015, 02:31 PM #6
That looks like the log that was by the last rappel. Looking at the pictures I do not see it by the last rappel like it was in April but I could be wrong.
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06-15-2015, 02:34 PM #7
Here is a shot at the falls above the last rappel, I don't think there was a log anywhere there. We each had to make the jump.
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06-15-2015, 02:35 PM #8
I just checked my pics and apparently I was incorrect. That log was there two weeks ago. Weird. You would of thought I would remember that.... (Losing my mind!)
Anyways....
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"He who walks on the edge...will eventually fall."
"There are two ways to die in the desert - dehydration and drowning." -overhearing a Park Ranger at Capitol Reef N.P.
"...the first law of gear-dynamics: gear is like a gas - it will expand to fit the available space." -Wortman, Outside magazine.
"SEND IT, BRO!!"
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06-16-2015, 07:48 AM #9
While we are on the subject, what about the Log Room? Doesn't that log fall down from time to time and then get replaced, or stood back up?
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06-16-2015, 07:52 AM #10
That same log has been there for many years. It wasn't there when we used to do the canyon decades ago, but it's been there for at least 12-13 years or so.
Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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06-16-2015, 09:16 AM #11
That log has been there more like 20 years. It became iconic to the Subway when Fatalli used it in a pretty famous photograph titled "North Pole".
The logs that wash out and are replaced are the ones where you made the jump across the canyon. In "normal" conditions that is not a jump and a log will provide a walkway. The walkway is usually provided by hikers coming up from the bottom, because they require the log to access the upper section of the Subway. Keyhole falls is the obstacle going up that stops most enthusiastic hikers coming from the bottom.
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06-17-2015, 07:58 AM #12
FWIW: here is a picture of Fatali's North Pole photograph.
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06-19-2015, 09:10 AM #13
You guys should see the drone footage I got from Subway, it turned out pretty good.
jk
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06-19-2015, 10:06 AM #14
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Nice!
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06-21-2015, 01:26 PM #15
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06-21-2015, 01:56 PM #16
This happened most recently on Memorial Day, when a member of the military was asked to select the tree in question. I believe it is now referred to as "The Captain's Log."
Hope that helps.
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06-22-2015, 07:43 AM #17
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06-22-2015, 10:55 AM #18
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06-22-2015, 11:43 AM #19
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06-23-2015, 01:52 PM #20
I originally brought the drone down to fly me out of the brutal exit hike, but I spent all of the battery lifting that log out.
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