Pine Creek Canyon - The most FUN technical canyon in Zion National Park
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Pine Creek Canyon - The most FUN technical canyon in Zion National Park
Zion is an amazing place for canyoneering. There are canyons of all difficulty levels from the beginner friendly Keyhole Canyon to the Experts Only Heaps canyon.
But everyone talks about one canyon in particular; Pine Creek Canyon. Pine Creek Canyon has it all. Fun rappels, amazing narrows, the Cathedral, the 100 foot free hanging grand finale and a relatively easy exit.
I don't care how advanced you are and how many times you've done it, Pine Creek Canyon is a blast. You can't deny it.
You park your car at the exit and either have a shuttle or stick out your thumb and hitch a ride. A quick but scenic drive, punctuated by the tunnel and you're at the top. You walk from your car down a short hillside and...you're there. That's the fee for entry. A rarity in canyons, for sure.
Immediately you are faced with a pothole aptly named The Intimidator. They say if you struggle here, it's time to turn around. I disagree. I ALWAYS struggle with The Intimidator. It's just awkward. I was relieved on this trip when my canyoneering crew all had issues; they're much more comfortable climbing than I am. Well, maybe Nick nailed it on his first try.
After The Intimidator, Pine Creek Canyon immediately narrows up and presents you with rappel after rappel. Next thing you know, you're in one of my favorite places in Zion National Park; the Pine Creek Canyon Cathedral. Stop and appreciate what you're looking at before you head down rappel. The Cathedral is truly a special place.
At the bottom of the rappel, you'll quickly have a feel for what the next section of the canyon has in store for you. You'll either be standing in a shallow puddle, signifying you're going to be walking on mostly dry ground, or you'll be swimming in a chilly pool. If you have the latter, which we did on this trip, you'll soon be faced with several long swims through amazing, tight and windy sections of canyon. There are spots that are almost completely dark. I love this section.
Then you're back 'outside' in the light. A couple more rappels and you're at the grand finale. A 100' free hanging rappel into an amazing grotto. Take care when getting on rappel; the footing by the anchor is often on top of flood debris that could give way, sending you straight down into the grotto prematurely.
This is one of my favorite rappels.
A quick downclimb (slide) into a pool and you're out. You've done Pine Creek Canyon. Boulder hop/boulder problem solve your way down canyon and back to your car.
Pine Creek Canyon. I've done quite a few canyons by now, but this is the one that made me fall in love with canyoneering. If you haven't gone through Pine Creek Canyon yet, make plans. If you have, make plans to go back.
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You dauntless athletes and great equipment and intrepid skill and my new Dell laptop make it possible for me to visit and explore where my 84 yr old body could never have done. Thanks much. I hope you stop occasionally to just appreciate how fortunate you are!
I love watching videos guys it amazing 😘
Much respect to you young guys for your athletic abilities. Great location, Great skill level. Thanks to you I can see places that I would never be able to see myself.
Glad to take you along. And thanks for calling me young. Haven't heard that for almost a decade....
That’s the way to have some outdoor fun!!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Such a fun video! Thanks for taking us along...
Pine Creek is an all time favorite. Never gets old.
Can't wait to go
One of the most fun (and beautiful) technical canyons I've ever done.
We did Pine Creek last Monday. Interesting to see the subtle changes in water levels and the Cathedral log soup in just a few days' time.
Yeah, man. Crazy how quick these canyons change.
Another great video! Digging the canyoneering stuff.
Thanks for sharing. That place looks awesome. Look like you guys had a great time. I miss Tina though.
She'll be back next week!
Always enjoy seeing the adventures. This canyon looked like a blast, especially the Cathedral. Thank you for the reply on your other video, really appreciate the information.
For some reason your videos always make me want to go out for Mexican food
I wonder what could be causing that....
Great video Jerry! You are seeing some incredible places with the canyoneering. I can't even imagine the Water & Time it took to create some of these gorgeous slots. Plus a great food stop in Kanab!
Amazing what the water created out there. And Escobar's is the best!
Nice vid🤙
Thanks, man! Saw your video about the Fossil Creek toilet bowl a while back when I was headed there. You're crazy.
@@JerryArizona 😉🙌
Woah, that looks awesome. Also, horrifying to think what that would be like filled with water - I see what you meant about this one in your video from Keyhole.
Keyhole drains into Pine Creek. I've seen a flash flood video of this one full to the very top of the Cathedral (> 100' of water). Terrifying.
@@JerryArizona No joke. Crazy to think that one of the Keyhole Seven got carried 5 miles downstream into Pine Creek Canyon. The power of water.
I tell every person who just moved here from California to check out your channel!! Timmy C Arizona
Sooo cool!
Pine Creek is always a blast.
I’d love to start climbing again! Born and raised here in Utah but “momming” for the last 20 yrs and I’m dying to LIVE again! Please take me! I’m tough! I’m serious!
Looks amazing. Sadly we have ZERO technical skills. Certainly makes us want to try though if it means seeing places like this!
This is one of the most amazing canyons I've been in. Definitely encourage taking some classes and doing some of the basic canyons like Bear or Christopher Creek and see how you like it.
My uncle got hurt at that spot at 0:34 had to pull him back out of that hole and hike him back to the car 😂
The Intimidator is probably the best place if you're gonna get injured. Glad it worked out OK for you guys.
Great trip! Could you make a video about how to build the skill step by step for this kind of trips?
I'm really not qualified to give canyoneering advice. I know enough, but not enough to teach. I highly recommend you take some classes. If you're in AZ, AZ Rock and Canyon is the place to go. Tom and Jeremy really know what they're doing.
Wow that's a deep canyon. Probably better photo ops than Antelope.
It's absolutely beautiful. Not the best place to take a nice camera though.
Jerry the Spider !! Love the face in the sandstone at 2.13 ! Is this your longest vertical free repel ? If so how much rope ? Awesome video as always ! You got some great buddy’s !
This one is 100'. Sundance is the longest I've done. 180' (mostly free hanging.)
Around 1:18 in the video, going down rhe cathedral, what knot do u got going on there? Its 4 small and a loop. Havent seen it before.
Video looked amazing! Cant wait to do it myself!
That's a CEM. Pretty slick system for easy rope pulls. You definitely need to practice it a ton.
What time of year did you do this? Is a 3:2 wetsuit borderline sufficient?
It's been so long, I can't remember. I think this was late summer? Maybe August/September. At the tail end of monsoon season, which isn't advised. I have a cheap wetsuit for this one. Probably a 2~3mm. When it was more full and colder, I went through with a 5mm. Really just depends on the conditions when you go. It's been a crazy winter for rain and snow. Wouldn't be surprised if it has flow right now.
Amigos, thanks for sharing the video, like it! However, Mexican food has nothing to do with Cuban music, just FYTK 😂
What is the name of that knot you're using at the anchor? It looks like a variation of a Macrame. Amazing video btw. We're heading to pine creek next month.
Not 100% sure which rap you're talking about, but I'm guessing it was a CEM knot. Nick was on a CEM kick this trip.
Love all your videos. I’ve watched them many times.
About 6mo’s ago I started canyoneering, wondering why/when do you use the CME or Macrame instead of a block?
Hoping to get out to Zion (zion area) this Fall.
Thanks for your insight on this.
what knot are you using at 1:25 to retrieve your rope?
A CEM. Works great for a lot of raps. Much easier to retrieve the rope than using a block.
awesome thanks been looking for a good alternative
I swear you had a 2nd pine creek video. Was it taken down?
I did have another one that was older. A while ago I privated some videos that weren’t as good as the newer ones. Not sure if I put that one on private or not.
Does Tina know your hangin around a bunch of slots?
Sometimes she encourages anything I want to do as long as she gets a break from me. (Actually, she's done Pine Creek with me before.)