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- Blarney Canyon AKA Mile 27.6 Canyon per Technical Slot Canyon Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael Kelsey is a relatively short technical canyon in North Wash area. It is rated as 3A ('3' meaning requiring some rappels and down climbs, 'A' meaning that it is mostly a dry canyon although you can encounter some puddles of water after a recent rain).
- These pages describe slot canyons and other narrow gorges of the Southwest, mostly within the Colorado Plateau of north Arizona and south Utah. All canyons listed are explorable by hiking, scrambling and limited climbing, ie without need for rappelling or any equipment. Some technical canyons are included if a reasonable amount can be seen in.
- Little Wild Horse is a classic slot canyon located in south-central Utah, near Goblin Valley. It is a popular hiking spot for families and youth groups. The main attraction is a long stretch of 'narrows,' where the canyon walls are so close you have to turn sideways to get through. The rock walls are sculpted and very beautiful.
This slot canyon is a treat for the average hiker. Most of the slots in this group are technical and require special training and equipment to enter and/or exit. This short slot gets technical further up, but offers beautiful, deep, narrow, sculpted rock passages on the lower. The famous Zebra Slot - not very deep or long, but one of the most photogenic slot canyons in Utah. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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Slot Canyons > North Lake Powell > Cheesebox Canyon
Difficulty: Easy to moderate, depending how much of the upper narrows is explored
Management: BLM - (formerly) part of Bears Ears National Monument
Rocks: Cedar Mesa sandstone
Season: Spring, summer, fall
Trailhead:End of a short track on the east side of UT 95
Rating (1-5):★★★★★
Map
Topographic map of Cheesebox Canyon.
Location
Access to the southern end of Cheesebox Canyon is via White Canyon, starting near milepost 75 of UT 95, from where a short side track leaves the main highway and ends at a parking/camping area on a plateau overlooking the White/Cheesebox junction. The upper parts may be reached using the unpaved Cheesebox Road (county road 227), which leaves UT 95 at mile 67, crosses the bed of White Canyon - a spot that may require 4WD - and leads eventually into the Canyon Rims Recreation Area and the Dark Canyon Wilderness. There are several possible entrance points, but the usual one is 11 miles along this road beside the north end of Found Mesa, a long, thin sandstone outcrop that parallels the road to the west; at this point, a short side canyon allows entry to the left (west) fork of Cheesebox one mile upstream of the junction with the right fork.
Photographs
20 views of Cheesebox Canyon.
Route Description
The Lower Canyon - Approach from the South
A cairned route descends from the parking area to the floor of White Canyon. This starts off to the right, winds back around a promontory then descends a steepish rock that is moderately difficult to come back up, traverses back to the right side and drops quite far then finally returns to the left and down to the streambed. Despite the cairns, the way ahead is not always obvious. The mouth of Cheesebox Canyon is just opposite, though this is blocked by a short, muddy, overgrown stretch ending at a pool beneath a dryfall. This can't easily be climbed so instead the canyon may be entered by scrambling up the cliffs to the right, using a tree stump for assistance at one point, then back down the far side, arriving on a bench above a shallow, curving narrows section that precedes the falls.
The Upper Canyon - Approach from the North
The Cheesebox Road parallels the canyon about half a mile to the northwest and allows relatively easy access via several entry routes to different parts of the gorge. For those without a 4WD vehicle, one alternative to road walking the full 11 miles to the side canyon entrance at the north end of Found Mesa is to take the path into the lower end of Cheesebox Canyon, walk upstream for about a mile, climb the cliffs on the north side and hike across the flat plateau, meeting the road 4 miles from the destination. The total distance by this route is around 7 miles and took me 4 hours; more interesting than walking along the road though probably taking about the same time.
The side canyon is short, and deepens, as do most ravines hereabouts, via a series of sheer falls so an easy way in is not obvious. The best route is along the east side, across or around two shallow tributary ravines and almost as far as the edge of Cheesebox, then down the cliffs above the very lower end of the side canyon. One of the vertical rock layers appears to have only one way down, but the descent is generally straightforward. An alcove in the cliffs on the east side contains a small stone ruin, possibly Anasazi.
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