water possible

Cairn

Water

I36 Foul
full of cow shit. (foul - don't plan on drinking)

FLOWING

281-TANK W H2O
TANK W H2O

E32d SprBx
Sec 5 AIRPLANE SPG Dry Spg Box

Baker Trail Entrance / Exit

G33 Creek
Wahweap Creek, water unlikely unless recent heavy rains

Pool

10.0 mi, Creek

Metal tank full on 3.26.22
Good water but original said bad 3.26.22

060-H2O APPEARS
H2O APPEARS

038-CLEAR H2O UP HERE
CLEAR H2O UP HERE

LAKEFULL

J03b Tank?
Navajo Trait Trick Tank (unverified)

J07 Tank
Looked horrible but tasted great, plentiful.
0.7 Mi

SEEP

Pools
Pools, lot's of water

036-PIPED SPRING
PIPED SPRING

037-CREK FLOWING WELL 3
CREK FLOWING WELL 3

056-SMALL POTHOLE
SMALL POTHOLE

217-SEEP IN WASH
SEEP IN WASH

C46 Water
water in dark canyon, good flow, parts are good for swimming

J09 Tank?
unverified tank, looks promising on map

END OF H2O

J01a Resv?
Sheering Corral Reservoir (?)

049-H2O FLW
H2O FLOW

Poison Springs Canyon

244-POND FULL
POND FULL

215-TANK FULL PRETTY CLEAN
TANK FULL PRETTY CLEAN

104-BETTER FLOW
BETTER FLOW

229-SHOWER FLOWING
SHOWER FLOWING

218-SPRING FLOWING
SPRING FLOWING

Na Water
Good water

Horseshoe Mesa

37.6 mi, There is no guarantee of water here, but it's likely you will find water on your way up Last Chance Canyon. That's how it got its name, after all.

A FEW SMALL PHS

J34 Water?
totally unverified

POTHOLES

050-GD FLW H2O
H2O GOOD FLOW

33.1 mi, water

Cabin - Hiker Friendly?
Base Camp

233-TANK FOUL H2O AT RANCH
TANK FOUL H2O AT RANCH

026-SML POTHOLE
H2O HOLE 1

POTHOLE 1

Fa1 Tank
ESCALANTE ALT EARTH TANK, S OF 14.9

276-FLOW STOPS
FLOW STOPS

H06 Spring
Seep Dry 5/2016

H2O REAPPEARS

J15 Tank
Ridge Tank

C29 Water
Water 34.1 Mi (unreliable)

214-SEEP COMING DOWN ON RIGHT GOOD FLOW
SEEP COMING DOWN ON RIGHT GOOD FLOW

M16 Lake
Swamp Lake

0151-LOW FLOW H20
SMALL FLOW

J16 Tank
Buffalo Trick Tank

Devil's Garden Start

DRY TANK

O2 Creek
La Verkin Creek

234-RESERVOIR W LOTS H2O
RESERVOIR W LOTS H2O

074-FLOWING H2O
FLOWING H2O

PH

Finish

280-GROSS H2O IN TANKS
H2O IN TANK LOOKS GROSS

LrgPotholes
Large Potholes

BT BARELY A PUDDLE

J04a Resv
Joe's Reservoir

POTHOLE

C44 Falls
30 ft waterfall (some bypass to west)

284-POND HAS WATER
POND HAS WATER

46.5 mi, spring

Ga5 Note:
You will likely find water in lower Basin Canyon, grab it here because downstream is very polluted with cattle dung

G04 Mudhole Spring
Mudhole Spring (last decent water for 30 miles)

Willis Creek Road

27.9 mi, water

212-GOOD FLOW
GQQD FLOW

A18 Spring
King Bottom Spring

0022-LRG POTHOLE
LARGE POTHOLE

little egypt

C19 Water
Reliable? Dry in fall 2017

M08 Spring
Kanabownits Spring

Arizona State Line

249-FLWING STRONG
FLWING STRONG

M03a Spring
Basin Spring

109-CRK CLEAR FLOWING
CRK CLEAR FLOWING

55.9 mi, water not appetizing

A21 Spring
Kane Creek Spring - tasty fresh, gushing

041-SMALL FLOW USE A SCOOP
SMALL FLOW USE A SCOOP

I21 Water?
Dry cistern, could hold water after rain

048-POTHOLE 1
POTHOLE 1

077-H2O FADING
H2O FADING

C20 TUB
Sec 3 TUB WEST OF 24.7

E08 Creek
Crescent Creek

G11 Favor water northeast of here if flowing
Highly recommend taking water several miles northeast of here. By this point south, the water tastes foul. Tip: water flowing off white/grey rock in chinle tastes "alkaline." Favor red rock water. 5/2016

G26 Kaibito Spring - water possible
Seeps (seen 5/16, 10/17). full of frogs, not very tasty.

9.6 mi, DISGUSTING WATER?

0121-LOW FLOW H2O
SLIGHTLY FLOWING H2O

Stevens Canyon meets the Escalante

053-POTHOLE LARGE AND GOOD
POTHOLE LARGE AND GOOD

SQUIRREL FLOWING

Water somewhere in here
Immediately down canyon there is likely to be a large pothole of water which is reported to frequently hold water throughout the year. During wetter seasons one will likely find water in many of the potholes along this section. Before long the wash ends in another dryfall and one should rimwalk on the southern (left) Wingate Sandstone shelf. This section is quite scenic running above the entrenched inner canyon.

6.8 mi, Drink if DESPERATE

41.6 mi, Spring

J36 Spring
Crystal Spring - excellent 5/2016

Big Spring Trailhead?

110-SML CREEK
SMKLL CRK

033-H2O POTHOLES
H2O POTHOLES

B41 Spring

Box Spring

J11 ResV
small reservoir, unreliable water

pothole

278-FLOWING HERE TO POOLS
FLOWING HERE TO POOLS

Da1 Xing
Crossing was knee-deep but swift in 4/2016 - unsure of CFS at that time. A car needed to be towed across.

32.6 mi, water

Fa1 Deep?
Possibly DEEP water (wade/swim). You will have to be ready to waterproof and wade in water possibly over your head depending on run-off. Locals understand a high bypass to the west, and will make a loop of this.

B04 RD
RD TO CO RIV - SEC2

Nankoweap TH

SITE OF PIPES ALL TRASHED

WATER

0012-SML POTHOLE
SMALL POTHOLE

Flowing
Great flowing water

Inner Canyon Exit Ramp (South Side)

Fa2 Creek?

300-FLOWING SPRING @ CABIN
FLOWING CABIN SPRING

H2O SHALLOW PUDDLE

E11 Water

Route Enters Wash
Walk down the likely sandy and bone-dry wash for about ¾ a mile before exiting on the the right where a well-worn trail heads to and around some Navajo domes. If you miss this exit, you will eventually run into an impassable dryfall. This segment is maybe the trickiest part of the route and must be followed precisely as all other routes are impassable. Study my map to get the gist of the route through this section.

N30 Spring?

C24 HOLES
Water Holes EAST OF SEC 3 MI 29

N32 Spring

F18 Water

Triple Junction (main canyon runs north)

FLOWING ANYWAY

bring plenty of water. Butler Wash is an exhausting slog, and takes longer than you would think because deep sand. If it has rained recently, and isn't windy, consider yourself very lucky.

Exit Canyon Bypass

205-IRON SPRING GOOD
IRON SPRING GOOD

253-DECENT FLOW
DECENT FLOW

SOME PHS

23.7 mi, Disgusting at this point downstream due to cattle grazing

7.5 mi, Spring, but fouled

A FEW PHS 1

Possible Water

Hite

I10a Sprng
Lonely Spring

13.8 mi, Birch Spring

Poison Ivy Hill
Soon the water will likely begin to disappear and you will find yourself above another major dryfall. To descend here you will need to climb up the bench on the left (southern side again) and then down the hill on the other side. This is what’s often referred to as “Poison Ivy Hill“.

Da4 Water?
seeps on canyon walls and tinajas - this isn't hopeless

Route off of slick rock

H2O 1

B46 Huge
Huge pouroff - skirt on south side. If you don't need water can choose to bypass by staying on bench

E02 Water?
water possible

N19 Well
Maroney Well
Dry 5/2016. Decent wind block with tree cover inside.

105-CREEK FLOWING
CREEK FLOWING

27.1 mi, Piped spring - usually a great flow - tasty

273-FLOWING SPRING
FLOWING SPRING

115-CRK STARTS FLOWING HERE
CRK STARTS FLOWING HERE

LARGE FENCED SPRING

035-H2O LOW FLW
H2O SMALL FLOW

SEEP W PHS

079-GD SPR
SPRING LOOK GOOD

240-LPV TANK IS A LAKE FULL
LPV TANK IS A LAKE FULL

A14 Water
Very good water

M13 Spring
Tipover Spring

PIPE

025-SML POTHOLE
H2O HOLE 1

M34 Falls
Whispering Falls. Beautiful grotto and pool. 15 minute side trip with a short traverse and a quick climb

La3 Spring
Queen Anne Spring, usually flowing, nice water

H2 PIPE & TROUGH

246-FLOWING STRONG
FLOWING STRONG

099-FULL OF H2O
FUULL OF H2O

Capital Reef Nat'l Park

277-H2O POOLS
H2O POOLS

North Rim

J08 Tank?
unverified tank

257-FLOWING ENOUGH
FLOWING ENOUGH

236-GAME H2O TANKS
GAME H2O TANKS

Fb03 Watch
Watch for tinajas with water in slope

J13a Lake
Jacob Lake. 2.8 miles off route. Cell reception. Campground, inn, restaurant, bakery. As of 2017 they no longer accept resupply package due to limited storage. Use North Rim GCNP PO

N28 Spring
Powell Spring

Exit Drainage for Dryfall

G20 Piped spring flowing gallons/min
slightly sulfuric

083-USEABLE SEEP
USABLE SEEP

CRK DRY HERE

G01 Cottonwood Spring
Cottonwood Spring

G34 ResV
Reservoir (very foul)

E34 Tank2
Sec 5 TARANTULA tank NO 2

H2O HOLE 1

SEP

25.4 mi, Spring Also, streams/roads will be wet after rain in early season near here.

Big Ridge Tank

242-DOG LAKE FULL OF CLEAR H2O
DOG LAKE FULL OF CLEAR H2O

098-H2O APPEARS
H2O APPEAS

043-TROUGH W H2O FULL
TROUGH W H2O FULL

B29 Nasty
Nasty reservoir

H17 Spring
Cracked Spring in west wall, historic, piped, great flow, tasty 5/2016 and 10/2017, inflow visible from Paria's edge. Check out cowboyglyphs here!

Na2-4 Was
Slickrock wash. Maybe good water in potholes

I10a Water
Good water

TINY SEEPS OFF AND ON THROUGH HERE

19.2 mi, find ferry here - OK camping (if not packrafting)

H2O SEEP

E33 Tank1
Sec 5 TARANTULA TANK NO 1

7.8 mi//Alt: 0.0 mi, Horsethief, Nankoweap Creek - reliable, tasty

Fa2 Tank
Escalante Alt COLT MESA EARTHEN TANK, APPROX MI 16

F16 Water?
Water in Creek (sept '13)

Needles Visitors Center

C31a Sprng
Fable Spring - 2.4 miles south on trail

SEEP 1

N21 Creek
Sungabi Creek

11.2 mi, Spring

0032-FLOWING H20
WILLOW FMOWING

E32c Source
Sec 5 AIRPLANE SPG Source box

11.5 mi, Large fenced trough with gate. Clear water 5/2016

238-TANK DECENT CLEARISH FULL
TANK DECENT CLEARISH FULL

pond-sm
Snow melt pond

J03a Tank?
0.7 Mi to unverified tank2

E32b Road2
Sec 5 AIRPLANE SPG plaque rd

Ga7 Spring
piped spring and nice metal trough 10/2017 - clear tasty water

295-LRG POTHOLES
LARGE PHS

J05 ResV?
Government Reservoir (dry 2016)

G03 Springs
You will likely encounter cattle at the springs in this area. There are some very large bulls, take care. On the upside, you can very easily follow their tracks from spring to spring and beyond...

B13 Spring
UNNAMED SPING on WEST WALL

H15a SideH
Falls in Kitchen, petroglyphs at the confluence, narrows in Starlight, and fresher water... be careful for flash flooding

20.0 mi, Little Colorado River ford. Be mindful of deep pockets and quicksand. I've been here three times, and in the water three times. Once it was brown and flowing faster, but surprisingly the blue water is what almost swept me away my first time. It can be very fun to play in if you have a PFD! :-)

0161-LOW H2O IN WASH
SOME WATER IN WASH

0171-SML POTHOLES
H2O IN POTHOLES 1

DRY

F21 Swim
Coyote Swimming Hole

Top of Switchback Bypass
Rim-walking to the north around the domes one’s goal is to get to the next side canyon. There is no way down on this side though, so continue rimwalking until you cross the wash at another dryfall. Then continue around and eventually find a weakness (likely marked) where it is possible to double-back and get down below the dryfall. I call this the “Switchback” and it seems like the wrong direction, but it’s necessary to descend. Head back east and into the side canyon. From here descend to the main side canyon. Near the bottom progress may appear blocked, but a simple (steep) bypass is apparent. You are now down into the major side canyon which leads to Stevens — often referred to as Exit Canyon

J23 Lakes
Glenn Lakes

CRK FLOW NOW

Top of Vermilion Cliffs Exit Route

Hack Reservoir

SMALL SEEP

Top of Great Wall Route (approx)

I25 Cistrn
cistern and tank. Cistern full 4/16 and 10/17. Tank empty 10/17. Good water, take only what you need.

Fa4 Spring
ESC ALT SPRING. SILVER FALLS CYN

Fa3 Tanks
Escalante Alt COLT MESA METAL TANKS, 2 NEW FULL SPG FED ROUND TANKS

034-H2O PTHL
H2O POTHOLE 1

H2O GONE?

F07 ATank
SEC 6 HDT. Escalante Alt BRIMHALL TANK

H2O WITH NOISE!

Da5 Seep
HATCH CYN SEEP. SEC 4 HDT

J38 Water?
water pouring from hillsides after precipitation

SNAKE FLOWING

0102-LOW FLOW SEEP
SLIGHTLY FLOWING SEEP

I19 Water?
pipes broken fall 2017 - difficult to fetch water

Apron/tank just to west of trail, look up embankment. Good water. Full late may 2016, dry 10/2017

G18 Seeps
Dripping from the wall. May be tastier, with less cattle dung, than the ground water.

206-SPRING FLOWING
SPRING FLOWING

Or however it goes

Ga4 Note:
You will find water in upper Rogers Canyon, but it may be hard to find water not sullied by cattle

I32 Spring
Pigeon Spring

254-FLOWING ENOUGH
FLOWING ENOUGH

065-POTHOLE GOOD SIZE
POTHOLE GOOD SIZE

219-FLOW IN WASH ON R
FLOW IN WASH ON R

082-TANK NOT TRRBL
BLUE TANK FULL NOT TRRIBLE PIPED FOM ENCLOSURE 100

18.5 mi, Bullberry Spring

085-SML SEEP
H2O SMALL SEEP

204-SML FLOW
SMALL FLOW

C25 Spring
South Spring

Join Stevens Canyon

J25 Lake
Crane Lake, wet but definitely filter

SMALL SEEP HARD TO COLLECT

Hole in the Rock Road

Penellen Pass

0082-KANE SPR CG TAP
KANE SPRINGS CG TAP

J10a Tank
Orderville Tank

M19 Spring
Powell Spring

23.1 mi, possible Creek

052-SPRING BEGINS
SPRING BEGINS

055-SMALL POTHOLE
SMALL POTHOLE

COW TRASHED SEEP

112-DEEP POTHOLE IN SLICKROCK
DEEP POTHOLE IN SLICKROCK

Johns Tank

Bb1 Water
Water, bathrooms, people

B48 Water
good chance of tasty water

0111-LOW FLOW H2O
SLIGHTLY FLOWING H20

Needles Outpost

063-POTHOLE 1
POTHOLE 1

B14 POOL
ALKALI POOL, UNNAMED SPG DRAINAGE

B04a Water
Water, BLM campsite

21.6 mi, Rigg's Spring. Fenced. Notify Parks if fence broken

282-LRG CACHEMENT
ANOTHER LARGE CACHEMENT

111-FLOWING CREEK
SHEEP CRK FLOWINF

258-SML FLOW
LIGHT FLOW UP HERE

106-CRK HERE ENOUGH TO GET CLEAR
CRK HERE ENOUGH TO GET CLEAR

C04a Water
Water (3.2 miles to Colorado River)

Two hard chimneys, go around corner on right

Hurrah Pass

Sometimes water - quite alkaline, but good pool here (spotted 11/17 before snows)

203-CREEK FLOWING
CRK FLOWING

031-H2O HOLE

076-PLENTY H2O
PLENTY H2O

DECENT POTHOLE

Willow Spring Possible

Airplane Spring, water .25 down

114-WILLIS FLOWING HERE TO TH
WILLIS FLOWING HERE TO TH

FENCED SPRING DIDNT SEE PIPE OR TANK

044-TARANTULA 2 FULL
TARANTULA 2 FULL

Find the Cairn for Fiddler Cove (approx)

0181-FLOWING H2O 2?
FLOWING H2O 2?

CLEAR MELT PUDDLES

ALKY SEEP

Big Pool
Big Pool, full of water

G32a Water
0.9 mile off trail (very alkaline)

Ga1 Water?
water possible

77.1 mi, Water (Warning: Uranium-polluted)

43.6 mi, Lake, wet but definitely filter

SEEP DRIES

108-CRK FLOWING
CRK FLOWING

Cairn
POSSIBLE VERIZON LTE
The route along the crest wanders a bit before making its way down into a gully. The trail is sporadically marked in this section and it will be easy to lose it in spots, but generally if you keep heading west toward the canyon system below you will be fine. Soon the route will wind its way through some domes gradually losing elevation before making it to the top of a hill in about another ½ mile. Descend the hill and enter the wash.

Chock Stone

B04b River
WHERE TO GO DOWN TO CO RIVER

49.0 mi, FILTER THIS. Upstream is cattle and ag.

066-LARGE POTHOLE
LARGE POTHOLE

B05 River
Colorado Access. A bushwhack down cattle paths to the water

22.9 mi. pour-off

Na2-2 Note
Leave water to climb steeply on west bank

TINY PHS

E32a Spring
Sec 5 AIRPLANE SPG CONCRETE TANK

water
Water

241-TANK FULL
TANK FULL

G21 well fouled by cattle
clear water can be had via pipe but sulfuric-tasting

K08 Note:
It is possible to walk upstream river left quite a ways after LCR and hitch to river right - in case you are Eastbound and wondering...

30.1 mi, If eastbound, stock up on any good water until Hackberry

Round Valley Draw

Water Somewhere Here
Not too far down canyon one is likely to start seeing water again. Then one will pass the only major side canyon branch on the left.

C21 Spring
Homewater Spring - make sure to follow back to the source, very cattle-fouled troughs.

G02 Water mile 7.5 (fouled spring)

Section 10

Section 07

Section 06

Cutoff for Paria - Long Bryce

Possible Exit to Hole in the Rock Road up Scorpion Gulch

Saddle Canyon Version

Arches Slickrock Alternate

Go Left / South
From the dryfall the route climbs up a large dune out of the main watercourse. The next 1.5 to 2hrs will be spent walking the Kayenta ledges (or Wingate rim) along the southern side of the canyon. As one travels around one bend after another, there are many spots that look quite daunting from afar as the route traverses the loose edge high above the entrenched canyon below. However, as is often the case, things look worse from afar and once you arrive at the “scary” spot it’s really not that bad.

Long Bryce Alternate

Peekaboo Connector

Alternate Climb

(Bypass High Altitude) Section 05

Buckskin Gulch / Paria

Tropic Cutoff

House Rock Valley

Upper Big Spring

Back into Drainage
Make sure you are in the right spot here. The steep slickrock ramp drops about 100′ to get to the top of a small bench below. The route down may give those afraid of heights some pause, but it’s really not that bad as the exposure is minimal. The final bit is an easy scramble down the bench where a loosely cairned route descends through a jumble of rocks back to the wash.

Halls Creek / Baker Trail

(Bypass) Section 3

Raggy Canyon Road Alternate

Amasa Back

Da-04: Dirty Devil High Water

Henrys Low Bypass

Salt Creek - Dark Canyon

Escalante Bypass?