Maple Canyon. Good?

Post by **redpointron** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:37 pm

Yasmeen wrote:Can some of you who've been to Maple Canyon give me your opinion on this guy's page? http://www.killerclimbs.com/maple_canyon/index.htm
I'm not sure how recently he's updated it, but would you recommend that, the DrTopo guide ( http://www.drtopo.com/guidebooks/usa/Utah/54 ), or a different guide?

the dr. topo guide looks pretty good. i have a 7 year old guide book that may help you as well...it doesn't have the pipe dream area because it was just being developed.

give me a shout if you want to borrow my guide.

regards.

r.r.

Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:11 pm

That Drtopo guide looks like what I printed out when we were there 3 years ago.
Maple is a fairly small area and that guide does a good job of covering it, esp. if you're only going to be there a few days or so.

And Ray,
I swear after we got back, Michelle was saying she was out there and did route #4 or the 11? on page 8 (of drtopo). It was right when I was getting on 11's and we both agreed it was a really cool route, nice and long if I remember.
Seems like there was a really cool area past the camping and on the left in relation to the road with long routes and cool exposure/views too.

Man, I wanna go back there now.

Post by **Meadows** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:59 am

Ray,
I like Maple. Of course I like most routes. I climbed there with Houston, he didn't break anything. It has every grade and the routes I've been on were all good. It's probably my favorate sport crag out west.
Going late summer for a long weekend.

Bodde

Post by **Meadows** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:12 am

Ray,
Refering to Nasy's e-mail above, I went to Mill Creek a long time ago. It's really crimpy. It's also cool in the summer. I like Maple better, but that's just my opinion. There wasn't a guide book when I went to Mill Creek, but the local shop in Moab gave us a rag.

Bodde

Post by **mcrib** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:11 pm

Shut up Bodde.

Post by **dmw** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:52 pm

Post by **calvinivlac** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:33 pm

[quote="Yasmeen"]Can some of you who've been to Maple Canyon give me your opinion on this guy's page? http://www.killerclimbs.com/maple_canyon/index.htm
I'm not sure how recently he's updated it, but would you recommend that, the DrTopo guide ( http://www.drtopo.com/guidebooks/usa/Utah/54 ), or a different guide?[/quote]

Yasmeen, I've been in Salt Lake for the summer, and the Maple topo is pretty good. The other link isn't so good. Drtopo doesn't cover any new areas like the Middle Fork, the bridge area (a little before Pipeline off to the left by the road), or much in Pipeline (right off the main parking area to the left past the fences).

The PipeDream cave section is also indecipherable to me but there are always a ton of people climbing there. Minimum ratings are about 2 grades soft, except for Space Lords and maybe one other 12c I can't remember.

Box Canyon is great to climb in the heat - stays shady almost all day and there are some great 11's/12's (mostly 12's). I've been to Maple almost 7 weekends in a row now...

There's supposed to be a few multipitch stuff there - there's a good one page topo available if you search for it on rockclimbing.com through this dude's website (he's bolted most of them).

Calvin

Post by **waysteep** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:32 am

It's a neat place and the climbing really fun. Most of the main crags have cleaned up fairly well, but I do recommend a helmet when you're belaying or sitting around the base. There is anyting from slab to vertical technical stuff to wildly overhanging (kinda like the red) with an emphasis on the overhanging. The bolts are super close and the grading is fairly soft, and if you've got endurance, you'll feel like superman there. If you can make it during the week, you'll avoid the crowds and local yahoos on their 4x4's. You can climb there year round, but the road is packed in snow from early winter to late spring and you have to walk a ways. There is tons of good climbing in the summer as you can chase shade all day long. Stock up in Nephi because there isn't much available in Freedom, Utah. Hope this helps....

Summary.. It is definately worth a trip to Maple Canyon if you find yourself in Utah.

Thad Bookman
SLC, UT

Post by **Yasmeen** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:29 pm

Thanks, guys. We got back a little over a week ago, and loved Maple Canyon! The drtopo guide was enough to get us started, and we met some locals along the way who told us about new crags that weren't in there.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:29 pm

And only about a month late, here's the trip report (as compiled by Spragwa, andrew's sis, and me each evening):
http://www.int0x80.com/yasi/maple/