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Beginner Canyoneering Routes

Lower-technical-commitment canyon routes for building skills and experience. Browse 167 matching routes.

• 209 Mile Canyon — 2A
• 25 mile wash — 1A IV
• 91 Mile Canyon — 1A VI
• Afton Canyon Slot — 2A I
• Alger Creek — 1A II
• Anasazi Canyon (restricted) — 1A I
• Antelope Canyon - Lower (restricted) — 2A I
• Antelope Canyon - Upper (restricted) — 2A I
• Armor Corral Tank Canyon — 2A I
• Arroyo Seco Gorge (Big Sur) — 2B III
• Bald Rock Canyon (restricted) — 1A I
• Bedrock Canyon — 2B III
• Big Horn Canyon (Escalante) — 2A II
• Big Jacks Creek — 2A IV
• Black Box Canyon (lower) — 2C III
• Black Magic Canyon — 2A I
• Black Point Fissures — 2A I
• Bluejohn Canyon - West Exit/Entrance — 2A
• Bluejohn Canyon - West Fork — 2A II
• Blushing Bride — 2B II
• Boyer Canyon — 2
• Brushy Hollow Canyon — 2
• Buckskin Gulch — 2B V
• Bull Valley Gorge — 2B II
• Butterfly Canyon (closed) — 1A I
• Calf Creek Falls (upper) — 2A II
• Canyon Creek (North Cascades) — 2B
• Canyon X (restricted) — 2A II
• Carbon Canyon — 2A V
• Cardiac Canyon (restricted) — 2A II
• Carrizo Gorge — 1A III
• Cathedral Wash — 1A I
• Cedar Creek (Upper) — 2B III
• Chilao Creek — 2A IV
• Chiquito Spring Canyon — 2B III
• Chute Canyon (lower) — 1A II
• Clear Creek — 1B VI
• Clear Creek — 2A III
• Colle Box Canyon — 2A III
• Corridor Canyon — 2A IV
• Cottonwood Canyon — 1A V
• Cottonwood Creek — 1B IV
• Cottonwood Narrows — 1A I
• Coyote Gulch — 2B V
• Crack Canyon — 2A II
• Crack in the Ground — 2A II
• Crawford Draw — 2A I
• Crucifix Canyon — 2A III
• Dang Canyon — 2A II
• Davis Gulch — 2B III
• Deep Creek — 1A
• Deep Creek — 1C IV
• Devil's Canyon (Lower) — 2A IV
• Devil's Canyon (Upper) — 2A IV
• Devil's Canyon Loop — 2A III
• Devils Chasm - Upper — 2A II
• Ding Canyon — 2A II
• Dinky Creek (Dinky Dome Gorge) — 2B II
• Dry Fork Slot — 1A II
• Dupont Creek — 2A I
• Eardley Canyon (Lower Straight Wash) — 1A II
• Egypt 3 — 2A III PG
• Endless Eden — 1aV
• Fall Canyon - Main Fork — 2A III
• Fence Canyon — 1aV
• Fern Canyon — 1B I
• Fire Canyon — 2A I
• Fortknocker — 2
• French Canyon — 2A II
• Fry Canyon — 1A III
• Goldstrike Canyon (Hotsprings) — 2A II
• Grand Wash — 2A I
• Grapevine Canyon — 2B VI
• Half Dome — 2A V
• Half Moon Canyon — 2A III
• Happy Canyon — 1A III
• Happy Canyon (Panamint Range West) — 2B IV
• Horse Play — 2A II PG
• Horseshoe Canyon — 1A III
• Indian Canyon — 2A VI
• Indian Canyon (Yosemite National Park) — 2A III
• Jawbone Creek (Upper) — 2C I
• Jilted Lover — 2B II
• Jumpup Canyon — 1A VI
• Juniper Gulch — 2A I
• Kanarra Creek — 2C III
• Kelly Canyon — 1A III
• Kelso Dunes — 1A II
• King Tut (E3 Alternate Entrance) — 2A III PG
• Labranca Canyon — 2B I
• Lava Canyon — 1A V
• Leprechaun Canyon — 2C
• Leslie Gulch — 2A II
• Lick Wash — 1A
• Little Wild Horse Canyon — 2A II
• Maidenwater (Lower) — 2B II
• Marble Canyon (Cottonwood Mountains) — 1A IV
• Mastodon Canyon — 2A I
• Matkatamiba Mauv Narrows — 1B VI
• Micro Death Hollow — 2B V
• Middle Fork Kaweah River (Bends) — 2C I
• Middle Fork Owyhee — 2C III
• Middle Tortilla Creek — 2A III
• Minnow Canyon — 2A III
• Moonlight Canyon (Lower) — 2A IV
• Moonshine Wash — 2A III
• Mount Whitney — 2A VI
• Mud Canyon — 2A II
• Muir Gorge (Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River) — 2C VI
• Mule Creek Gorge — 2C I
• Munchkin — 2A II
• Neilson Wash — 2A I
• Norrish Creek Canyon — 2C II
• Not Imlay — 1A II R
• Old Dale Mines — 2A III
• Paria Canyon — 2B V
• Parunuweap — 2C IV
• Peek-a-Boo Canyon — 2A I
• Penitentiary Canyon — 2A II
• Phantom Creek — 1A VI
• Pickaxe Canyon — 2A III
• Pottymouth — 2A I
• Red Cave - Upper (restricted) — 2B II
• Round Valley Draw — 2A II
• Rubio Canyon (Upper) — 1A III
• Salmonberry River — 2A V
• Salome Canyon (Upper) — 2A I
• San Antonio Creek — 2A III
• Sandslide Canyon — 2A II
• Scar Tissue — 2B II
• Sheep Canyon — 2A III
• Short End of the Stick — 2A I
• Skwellepil Creek — 2C II
• Slocum Creek — 2A I
• Spooky Gulch — 2A I
• Stairway Canyon — 2A VI
• State Line Canyon — 2A I
• Stevenson Creek (Middle) — 2B II
• Straight Wash — 2A II
• Sulphur Creek — 2B II
• Swett — 2B IV
• Tanner Canyon — 2A
• Telescope Peak — 1A III
• The Needles — 1A II
• Thunder Canyon (California Sierras) — 2B I
• Timber Gulch — 2A II
• Trinity Creek — 1A VI
• Tunnel Slot — 2A I
• Twilight Canyon — 2A II
• Twin Corral Box Canyon — 2A I
• Twin Spring Canyon — 1A VI
• Upper Cut — 2A II
• Wall Street Mill — 2A I
• Wasp Canyon — 2A III
• West Canyon — 2C IV
• Wild Horse Window — 2A II
• Wildcat Canyon West — 2A I
• Willis Creek Narrows — 1B II
• Willow Valley — 2A I
• Wire Pass — 2B V
• Wolverine Canyon — 1A III
• Wonderland of Rocks — 2A III
• Zebra Canyon — 2B II
• Zigzag Canyon — 2A III
• Zion Narrows (Lower) — 2B II
• Zion Narrows (Upper) — 1B IV
• Zoraster Canyon — 1B VI