Potential Wyoming Canyons

Spur Canyon

John Blue Canyon

This limestone canyon offers a unique experience, much different from the sandstone slots of the South. I've driven past this slot for years on my way to caves in Northern Wyoming, but never got to explore it until this year. It's a short, but fun canyon that offers a different kind of canyoneering experience. It's a 2A I rating with a half a dozen or more drops of 20 feet or less. Most can be downclimbed, but we rapp'd the first several drops to make it funner. Unlike sandstone downclimbing, there is very little traction on the rock, making it more difficult to downclimb. We've done the canyon several times, so these pictures are a bit random. If you want to have beta on these, or my other canyons drop me an email. jeff.a.baird(AT)gmail.com

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Deer Creek Wyoming

Deer Creek is a canyon in a mountain setting, with swift moving water. It's about an hour outside of Cody, just East of Yellowstone. We haven't descended the entire canyon, but I’ve spent some limited time poking around the area, reconnoitering. We've probably explored about 1/3 of the canyon. My beta is far from complete, but if you want to know what I have so far, drop me an email. So far we haven't found any mandatory rappels. Just some tricky sections working around the swift water. I've just included some of the pics here, but if you're bored and want to see them all, visit my webshots page for Deer Creek. Also coldfear.com has a video of Aaron kayaking down Deer Creek. I'm anxious to get up there again and explore the rest of the canyon. We're thinking of doing a little exploring in the winter, once the ice freezes up. We've ice climbed in this canyon, and the river often is frozen over enough to support the weight.

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