Technical Slot Canyons of the Colorado Plateau > Bluejohn Canyon > Climber's LogBluejohn Canyon Climber's Log
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| s_tuning@msn.com | Non-Technical  | |
| Not very interesting as slot canyons go. Lots of short slides / hand lines - no raps. Missed the exit and wandered around a bit. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2013 4:20 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Not my favorite Date Climbed: May 21, 2011 | |
| Descended the main fork, out via Horseshoe. Not worth the long walk. I didn't like this outing much. Better stuff to do. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2012 1:28 pm | ||
| McCannster | First Slot Canyon Date Climbed: May 12, 2011 | |
| Solo outing on my first technical canyon. Went down the East Fork and up the Main Fork from Granary Springs. Really fun outing, though I got pretty cold wadding in the waist deep pools in the shady depths. 6 hours ctc. | |
| Posted May 15, 2011 9:29 pm | ||
| GregHaz | Blue John Main/West | |
| Nice complex. Haven't headed back since the popularity increased. With Steve Ramras, Dave Pitney, Rob Bixler | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2011 2:48 pm | ||
| KoryK | Fun canyon, but... Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2011 | |
| It was a shame to see that some people had carved names, drawings, etc. into the walls of the canyon towards the beginning of the canyon. Thanks Ralston and hollywood! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2011 7:14 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Great Canyon Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2011 | |
| This was our last of three canyons that we did in three days in the Robbers Roost Area. We did the Main Fork to the Big Drop and then out Horseshoe Canyon. It was a very long day made worse by being sick. Well worth it. The downclimbing the main fork was a blast-don't try and rappel any of them becuase that just makes it harder. The tight slots before the Big Drop were amazing. Horseshoe Canyon was also very very cool | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2011 1:43 pm | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | Spectacular Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Full main fork beginning near Granary Spring, to Lower BlueJohn, rappel and out Horseshoe canyon. A trip I will never forget. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2011 11:18 pm | ||
| americanswiss | Ralston | |
| Had to make the "pilgrimage". Read excerpts from Ralston's book along the way. Found the spot. Saw the chipped away rock and the boulder. The drive to Motel 6 was the most colorful I have ever seen. April. We were alone. Amazing canyon. Ascended back the same way. The off-width crack back out is a killer. | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2011 1:10 am | ||
| Matt Lemke | Main fork Descent Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2010 | |
| Descended the main fork solo with no protection and exited the west fork...a stunning experience | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2010 5:22 pm | ||
| Croft | Too Popular Date Climbed: Jan 1, 1982 | |
| My husband and I have been through this canyon and many others in the Robbers Roost area several times. Back before Aaron's event there were very few people in the Roost. Now when we go we see many people and last Spring Blue John was backed up with people and we ended up leaving and going somewhere else. The line at the top of the first descent was 12 people deep. And very few knew what the word "chimney" meant. The whole route is now covered in slings and I am expecting to see it all bolted within the next few years. I get Aaron's ordeal, but I so wish he would not have draw a map to such a pristine place that is now being destroyed with traffic. | ||
| Posted Nov 18, 2010 12:13 am | ||
| vanman798 | Main Fork Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010 | |
| Strolled down the main fork, and wandered down to where it slots up again. Didn't have a shuttle car waiting at Horseshoe canyon, so we decided to not go into the second slot section, believing it could be tough to climb out of it. Instead we walked along its left side up to where it drops into Horseshoe Canyon. It was interesting to see the general area where Aaron Ralston was trapped in 2003. We used the west fork as our exit. Once we left the west fork we followed a 230 degree magnetic bearing SW which took us right to Burr Pass. Round trip was about 8 hours. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 6:19 pm | ||
| Props | Bluejohn Canyon Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2010 | |
| Great canyon complex. Cold water in the east fork. Brrrrrr! | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2010 11:59 am | ||
| Day Hiker | Three Forks Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2006 | |
| 2006 October 27: Descended East Fork to Big Drop Rappel in main canyon. Ascended Middle Fork. 2006 October 29: West Fork, down and up. 2006 November 11: West Fork to Middle Fork via Day Hiker's shortcut. Down main canyon to the accident site, then return the same way. 2006 November 12: West Fork to Middle Fork via Day Hiker's shortcut. Up Middle Fork to base of upclimb, then return the same way. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2010 3:37 am | ||
| chiker | Nontechnical route Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2008 | |
| I took the easy, nontechnical routes since I just happened to be in the area and didn't have any gear with me. I went in through the cross-country West E/E route, and exited up the West route, which has a short 6 foot chute to clamber up. I will definitely be coming back in the future and do the rappels. The weather was great--t-shirt weather down in the canyon while campsite up by the buttes was cold. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2008 12:45 am | ||
| skunk ape | Bluejohn loop Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2008 | |
| Good times! | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2008 9:18 pm | ||
| goofball | Bluejohn - Full Meal Deal | |
| Sometime in 2004. Down lil' BJ, up main then back down to lower BJ and into Horseshoe Canyon. Pictographs are great ! A very long day though. don't think all the slogging was worth it for the very short (but pretty) lower slot. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2008 10:15 pm | ||
| John Styrnol | Little Blue John Combo Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2006 | |
| Did the two canyons, down Little Blue John, up the Main Fork of Blue John. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2008 7:21 pm | ||
| madsjim | Fun Canyon Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2007 | |
| I thought it was a fun canyon, did the main fork and exited at the end of the narrows. It only takes a few hours and is very pretty. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2007 7:43 pm | ||
| madjohnbo | Main Fork Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2007 | |
| Very enjoyable canyon. We rappelled and downclimbed the first section. I would probably downclimb the entire thing next time. The shortcut to the slot was very nice and enjoyable in the early spring. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2007 1:10 pm | ||
| cp0915 | East & Main Forks | |
| Descended the east fork, explored the Ralston slot to the big rappel, then climbed out via the main fork. A very ho-hum canyon, though the climb out was interesting. The history, too, of course. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2007 10:34 am | ||
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