Mystery Canyon
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 3.83 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,877 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,944 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,820 ft
- TrailRank
-
8
5
- Min elevation
- 4,440 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 871
- Uploaded
- March 11, 2016
- Recorded
- March 2016
near Zion Lodge, Utah (United States)
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Waypoints
Waypoint
5,504 ft
dMysteryR1-3
Raps 1 - 3 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 1 anchored from 2 glue-in anchors LDC and drops about 50 feet. Rap 2 anchored from 2 anchors RDC and drops about 50 feet. Rap 3 anchored from 2 glue-in anchors LDC and drops about 40 feet.
Waypoint
4,763 ft
dMysteryR10
Rap 10 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 10 anchored from one of two sets of bolted anchors at the end of a sandstone ledge LDC and drops about 135 feet to a pool below with a huge choke stone near the bottom.
Waypoint
4,540 ft
dMysteryR11
Rap 11 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 11 is anchored from 2 glu-in anchors LDC and drops about 120 feet to the Virgin River Narrows.
Waypoint
5,376 ft
dMysteryR4-5
Raps 4 - 5 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 4 anchored from singe bolted anchor RDC and drops about 15 feet. Rap 5 anchored from 2 anchors RDC and drops about 25 feet over 2 stages.
Waypoint
5,314 ft
dMysteryR6
Rap 6 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 6 anchored from 2 bolted anchors RDC and drops about 20 feet.
Waypoint
5,205 ft
dMysteryR7-8
Raps 7 - 8 in Mystery Canyon. Rap 7 anchored from 2 bolted anchors and drops about 50 feet. Rap 8 anchored from a single bolted anchor RDC and drops about 25 feet but should be down climbable by most.
Waypoint
5,616 ft
jEastMesaTrl
Junction where the East Mesa trail starts off the East Rim trail and heads toward Observation point.
Waypoint
4,755 ft
jHidnCynTrlBt
Junction off the Observation trail where the Hidden Canyon trail starts.
Waypoint
6,526 ft
jNotMystery
This is where you would leave the trail to get to teh head of NotMystery Canyon. The apex of the NotMystery Canyon meets the trail about 800 feet east of this point.
Waypoint
6,505 ft
jObservatnPt
Junction off of the East Mesa trail to Observation Point.
Waypoint
4,509 ft
jRiverWalkEnd
This is where the river walk side walk meets the river in The Narrows.
Waypoint
5,098 ft
sMysteryLakDam
Top of the natural dam that forms a seasonal lake in Mystery Canyon. Great views down canyon from here.
Waypoint
4,439 ft
tNarrowsBot
Bottom trailhead for the Virgin River Narrows at the Temple of Sinawava.
Waypoint
4,364 ft
tObpntWpRk
Trail head for Weeping Rock and Observation Point.
Waypoint
4,359 ft
wBusStpWeepRock
Weepeing Rock and East Rim trail bus stop.
Waypoint
5,215 ft
yEcho-LowerTp
Of note there is a USDI - NPS elevation marker here that says the elevation is 5194.
Waypoint
5,300 ft
yEcho-MidBt
Bottom Exit of Echo Canyon.
Waypoint
4,540 ft
yMysteryBt
Bottom exit of Mystery Canyon where it meets the Virgin River Narrows after the 120 foot Rap 11.
Waypoint
6,758 ft
yMysteryTp
Top entry to Mystery Canyon.
Waypoint
6,313 ft
yNot-MysteryTp
Top of Not Mystery got it's name from people getting in mistakenly and needing rescue. Final rap is about 500 feet down to the river walk with bad rock fall problems. Canyon has been closed.
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Great canyon but difficult to obtain a permit. Much more hiking downhill than expected. Did it in the fall and loves the fall colors. Loved it.