Red Hollow Canyon 3AII, Orderville, Utah

Red Hollow Canyon can be done as a non-technical canyon hike from the bottom or as a technical canyoneering route descending from the top. The headwall is a beautiful 300ft drop into the canyon itself — this particular drop will wake up any jaded canyon junkie, as the wall bells out just 20 feet under the lip. I went into an awkward spin and ended up twisting around the rope at least 20 times.

What was left of the canyon had some scenic narrows — short lived — then opened back up and narrowed down into some red canyon. We found a lot of graffiti on the walls and staircase steps where people appear to come up from the bottom. The canyon had short raps after the big 300ft drop that were decent but nothing that stood out. If this canyon didn't have that dramatic first drop, I'd just come up from the bottom. A great Sunday canyon to wrap up a fantastic weekend. Check Ropewiki for specific beta.