
After leaving the road, we headed into this wash, taking the gully seen left of center.

Looking back down the Class 2 steep gully.

Above the gully, a view toward the rim we needed to reach. the point on the far left is where we want to get.

View back as we ascend toward the rim.

We took this steep slope to gain a ledge higher up.

Class 3/4 move on the slope.

On our ledge after the slope.

View back along the ledge. You can see the rim above where we'll be hiking to get to Wonderland Canyon.

The ledge wrapped us around to the north side, where we found this steep sandstone slope. Picking our way up, we pulled a few Class 3 moves and one Class 4 move. Nothing felt scary or too exposed.

Class 3 move up a small cliffy.

Final bit to the top.

View along the rim as we head along the plateau.

Gorgeous scenery from up here, view back along the rim.

A social trail leads some of the way along the rim. Ferns Nipple and other peaks along the Waterpocket Fold seen in the distance.

Another shot down at the crazy landscape within Capitol Reef National Park.

The spot where we needed to leave the rim and head down.

My chosen Class 2/3 descent from the rim. My friends took a harder, more direct downclimb option.

A social trail leads around this drop. View back up at the steep descent from the rim.

The head of Wonderland Canyon. This first drop was avoidable on the left.

Within the narrows, a bunch of fun stemming and downclimbing.

View back at one of the obstacles.


More fun obstacles within the first section without needing to rappel.

View back at the narrows.



The pools were low, and although we had wetsuits only we only ended up being waist-deep.


Just a bunch of canyon fun for the initial section.

Then we got to our first rappel, a straightforward low-angle drop.

View back up at the first rappel.

After a short walk, we reached this avoidable rappel. To skip it, walk around on the right and locate a low-angled section to get back into the narrows.

View back toward the avoidable rappel.

Still within the narrows after the avoidable rappel.


The narrows open to Rap 2. Historically, people use the tuft of grass on the left as an anchor. Fortunately someone had built a deadman anchor that we used instead.

Top of Rap 2. Great views. It's a two-tiered rappel.

View down the first drop for Rap 2.

Second drop for Rap 2.

View back at Rap 2 from below.

A tricky partner-assist downclimb shortly after Rap 2.

Tricky downclimb seen left, narrows continue on the right.

Rap 3.

Bottom of Rap 3.

The start of beautiful narrows after Rap 3.

Fun down-climbing through this narrow section.

View back within the narrows.

The narrows open up, a view back.

Open section before Wonderland Canyon slots up again briefly.

Fun stemming within another narrow section.

View back.

Final set of narrows.

Lovely scrambling.

A very neat downclimb into this dry pothole.

Rap 4, the last one.

View back toward Rap 4.

Close-up at Rap 4.

A short walk back to the highway.
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