Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Black Canyon Area
Attractive but busy non-technical canyon with nice hot springs and access to the Colorado River. Easiest to access from the water via boat or packraft.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Eldorado Mountains
Excellent short canyon featuring neat sculpted rock and nice petroglyphs at the exit.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Black Canyon Area
Easy, short technical canyon providing access to nearby hot springs; short packraft required for the exit.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Black Canyon Area
Short beginner-friendly technical canyon with a nice packraft exit.

Location: New Zealand, Otago, Haast Pass area

Awesome swiftwater canyon with beautiful rappels, great jumps and slides, and pure New Zealand splendor!

Location: New Zealand, Otago, Haast Pass area

Nice short swiftwater canyon filled with beautiful waterfalls, great jumps, and some really lovely rappels.

Location: New Zealand, Otago, Haast Pass area

If you like jumping (and sliding and beautiful scenery), you’ll love this canyon!

Location: California, Anza Borrego Desert
Canyon in a remote portion of the park with waterfalls and lush vegetation, ending at the iconic Psychedelic Eye graffiti site.

Location: California, Los Angeles area, San Gabriels
Canyoning through a historic area with multiple waterfalls and a few ruins

Location: Nevada, Stateline Hills
Cram a lot of canyon into a half day – sweeping views on the approach, lots of downclimbs, and 5-6 rappels.

Location: Nevada, Stateline Hills
Nice example of a desert canyon, with a good approach, interesting rock formations, and some nice sculpted rock walls for downclimbs and rappels.

Location: California, Easter Sierras
Fun technical route with waterfall rappels, slides, and nice scenery.

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Beautiful remote canyon with side canyons to explore, excellent narrows, and a great pictograph panel; best done as an overnight backpacking trip.

Location: Utah, Kanab area
Short and easy technical canyon with a neat stacked car feature (yes cars! flattened and stacked!), some nice sculpted rock, and a rock art panel.

Location: Utah, Kanab area
Short non-technical canyon hike with interesting stacked cars and some pretty sculpted rock sections.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon
Awesome canyon in the Red Rocks area with loads of rappels through beautiful sculpted narrows; requires a strenuous approach.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Black Canyon Area
Excellent canyon with nice scenery, fun rappels, and an optional packraft exit.

Location: Nevada, Las Vegas, Black Canyon Area
Great non-technical canyon with some interesting obstacles, ending at a great lunch spot on the Colorado River.

Location: California, Southern, Joshua Tree
Great find in the desert: a fun, short technical canyon with cool sculpted walls.

Location: California, Northern, Death Valley (Beatty Junction area)
Backcountry road through some stunning scenery including colorful hills, a narrow canyon, a ghost town, and petroglyphs.

Location: California, San Diego area, La Jolla
Short, non-technical sandstone canyon on the coast with year-round water and a waterfall

Location: California, San Diego area, Solana Beach
Fun little coastal sandstone canyon on the banks of a scenic lagoon

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Highly scenic, remote technical canyon best done as an overnight.

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Zion’s classic day hike/river walk through its most famous canyon.

Location: Peru, Cusco Region, Pampa Conga area
Technical canyon descent over several waterfalls; canyon also has a swing bridge and “Tarzan Swing” option typically done in conjunction with the canyon descent

Location: Canada, Alberta, Banff National Park
Fun non-technical winter canyon hike that also offers ice climbing options and features hoodoos and a cave.

Location: Canada, Alberta, Banff National Park, Banff area
Classic hike through a beautiful non-technical canyon in any season; in winter the waterfalls freeze and offer ice climbing opportunities

Location: California, San Diego area, Cleveland National Forest
Canyon with seasonal water flow that offers both technical and non-technical descent options

Location: California, Los Angeles area, San Gabriels
Canyoning through a historic area with multiple waterfalls and a few ruins

Location: California, Los Angeles area, San Gabriels
Technical canyon with a straightforward approach and multiple rappels

Location: California, Los Angeles area, San Gabriels
Nice beginner canyon with a straightforward approach, lots of rappels, and an occasional keeper pothole; optional extension on the approach through a historic area with a few ruins

Location: California, Los Angeles, San Gabriels
One of the best technical canyons in the area – like a descent of a technical waterpark with numerous slides and jumps and fun raps

Location: California, Los Angeles area, San Gabriels
Hike to a great set of abandoned mines and descend via a canyon; overnight option allows additional rappels and more time to explore the mines

Location: California, Easter Sierras
Super fun Class C technical canyon with numerous jumps and slides

Location: California, Anza Borrego Desert
Nice desert canyon with lots of rappels, some of which are very pretty, and flowing water in the spring

Location: Iceland, Southern, Skógar/Vík area
Stunning sheer-walled non-technical canyon lined with moss and clear water, perfect for hiking up-canyon in the watercourse

Location: Iceland, Southern, Thórsmörk
Nice non-technical canyon that gets an intrepid top pick rating because of the great side canyon leading to an impressive hidden waterfall in a sculpted, high-walled chamber

Location: Utah, Capitol Reef National Park
All day technical adventure through an extremely narrow canyon with challenging rappels

Location: Utah, Capitol Reef National Park
Relatively short approach to a rapid-fire series of beautiful rappels and canyon features, including the stunning initial free-hanging rappel from under the famous Cassidy Arch

Location: Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Technical/Non-Technical
Distance: 8.2 miles round trip, 400 feet of elevation gain, 6/9.5 hours

Location: Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Famous technical canyon, renowned for the final beautiful rappel through the roof of the Golden Cathedral

Location: Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Very fun (non-technical) narrow slot canyon with optional raps at the end

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Nice slick rock approach to numerous rappels through a scenic canyon, ending in a 100 foot free hanging rappel that makes a great swing

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Quick canyon with cold water swims and a potential keeper pothole in what’s often a smelly pool of water (this is great encouragement to figure out how to escape the pothole quickly)

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Quick canyon with a very easy approach and two particularly nice rappels

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Excellent technical canyon with great rappels, views, and varied terrain, ending with a final rappel over Mystery Falls into the Zion Narrows

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Semi-technical canyon through pretty scenery with two optional rappels; empties into The Narrows

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Classic descent of the Left Fork of North Creek through the famous curving, sculpted walls of The Subway

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Great non-technical way to visit the most scenic portion of Zion’s iconic “Subway” canyon

Location: Utah, Zion National Park
Very quick and fun canyon that’s great for beginners