This course exceeded my expectations in that I learned more than I had imagined I would. The structure was perfect and the instructors were knowledgeable and eager to help. We also had the added benefit of having a good group of students so it was fun as well as educational. I definitely recommend North Wash Outfitters if you’re looking to learn canyoneering skills.
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Authentic Canyoneering
Challenge Your Skills
Push Your Limits on Our Miss Piggy Canyon Tour in North Wash, Utah
Take On One of Our Bigger Canyoneering Days with Our Miss Piggy Canyon Tour
Ready to step up from a first-timer canyon into tougher, tighter, longer canyoneering? Miss Piggy Canyon is our step-up trip from intro canyons like Blarney and Leprechaun — more rappels, more rope time, and a canyon that asks a little more of you. It’s still approachable for first-timers with the right mindset, but if you’re looking to build on skills from Leprechaun or Blarney, or want us to shadow you after taking a course, this is where you go next.
We’re talking extended hiking, downclimbing, partner-assisted scrambles, and rappel after rappel — six of them in total, ranging from a 20-foot entry drop up to a massive multi-stage 100-foot descent. Several of the shorter rappels can be downclimbed instead, if you’ve got the nerve for it. Midway through, the canyon completely changes character, narrowing into a tight, twisting section demanding enough that you’ll be dragging your pack behind you just to get through it.
By the time you reach our technical hand-lined exit up the slickrock, you’ll have used nearly every skill in the canyoneering playbook — all in a canyon that’s still guided and beginner-accessible with the right preparation, mindset, and physical endurance.
Why Choose This Tour
Push your skills further with Miss Piggy Canyon — a step up from our intro trips, built for Canyoneers ready for more time on rope and a bigger day
Rappel through a full range of drops, from a 20-foot entry rappel to a massive multi-stage 100-foot descent into a side canyon
Test your downclimbing nerve — several of Miss Piggy's rappels, including a 70-footer, can be downclimbed instead for those with the skill and daring to attempt it
Squeeze through a dramatically different stretch of canyon, where the terrain narrows so tight you'll be dragging your pack behind you through the twists and turns
If you're ready to move beyond your first canyon and put multiple skills to the test in one trip, this is the one
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Trip Details
Trip Details
Price
- $330 for one person
- $195 per person for two people
- $165 per person for groups of 3 – 5
- $145 per person for groups of 6 – 10
Departure time
2 Options:
7am meet time at our office
8:45 am meet time at the Hog Springs Rest Area in North Wash
Meeting point
Our office in Blanding, Utah
or
Hog Springs Rest Area in North Wash, Utah
Availability
Months available: March – November (or weather dependent)
Days available: Monday – Saturday
Duration
6 -7 Hours
*Includes a 1 hr 45 minute drive to trailhead if meeting at our office or a 20 min drive time if meeting in North Wash
Group size
1 – 10
Included
- Expert guides and canyoneering instruction with decades of experience in aspects of canyoneering as well as search and rescue and emergency medicine
- All technical canyoneering gear
- All group safety rescue gear
Not included
- Transportation to and from the trailhead
- Gratuity for guides
What to bring
- A small backpack to carry your gear in
- Personal appropriate snacks as desired
- A minimum of 2 liters of water per person (more in the hotter months)
- Appropriate clothing and footwear for a desert environment and layers appropriate for the season. We may have the opportunity to get wet in the canyon, but no sandals or open toed shoes will be allowed.
- Footwear should be of solid quality to be hiking all day in. Shorts and jeans are discouraged – all clothing worn may get damaged in the canyon.
Participation requirements
You should be in great physical condition and able to hike all day in rough uneven and challenging terrain. Not afraid of heights or tight spaces.
Overview
The Miss Piggy Canyon trip is a step up from our Leprechaun canyon trip — built for those ready to push their skills further, spend more time on rope, and take in a very different stretch of scenery. We’ll start with a short safety briefing to make sure we’re good to go, then head off on a 30-minute hike to where we drop off the rim and down to the first rappel — 20 feet into the canyon proper.
From there, a few short downclimbs lead to another rappel of about 30 feet, which can also be downclimbed for those with the skill and daring to attempt it. A bit further, more downclimbing and partner assists bring us to a third rappel, also around 30 feet — again downclimbable for the brave.
Continuing down canyon with more partner assists and downclimbing, we reach the more pronounced rappels. The first is about 70 feet straight down, following a short downclimb and handline assist. A little further on is the big rappel of the day — a multi-stage 100-foot descent that’s more straightforward than it sounds, dropping us into a side canyon.
From here the canyon changes character entirely, narrowing for the next 30 minutes. One more rappel — about 40 feet — drops us into a section so tight there’s no room for packs or bulky gear; we’ll be dragging our packs behind us through tight squeezes and sharp twists and turns. It’s demanding, but the scenery here is unlike anything earlier in the canyon.
The tight section spits us out into a sandy wash and a thick, overgrown riparian stretch that leads to our climber’s exit — not for the faint of heart. We work our way up the nose of the slickrock, where we set a rope and give a handline for the group to climb out safely. From the top, it’s a hike across sandstone domes back to the rim and our vehicle — about an hour from canyon bottom, depending on group pace, and a solid hike after an already demanding day.
Miss Piggy is a great next step for someone ready to push themselves, take in new scenery, and pull together multiple canyoneering skills in one trip.
Good To Know
Although there’s no way we can predict the weather, you may get wet in the canyon. But, no sandals or open-toed shoes will be allowed for safety protocols. Your footwear should be of the utmost quality to comfortably hike all day.
All clothing worn may get damaged in the canyon, and shorts and jeans are discouraged.
You don’t have to be in top physical form, but you must be in good enough shape to hike all day in rough, uneven, and challenging terrain.
Due to the possibility of inclement weather and flash floods, trips may be canceled for these reasons, amongst others. Please see our cancellation policy page for more information on this.
This is one of the tighter canyons that we offer trips through as well as some of the longer rappel drops; therefore, we only recommend this canyon for people who are comfortable in tight, narrow places and not worried about heights.
FAQs
A guided canyoneering trip consists of the group hiking, climbing, scrambling, down climbing and stemming and rappelling through narrow slot canyons.
When we meet up at our designated meeting locations, we will have a safety briefing and instructions for the trip. We’ll gear up and then depart for the canyon(s). During the trip we will be hiking over slick rock, in sand, through water, and between the walls of the canyons. We will be in and out of the sun and shade. There will be several steep inclines to hike up, and several steep descents into the canyon(s),. We will spend the day in the canyon and have frequent snack and water breaks in the canyon, or a couple of the trips have breaks in between two separate canyons where we will be back at the vehicle. Once finished we will hike out, inventory gear and depart to your various other destinations.
While you don’t need to be in peak physical condition. You need to have some physical conditioning and ability about you. You do need to be able to hike for several hours on different types of terrain and different angles of terrain while carrying a pack with your personal gear and some group gear including ropes, harness, helmet, water, wetsuits (if needed for the specific trip), food and any clothing you wish to bring along.
Aside from knowing what to expect, previous experience is not generally necessary. We offer trips for various skill levels. During our Canyoneering Trips we offer enough instruction to get you through the canyon at key critical points. You and your group should understand that Canyoneering isn’t without risk. Everyone needs to be focused and attentive to instruction and able to listen and act and respond when necessary. Everyone should understand what Canyoneering consists of including, but not limited to heights, tight spaces, and water – even potentially swimming.
Rappelling know-how is not required and guides are more than willing to help instruct on the basics to get you down the canyon. Due to the heights of some of the drops, those with an extreme fear of heights should take into consideration whether or not they believe they would be able to finish the Canyoneering trip. Once we have started on a hike that requires rappelling the only way out of the canyon is to rappel out. We can not turn around halfway through a slot canyon and climb out. Rappelling will have to be accomplished. Some people find the rappel either the most exciting part, or the scariest part.
Have more questions? Check out our FAQ page!
See What Our Customers Say About Us
A really awesome canyoneering course! North Wash Outfitters came recommended to me by some friends and I’m so glad I did it. I feel so much more comfortable with the skills and techniques I learned, the instructors are super knowledgeable and experienced. Great class, great experience, great people. I look forward to taking an advanced class when I’m ready
Jared is super knowledgeable and taught us a lot. I would definitely recommend and will do the advanced course through them as well. Also having multiple instructors was a big help they all had different things to teach us.
I have taken both the beginner and advanced class from Jared and his crew. Their knowledge and teaching methods are superior. They not only teach the techniques in a way that anyone can learn, but they are also patient and make sure you understand. Going through the trainings and the canyons with them you can tell that safety is definitely a value.
Jared is the man you want to learn canyoneering from. Without a doubt, you will not find a better instructor than him. His guides are also incredible at what they do and extremely knowledgeable. The progression of the course is absolutely perfect, going from learning the basics, to practicing what you’ve learned, to real life scenarios in the canyon.
