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May 24, 2021 — Chambers Canyon is a delighful, narrow canyon without any rappels. It's among the most fun canyons out there due to its many obstacles, squeezes, and pretty narrows. It's a pretty long drive to get to it, however. Google will have no trouble navigting you here (38.58764, -110.55614). Continue south along this road, continuing east at this bend (38.52958, -110.54093). Bear right here (38.54186, -110.46531), then bear right here (38.49943, -110.41448) and pass through a ranch. Continue along this main road heading generally south and keep going straight through this junction (38.40638, -110.45137). Continue along this road to the trailhead.
We headed west, dropping off the rim and heading down to the head of Chambers Canyon, where the fun pretty much started immediately. A bunch of down-climbs, stemming, and squeezing through tight sections had us giggling and happy. None of us had trouble fitting through the narrow sections, but if you've got a little extra weight this might not be a good canyon for you. There are also some small rooms (chambers?) that resemble Zion's The Subway that are really pretty. Unfortunately someone has carved arrows into a section of the canyon marking an important spot to go a little higher where the slot becomes too narrow, but it was certainly helpful to have them there despite the graffiti.
Once through Chambers Canyon, we continued down the wash to the Muddy River, where we cooled off and hung out for a bit. We located a Class 3/4 crack that we used to ascend from the river, but there is an easier option for getting out of the wash and onto the ascent slickrock route. I marked both on my attached map, though the "easier" option is just an estimate. We wandered east around big white domes and beautiful slickrock until we got back to the trailhead above.
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