Nov 02, 2018 — Starting from the back of the Free Camping just outside of Capitol Reef National Park, head up a social trail to a benchc below the obvious cliff face. Follow the bench around the mesa until it leads up a gully to gain the mesatop. You pass some petrified wood along the way. From the mesatop, head northeast until you get to the head of Pandora's Box. The canyon is overall pretty straightforward with a few rappels and widens and narrows multiple times. The prettiest sections appear to be like a maze of sandstone, but the main canyon is easy to follow. One section to note is the high stemming part of the canyon, where you need to get high up to avoid a thinner-than-human slot section. If this is scary, you can also avoid the high stemming by backtracking a hundred feet or so and heading up a ramp on the south side of the canyon, with easy route-finding back down into the canyon. The final two rappels consist of a short rap to the big drop, followed by the final rap out of Pandora's Box. Follow Spring Creek Canyon for a bunch of miles to a junction, where you then head west to join the Chimney Rock Trail back to the main road.
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