canyon Not Tierdrop - Arches National Park
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RATING: 3A
LENGTH: 2-4 Hours
GEAR: Standard Technical Gear
RAPPELS: 2-3 (2 - 60 m ( 197 ft ) ropes are best)
WATER: None
FLASH FLOOD DANGER: Minimal
SEASON: Any, no snow

Hype:

Not Tierdrop, so named because it is the neighbor of Tierdrop, is a mellow canyon in Arches. The canyon provides a big rappel, a couple of shorter rappels, interesting anchors, and phenominal views. This is a great casual canyoneering afternoon if you're in the Moab area.
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Photos:

Not Tierdrop Beta Photo 1Not Tierdrop Beta Photo 2Not Tierdrop Beta Photo 3

My History:

I first did Not Tierdrop a couple of years ago at a FreezeFest with Tom Jones and Steve Ramras. We didn't have beta, but Ram had been on the mesa top before and the canyon had looked promising. I went back in the Spring of 2007 and did another trip through. It is a beautiful place, and provides a different perspective than the usual park trails. Ram agreed it was a good one to share, so I added it to the site.

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Comments (3)
That is disappointing.
3 Tuesday, 31 March 2009 03:46
ryancornia
That is unfortunate. A long sling (20m) would likely be enough to go off the tree. This might be more easily retrievable than you would expect, but either way, having the bolts chopped is disappointing. Thanks for the update.
Bolts are chopped
2 Thursday, 12 March 2009 02:29
mesa_rn
Attempted on March 9th and the bolts for the first rappel were chopped. I asked at the Rangers if it was a NPS decision or other party on their own volition but did not get an answer. The only other alternative is to take a VERY long piece of webbing and sling a tree before the climb up to where the bolts were. It would be difficult to make this a removable anchor due to the distance involved and the amount of drag. This canyon may have fallen victim to canyoneering politics!

This is really unfortunate, this was a nice easy route with good clean anchors and no rope drag. I believe more people will be drawn to Tier Drop canyon and this will ultimately cause more destruction due to the funky nature of the anchors for that canyon. After climbing all the way up to attempt Not Tier Drop and finding the bolts chopped will lead many people to do Tier Drop instead, without the necessary anchor skills. The result will be more rope cuts in the sandstone and more destruction to Tier Drop. We just descended the approach route.
Alternate Exit to Not Tierdrop
1 Wednesday, 19 March 2008 19:23
wrayj
At the bottom of the sandy exit, head right on the ledge system for 100m or so and the only obvious downclimb appears as a body sized "Notch" on your left. It has 2 tiers, 1st is about 15', 2nd is 7', both are downclimbable, we did them belly down, spots are welcome.