Leprachaun Canyon - Middle Fork, Top Down, North Wash, San Rafael Swell, Tight Slot Canyon Squeeze

Leprechaun Canyon in the North Wash area of the San Rafael Swell is south of the little town of Hanksville and north of Hite Marina on Lake Powell. The canyon is extremely tight. In fact, I wasn't able to film the tightest, most claustrophobic passages in Leprechaun because they were just too constricted to pull out my camera and film. Or, the climbing was too difficult to have a hand available to film with.
This is the Middle Fork of the Leprechaun, there's also a Left and Right Fork of the canyon as well. According to what I've read the Middle Fork is tightest of these variations, but lets be honest, you need to be comfortable in tight spaces to enjoy any of these slots. Bring a cool head and patient approach to this adventure - there were times where I was fighting back panic.
There are several rappels (though only 15 meters or less) and while they may be able to be downclimbed by very confident canyon veterans, I was happy to have a rope. In my opinion, its not the rappels that make this squeeze-fest challenging. It's the constant climbing, chimneying, grinding, and promise of unknown obstacles that make this such a grand adventure.
Expect to get beat up. And to feel relieved when you finish. This channel includes a lot of kid-friendly adventures. This is not one of those.
Also, pack light. I had some camera gear, a drone, a harness, a 30 meter rope, a lunch and a water bottle in my pack. It was way too much. My pack felt like a pig weighing my down, especially on the second half of the day. Only take what you need and share the load with a partner.
Road Trip Ryan has an excellent and technically accurate description of the canyon on his site. Thanks to him for the great info! www.roadtripry...
Richard Pattison has a great TH-cam video of the canyon as well. I recommend checking out these resources before you go! • Leprechaun Canyon, Nor...

[@bananatribe2391]

That’s crazy!

[@lynnnorthrup8914]

Loved the drone footage. That’s awesome slick rock which is an adventure in itself. Didn’t have my drone when we were there am would like to capture some footage of the next time we’re over in the swell. Thanks for sharing so I got to see in the slot. My wife’s not letting me in there at my age. Great job!!!😀👍

[@uptrack5235]

Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@nicholasmorris8457]

Damn. Nice video. Can only imagine the time and energy it must have taken to climb through, setup camera, then do it again on film!

[@uptrack5235]

Hey, thanks! Yeah, that is a super tight squeeze, a lot of it is difficult to film because you’re so busy climbing/squeezing. Thanks for watching!

[@uptrack5235]

Thanks Banana Tribe! It was crazy in there. When’s our next adventure?

[@KarlDeckerPresents]

We should go do something sometime, Come visit! Great work! So much better to have a partner for this stuff!