Jacob Hamblin Arch & Coyote Natural Bridge via the Sneaker Route | Coyote Gulch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- This video shows the hike to Jacob Hamblin Arch via the "Sneaker Route" in Coyote Gulch, as well as Coyote Natural Bridge. The Jacob Hamblin Arch Sneaker Route is very doable for an average hiker IF you bring proper equipment. 120' of rope will get you to a comfortable spot on rappel, so you don't need to take any more than that (I took 210' and it was overkill; I measured how much I used on the rap and it was 120'). A lot of videos show people doing the descent/ascent without safety equipment, and I think that is HUGE and unnecessary risk. If you slip on the slope, you're not going to stop until you hit the bottom, and that's one hell of a drop. Don't take that risk. Instead, take some gear and be safe.
If you have any questions, drop a comment and I'll reply to it.
VIDEO CHAPTERS
--- 00:00 Start.
--- 00:55 Hole in the Rock Road.
--- 01:29 Coyote Gulch Road.
--- 01:47 Trailhead/inbound hike.
--- 04:26 Jacob Hamblin Arch - top view.
--- 04:56 First descent.
--- 05:21 Rappel anchor point.
--- 06:45 Webbing placement.
--- 07:10 Rappel top view.
--- 07:46 Rappel start.
--- 09:23 Amanda's rappel.
--- 10:01 Rappel thoughts (120' of rope recommended).
--- 10:29 Lower scramble.
--- 12:08 Jacob Hamblin Arch.
--- 15:05 Leaving Jacob Hamblin to Coyote Natural Bridge.
--- 17:00 Huge walls.
--- 19:27 Coyote Natural Bridge.
--- 20:41 Heading back.
--- 22:01 Ascending lower scramble.
--- 22:54 Ascending main climb.
--- 24:08 Ascending upper scramble.
--- 25:04 Cool marking on wall.
--- 26:13 Ungodly wind from hell.
USEFUL COORDINATE
--- 37.39251, -111.04862 Jacob Hamblin trailhead.
--- 37.39251, -111.04862 Approximate rappel point.
--- 37.41900, -111.04315 Jacob Hamblin Arch.
--- 37.41935, -111.04372 Where everyone takes the crazy pictures you see on Google.
--- 37.41551, -111.03270 Swiss Cheese Falls.
--- 37.41621, -111.02758 Coyote Natural Bridge.
Serious question - you really think the drop in from the water tower trail needs a full harness/rappel? I’m taking a young men’s group in a couple of weeks. Last time I did this we turned at JHA and went back to Crack In the Wall. So I’ve never seen the sneaker route. We were planning to start at the crack and exit the sneak route.
I wouldn’t do it without gear. It can be done without gear, but if you slip and don’t have a way to arrest the fall, you’ll be in for one hell of a ride down to the bottom. I’ve seen a lot of videos of people descending without gear or just with a hand line, and they made it. But again, if they had slipped for whatever reason, they wouldn’t have been able to stop themselves from falling all the way down about 60’ to the landing. To me, it wasn’t worth the risk. Falling is no joke. A fall like that (or even a lot less than that) could result and a broken back or neck. The risk of ending up paraplegic or quadriplegic just doesn’t make sense when it can be mitigated by carrying a bit of gear and making safety a priority. And even if one of those worst-case scenarios doesn’t happen, having a brain injury or breaking a leg, arm, ankle, wrist, rib, etc. is still a major issue. I know I probably sound a bit dramatic, but I take safety very seriously having had a few close calls in my day. I hope that helps👍
@@adrianofthewest interesting. I was planning to start at Crack in the wall and exit up this with the group. But seeing that top view in your video, and given what you're saying about the decent, i might have them go down JHA to start with and hike to the Crack over the next day. I'd rather manage that angle of approach from an assisted downclimb than trying to scale it with packs.
Yeah, I agree. I haven’t been to Crack in the Wall, but if you can ascend it, I would recommend descending JHA and ascending Crack.
I plan to be there in 1st part of Oct, wonder if it would be just as windy.
I don’t think it’s usually that windy there. Take goggles just in case though!
Woooo !!!! So so cool!
Yeah that hike was one of my favorites for sure🤙