Maple Canyon, UT—We’ve had a fun, if a bit chilly, experience camping and climbing in Maple Canyon, one of the more unique rock climbing destinations in the US and one we’d never visited before. The rock here is known as “conglomerate” because it actually consists of many different rock types embedded together in a range of sizes from large cobbles to tiny pebbles. It was a little hard to get used to at first—as I pulled rock after rock loose from the wall—but in the end we grew to love the challenge of discovering the line and trusting the holds.

We met some great people at Maple and experienced Fall as it came into full swing in the canyon. The day after leaves first starting hitting the roof of the Egg we decided to roll out in search of warmer temps. We look forward to coming back perhaps next summer when the shade at areas like Box Canyon and Pipe Dream are more than welcome all day long.