Canyoneering | Bluejohn Canyon, Squeeze Fork
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The Squeeze Fork of Bluejohn Canyon is awesome and very tight. Unfortunately, you will miss out on the upper East Fork of Bluejohn by taking Squeeze Fork, so we recommend going down East Fork and taking a short detour up and down Squeeze Fork.
Canyon Rating: 3B 
Time: 1-2 hours from car to junction with East Fork
Length: 2 miles from car to junction with East Fork
Longest Rappel: 20 ft
Gear: Standard canyoneering gear.
Fees: None
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Navigate to 38.341679, -110.292125.
Park at the Hans Flat Road turnoff. There is a metal shack with "Motel 8" painted on the side. From the parking area, head northeast until you intersect the Squeeze Fork drainage. From there, just follow the drainage down.
Rappel #1: 15 feet off a bolted anchor. Can also be downclimbed.
Squeeze Fork is extremely narrow. It is comparable to Shenanigans and high stemming is not a good option. If you're at all claustrophobic or worried about fitting, take the East Fork instead.
After the narrows, the canyon joins East Fork. After the East Fork narrows, the canyon opens up again into a wash.
After 2 miles of sandy wash walking is the junction with Main Fork. From here, you can either continue down canyon to the lower Narrows and all the way down to the Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon, or you can go up canyon and exit via West Fork or the West Exit to a car shuttle, or you can go all the way up Main Fork and back to your vehicle (no shuttle required).
Closest City or Region: Hanksville, Utah
Coordinates: 38.358136, -110.271277
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Savannah Dye, Anthony Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Matt Laurendeau,
Start:4:00 p.m.
Top of Squeeze Fork: 4:35 p.m.
Bottom of Squeeze Fork: 5:35 p.m.
Top of East Fork: 7:00 p.m.
Finish: 8:00 p.m.
After doing the North Fork of Lost Spring Canyon, we went back to camp. Most of the people chose to stay at camp while Anthony, Ondy, Matt, Savannah, and I went to Blue John Canyon. We started at 4:00 p.m. and went down Squeeze Fork and up East Fork. We weren't 100% sure that we would be able to make it up East Fork but we gave it a try anyway. Squeeze Fork was a lot of fun and very squeezy but not too bad. Anthony has lost a lot of weight this summer so he was pretty proud of making it through at ground level. As we were making our way up East Fork, the hardest obstacle was a 23 ft rappel. Our feet were pretty muddy and wet, so we weren't able to just climb out. We first attempted a three-person stack with Anthony on the bottom, Matt in the middle, and me on the top. I almost made it up the climb at the top but couldn't quite make it, so we tried again with four people. This time it was Anthony on the bottom, then Matt, then me, and Ondy at the top. She made it out and boosted me up . Then we used a rope and Micro Traxion to hoist the others out. Savannah took a video of the whole attempt, and it was pretty fun to analyze what worked and didn't work after the fact. The rest of East Fork was pretty straightforward as we bypassed the 50 ft rappel. We made it back to the truck shortly after dark and made it back to camp in time for a late dinner.
Sam's Mesa Road Primitive Camping
Lost Spring Canyon, North Fork
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Anthony Dye, Eric Burrows, Rob Whitaker,
Total Time: 8 hours 40 minutes to do East Fork, Squeeze Fork and Main Fork.
Approach Hike from Parking to East Fork: 40 minutes
East Fork to Bottom of Squeeze Fork: 1 hour 40 minutes
Up and Down Squeeze Fork: 30 minutes
Bottom of Squeeze Fork to Junction with Main Fork: 2 hours
Junction to Top of Main Fork: 2 hours 50 minutes
Return Hike from Top of Main Fork to Parking: 1 hour
This trip was Rob's idea. He'd been wanting to do this canyon for ages, and he finally found someone to go with him. We had a lot of fun. The water was freezing. The wash hike between canyons was longer than we wanted, but it is what it is. We went down East Fork, then when we got to the bottom of Squeeze Fork, Anthony and I climbed up Squeeze Fork and then returned back down. Then we all continued down East Fork to the confluence with Main Fork. From there, we hiked up Main Fork and then climbed out the top.
Rappels
Downclimbs
Stemming
Fixed Anchors
Wetsuit Generally Not Required
No Drinking Water
Wayfinding
Road Access is Dirt - Low Clearance
Access Road is 2WD Accessible
Wildflowers and Vegitation