Overview

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Ding and Dang Canyons are two fun, non-technical slot canyons near Goblin Valley State Park. They are down the road from the popular Little Wildhorse Canyon. However, Ding and Dang are quite a bit more demanding and require lots of scrambling and down climbing.

Canyon Rating: 2BII

Time: 4-5 hours

Length: 5.9 miles round trip

Longest Rappel: N/A

Fees: None

Recommended Ages:

	0-3
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	20-49
	50-69
	70+

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Getting There

Navigate to 38.576700, -110.822899.

Maps

Closest City or Region: Goblin Valley, Utah

Coordinates: 38.585747, -110.843639

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October 19, 2018 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye, Anthony Dye, Arianne Dye, Miller Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Jaren Wagner, Killian Wagner, Marci Parker, Shawn Parker, Callie Parker, Wade Parker, Aria Parker, Aria Parker,

Logistics

We started hiking at 11:10 and finished at 5:20.

Story

It had rained heavily a couple weeks before our trip and then rained again lightly the day before. There was a ton of water in Ding Canyon and quite a bit in Dang Canyon as well. We shuttled the kids across the water so they wouldn't be freezing cold. The water in Dang Canyon was armpit deep in spots, and the deepest part in Dang was waist deep. Everyone had a great time, cold water and all.

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March 29, 2014 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Troop 601,

Story

I took the Scouts through Ding and Dang Canyons for one of our camp outs. We had a great time. One of the boys got ahead of the group and used a keychain carabiner to connect his rope to the anchor... good thing he didn't actually need the rope.

After climbing down the chockstone and bridging across the water, I set my camera down. I helped everyone else down and across (and fell in the water after briding a couple of time across). Then I couldn't find my camera anywhere. I figured I must have left it up canyon somewhere, so I told the other leader I was going to go back and look for it. I went up Dang Canyon all the way to the top as fast as I could and then descended the canyon in a run as well. I caught up to the rest of the group at the cars, where they had beat me by about 15 minutes. And... there was my camera! One of the boys was trying to be helpful and grabbed my camera without telling me. Ugh!

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