NoHog

NoHog descends a depression starting halfway up the approach to the deeper Hog Canyon drainage just to the West. Surprisingly, NoHog contains up to 5 rappels, many arches including a double arch and interesting geology.

DRIVE 9.75 miles East from the Dinosaur National Monument Quarry Visitor Center to the Josie Morris Cabin Trailhead Parking Lot on a paved and maintained dirt road. HIKE toward the Hog Spring Trail departing the parking lot to the East. At the fence line, depart the trail and continue off trail east for another half mile, which should be far enough to avoid cliffing out on the approach. Reference the GPS track and waypoints to navigate a known path up the slickrock. Crest the top of the ridge and descend just above the large headwall entrance rappel.

Start downhill at (40.43110, -109.16537) Drop into a rabbit hole at (40.43088, -109.16577) R1: 145' off a tree, followed by a short downclimb A double arch immediately follows with a larger hidden arch barely separated from the wall just down to the left R2: 100' off a tree is Canyon Right of a natural bridge separating from the headwall at the same elevation by another cave R2 can be bypassed by downclimbing on Canyon Right R3: 150' off a rock pinch over small potholes R3 can be bypassed by downclimbing on Canyon Left R4: ~75' can by bypassed by downclimbing on Canyon Left R5: 100' off a tree over a larger pothole R5 can be bypassed on Canyon Left with a trickier downclimb

Following R5 there is one more pour-off. It is possible to downclimb this directly, but quite steep. It can easily be bypassed DCL. After this final obstacle, the slickrock ends and the vegetation begins. Bash a path downstream until the trail and turn right to return to the cars.