Acheron Canyon (Hellsgate Wilderness)

A very remote and rugged canyon featuring incredible far reaching views, fun moss covered drops, and a trickle of water through picturesque ankle and waist deep pools. The trails to and from the canyon have a few obstacles that require high clearance 4x4 with good off-road tires. 33s with a mild lift and a capable driver should be fine. If you enjoy off-roading, for the best experience, take the North trail (FR1673) up to the canyon, then take the South trail (FR133) out afterwards for a fun loop! off-road trails are both about equidistant and take roughly 1.75-2hrs one way if you are a careful driver. This canyon can be ran with Hell's Boundary as a remote wilderness two day off road, two canyon adventure. The parking for Hell's Boundary and Acheron Canyon are very close to each other.

Super straight forward. Follow drainage to first rappel. Lightly used trail RDC side. Minimum brush.

R1: 100' off of large dead tree LDC. R2: 65' off of tree RDC using about 15' of webbing. Number of cracks for rope to get jammed in. Rappel goes under large boulder. R3: 40' off of small bush. R4: 75' off of boulder. No good anchor on next obvious rappel, downclimb RDC R5: 20’ Rock pinch beneath rabbit hole R6: 30' off rock pinch LDC R7: 30' fiddle off of small tree LDC directly above rappel. R8: 30' off rock R9: 80' two-tier off of large tree. First drop about 30', walk about 20', 30' second drop. R10: 60' off tree LDC to miss pool. two-tier