Cattail Canyon (East Fork)

A branch of Cattail Canyon that skips the first batch of rappels including the tallest one but has a 350 footer of its own.

Park at the Chisos Basin. Hike to Laguna West campsite and drop in at 29.248781°, -103.319528°.

R1: 350' off of two bolts is located at the coordinates shown on the map (banner photo). Following this rappel, you shortly intersect the main Cattail Canyon drainage a quarter mile downstream from the 200' pour-off after Bryan's Falls. The remaining three rappels are Class B with some short swims mixed in and then two large waterfalls right at the end.

Follow the Cattail Falls trail 3 miles to the parking lot. To return to the Chisos Basin, either use a shuttle vehicle or hike the Window Trail. For the April 2023 descent we used the latter option and were 12 hours car-to-car.