IceCube Canyon (The Maze) - Redrocks State Park, Nevada

What can I say? This is a monster canyon that has just about everything a canyon could want from big rappels, to large sections of stemming, to squeezing out of cracks while on rope. The approach requires a 4WD vehicle, but highly recommended. This is one of my favorite canyons. Nearly 20 rappels, the largest of which is around 200 feet after squeezing (literally) out of a wedge down a waterfall, a lot of it free hanging.

The canyon has a moderate approach into a large bowl beneath Cable Mountain and is a two part canyon. The upper half is great, followed by a mile or two of open canyon and boulder hopping. An escape is possible after the first half. The second half is the better half in my opinion.

The Maze

We experienced the sound of not to distant thunder about a third of the way through the second half of the canyon. Thus, we don’t have too many pics for some of the awesome obstacles in the second half because we put away the non-essentials and hit the jets. There are therefore no pics of the cool second half, including one cool rappel through a small opening in some jammed up chokestones into a little chamber full of water.
Referring again to the not to distant sound of thunder as we hiked. These pictures were captured as we drove from St. George back to Orange County the Monday after the Saturday we hiked (the day we had originally planned to do The Maze).

And a closeup of Red Rocks state park…

Some days later, I ran across this little gem of a picture of what we would have experienced had we been unfortunate enough to have hiked on Monday (the first closeup showing the last rappel pre-flash)…

Pictures courtesy of Goofball at UUtah.com