Stonewall Falls trip report

This canyon is south of Goldfield, Nv. From Lida Jct, go a quarter mile north on US 95 to a graded road. Go east for 6.2 miles to a fork reading N37 33434, W117 06389. Go right for nearly 3 miles on a crude road to Stonewall Falls on BLM land, truly a bizarre sight. 2wd trucks and mtn bikes could make it as of 2014.  Go up the canyon to the right of the falls. Soon there is a gully on the left with 2 huge boulders. A sheep trail goes up the right side of the gully then moves to the left side above the boulders. Stay along the gully until it gets close to the rim at el 6100 (where a big cairn is set up) then drop over into the falls canyon. It's not much more than a 100 foot loss. A path goes along the right side of the brush in the bottom then comes the drops.Vic Priebe and I went thru the Stonewall Falls slot on Sept 14, 2013. The first minor drops had rock horns where we wrapped the rope around. Then came 3 big drops close together. We rapped the first 2 from the same anchor using a 150 ft rope doubled over. The 3rd drop is overhanging and we used a stopper knot for anchor in a crack near the lip on the right in the streambed.The 150 ft rope doubled over worked easily here. Next is the last rap and biggest. It's a double fall totaling about 130 feet with a good anchor. Right after that we handlined down the last sloping fall using small hook in a hole on the right. We only had to anchor 3 times with webbing, and the stopper knot was the only nervous anchor. Next time we'll back that up with climber nuts or hardware store nuts for a half inch bolt. Or we may try rappelling past that anchor with a 200 foot rope and pull cord. 150 foot rope and pull cord is the minimum needed, but taking 2 150 ropes ensures not getting trapped. Only the last rap can't be done with a 150 ft rope doubled over. We used less than 20 feet of webbing. The whole adventure should take 3 hours. We never got our socks wet because pools were tiny, but that could change.