Sleep Disorder Introduction

Introduction:

Sleep Disorder is a lush, steep, granite technical canyon that drops into the Feather River. The canyon gets its charm from exciting rappels, numerous downclimbing obstacles and lovely Northern Sierra scenery. The flow through Sleep Disorder is entirely natural and will fluctuate with the progress of the snowmelt in the high country above the canyon. Timing your decent so that peak snowmelt is well past but so there is still enough flow in the canyon to keep things interesting is the name of the game. In most years going too early will be a bigger issue than too late as good canyoneering flow levels can be expected until at least late August.

Even though Sleep Disorder lacks very advanced canyoneering obstacles, it does contain significant water flow and many downclimbing obstacles. As such, it is not recommended for raw beginners without advanced leadership. This canyon is not the place to have your first canyon experience! Many of the rappels are in waterfalls, the rock is slippery and many of the downclimbs will pay out significant penalty points if they are botched.

Full route descriptions with driving directions, canyon play-by-plays and more are available to Sierra Canyons members. Membership to the site is by invitation. Sierra Canyons members can invite new members or from time to time you may request an invitation from the site administrators. You may ask members for an invitation on the forums or check the sidebar for invitation requests.