Illusions Canyon - Canyoneering in West Fork, Sedona, Arizona 

Illusions Canyon - Canyoneering in West Fork, Sedona, Arizona
This is considered by many to be the most beautiful technical canyon in Arizona. And I can see why. Illusions Canyon has lush, fern and moss covered walls, beautiful slot canyon sections and some amazing rock formations.
Oh yeah, and it's also extremely fun. As far as technical canyons go, this one throws 12~13 rappels at you, fun but challenging downclimbs, corkscrew slides, numerous swims and much more. It's just long enough to be a blast, but not so long that it becomes cumbersome.
This all comes with a disclaimer though; Illusions Canyon is an advanced technical canyon. You need the right gear, the right experience and the right people to safely navigate it. It is rated 3B-IIIR (intermediate rappels and downclimbs, water with light or no current and requires most of a day to complete - for us it was around 7 hours car to car.) The "R" in that rating requires special attention; Illusions Canyon contains several keeper potholes. That basically means holes full of water that you can't get out of without specialized gear and/or methods. First time through these were all full and we could easily climb out. But canyons are always changing. This time, the water was lower and the potholes were just entering keeper mode. You can see that I struggled with some. We were familiar with the canyon and brought specialized gear to get out of the potholes if necessary. Eric, being a really strong climber, was able to get out of all of them without any aids, but Eric #2 and I could not and needed help on some.
Another thing worth noting is that not all of the potholes require the same type of gear to get out. Buddy boosts won't work in some because they're too deep. If the water dropped another 6~12", a couple of the potholes would have been a lot harder to get out of.
And the water is cold. Even with wetsuits, I got really cold in spots. Now imagine bobbing up and down in this freezing water, unable to get out of it. Yeah. Keeper potholes are serious business.
So keep this in mind. This should not be your first canyon.
Anyway, the video should speak for itself. Illusions Canyon is one of my favorite technical canyons to date. It's become a yearly trip for me and I don't see ever getting tired of it.