For anyone wanting info on Escalante Canyon arches and their locations, check out this website: http://archesoftheescalante.com/archesoftheescalante/Opening_Page.html
a few years back I had a lot of free time in winter and spent many hours plotting the locations listed in Jens Munthe's book...
I'm not sure. It could have just been rumor. or highly localized to the upper portion of Boulder Creek around the powerplant. I know the initial plan was for that area. they use an additional chemical (kerosene) to neutralize the rotenone and i believe they had planned to put that in just above...
we did win the fight but from what i was told they did it anyway in secret. a local happened upon them while they were doing it.
you are right about the cutthroats though.
over the last few years the DNR has been reintroducing other Trout species. They are doing it by using Rotenone to kill everything that is in the local watersheds and then reintroducing other species. We had a huge fight with them and Trout Unlimited over their activities doing this in Boulder...
Matt is genuinely the person you are shown on the show. I am pretty good friends with him.
They started between the Wolverine drainages (just SE of the wolverine trailhead) and then the final section is in Deer Creek in an area that no one in this forum is going to gain access to due to...
I'll add one more interesting thing of note to this discussion.
remember the cow stuck in Little Death Hollow last year? Yeah? well, right now there is one stuck in Peek-a-Boo Gulch.
it will be rather interesting to see how that plays out. The monument itself is supposedly using a photo of it in...
sand dunes.... the winds coming from the west push the sand up the Spencer Flats area ridge (which is the southern part of the Escalante Monocline system) between Harris & the Escalante River and the drainages wash them back down, so there is a LOT of recirculation of fine sand between...
it's definitely called Boulder Creek for a reason, and not because it is near Boulder town. you have to watch every single step while walking amongst slick as snot moss covered basalt boulders that were deposited from boulder mountain during the last ice age thaw and have been tumbled smooth...
my to do's for this year:
locally, to continue to expand my circumference of exploration further outward from Boulder - now reaching more of the Red Breaks/ Jackass Bench and First & Main (spencer canyon) area, the Circle Cliffs canyons, finally get into Death Hollow and more of the Sand Creek...
randy, i may have a pair of screes for you. just recently grabbed a pair from the boulder free box that i believe are size fifteen and barely worn. grabbed them with the intention of finding someone who could use them as i am only a size 10. when i get home from work i will check the size. they...
i'm a zilch fan as well. my go to all around wear during the warm months. i wish that the footbed liner would stay attached better, though. i've gone through three pair in the last couple of years. but i abuse the heck out of em and always get them on close out or on sale. i have five pair at...
I've wandered the upper forks of bighorn A LOT. It is one of my winter go to spots for day hikes. I,ve walked all of the upper forks and the perimeters of the bench tops as well. The beauty of the upper forks are the intimate details, ones that have to be found through a bit of exploration out...
Nick, I think micro death hollow would be iffy as it leads to north facing slopes and cliffs.
spencer flats is a great go to in winter. especially bighorn canyon and the zebra wash drainage. i can provide access info for that area if you are interested. it is usually used as a return route for a...
the road would have been super easy to find. he came up the dunes that come onto the v just ne of red breaks where the old sheffield cabin is ( I think). the old road which was the harris wash/V road heads very near where he came up. he then walked the road all of the way around red breaks to...
one of the cast members. matt graham, is from here in boulder utah.i know him rather well. he used to work at the boulder outdoor survival school but has been doing solo courses for quite a few years now. i can't find anywhere i can watch it online….maybe for the better. lol