The rain was light but widespread - most of SE Utah got hit. All the canyons you mention flowed to varying degrees, and except Happy they will be good for a while. The Blocks have only one dependable water area, mentioned in Allen's book: the southernmost neck on the South Block. I would hurry...
From 3/11 to 3/23 we walked from Hanksville to Hite on the east side of the Dirty Devil. It rained lightly for 3 nights and one evening. Some potholes filled, shallow ones were already dry at the end. Small amounts of snow lingered in the shade above 6800' by 3/21. I would call the water...
8F outside; much warmer inside.
Yes I had to reclaim my space every couple of hours by pushing out on the walls. Snowed maybe only 10 inches but the wind was fierce and being on the lee side of those trees deposited a lot more right there
Like most: Caltopo and GE.
However if you're going to areas where Apple Maps feature their upgraded 3d resolution, use it! It's almost like cheating for route feasibility in the canyons.
Here's a comparison of the Maze Overlook
@Jackson Me too. Skied all my life - now I got the idea to learn Telemark.
I still remember that day at Hemsedal, Norway in 1986 seeing two lads in wool and cotton with mile long wooden skis and lurks dropping the moguls like a sped up silent movie. Incredible.
Got a pair of first gen...
Nice! Hog and Scar Tissue!
It was two different trips: For ST we paddled the river and stopped to hike up the canyon.
Hog we (almost) climbed on a backpack in the North Wash canyons coming up from 95 via a route near lower Marinus Canyon
Here's the response riddle to @Ugly :
Here we are halfway up a 'peak' with a very short name on the USGS 7.5 quad.
Or, what's the canyoneer's name for the fun, low-tech slot above Skotti's ears?
We had two phones using them all the time for navigation and three power banks with 10k mAh each. Plus 3 cables as they seem to be the weak point. Plenty of juice. I found that charging to 70% only with a warm phone and power bank is most efficient
For a while I have wanted to do a 15 day trip with no resupply.
The main experiment was the many days: it’s been decades since a similar type unsupported trip. We were also looking for mostly trailless terrain with the occasional scrambling and light rope work; plus the route should have no...
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It goes in both directions and accesses the rim of the Escalante with Fold proper actually a ways off around the corner to the south. We did it from the river up after coming down the massive sand dune from the Scorpion Horse Trail.
No ropes needed really if you take off the packs...
Bunch of hints:
This is but one way to access F canyon's exquisite slickrock strolls above the inner gorge. I know of four other entries, an unusually high number given the complexity of the neighborhood.
I think F is the second most visited 'wilderness' canyon in the region after S.
C...