Dustin Rand
Dustino
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- Dec 31, 2016
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Hi all,
I'm in the early stages of planning a trip to CNP in April of this year. This will be my first time to the area and I was hoping you guys might help me answer a few questions and also help with planning my trip.
It's going to be me and my good friend on this trip. We're planning two (maybe 3) nights and are very flexible on where to go. We'll be driving in from Denver early in the morning (probably around 5am) and hope to get to the park by noon or so. That would give us time for a short hike that afternoon and set up camp, for then a longer hike on day 2.
I think we'll likely spend our time in The Needles District, but again, we are very flexible and would consider elsewhere. We would also consider driving into one area, doing an overnight loop hike, and then driving to another district on day 2.
So just a couple questions...
*What are some of you favorite trails that would match what we're looking for?
*Are we better off doing a big 2-3 day loop or 2 separate loops and transport between them with our vehicle?
*When should we have our permits by? I hear April is a very popular time to go.
Cheers!
Dustin
I'm in the early stages of planning a trip to CNP in April of this year. This will be my first time to the area and I was hoping you guys might help me answer a few questions and also help with planning my trip.
It's going to be me and my good friend on this trip. We're planning two (maybe 3) nights and are very flexible on where to go. We'll be driving in from Denver early in the morning (probably around 5am) and hope to get to the park by noon or so. That would give us time for a short hike that afternoon and set up camp, for then a longer hike on day 2.
I think we'll likely spend our time in The Needles District, but again, we are very flexible and would consider elsewhere. We would also consider driving into one area, doing an overnight loop hike, and then driving to another district on day 2.
So just a couple questions...
*What are some of you favorite trails that would match what we're looking for?
*Are we better off doing a big 2-3 day loop or 2 separate loops and transport between them with our vehicle?
*When should we have our permits by? I hear April is a very popular time to go.
Cheers!
Dustin