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Thanks Parma. I read your TR for that trip the other day. Makes me want to get out there today.

In about 6 weeks, my wife and I are making our first trip to Canyonlands NP. The plan is to canoe from Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom over 6 days / 5 nights. I have been planning this trip for a couple months now, and have read Kelsey's River Guide and attempted to come up with a rough...

We needed up spending 2 days 3 nights in Bar Harbor. It was foggy and rainy the first day, but the second day was beautiful and we got to explore the park and do some kayaking along the western side of the island. Then we headed to New Hampshire and did Franconia Ridge. I definitely want to go...

Along the far northeast coast of the United States lies Down East Maine. East of Cutler, Maine, the state has set aside an area along the coast known as the Cutler Coast Public Reserve, which preserves approximately 5 miles of dramatic Maine coastline. they say it is some of the last undeveloped...

Thanks much for the information and the offer.

Very cool trip. How were you able to get a guide for your first trip? Is there any technical skill required for this cave?

I also think that you can camp at the Wire Pass trailhead.

We just used closed-toed Keens and neoprene socks. I wouldn't rent the shoes. Maybe the sticks, if you are concerned about damaging poles, but we used our poles and did fine. Also, do you meas Buckskin Gulch (which connects with Wire Pass) rather than Coyote Gulch? Either one will be cool...

What an awesome trip and great photos. My wife and I are making our first trip to the area in May and canoeing from Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom over 6 days with several side trips along the way, including the Doll house at the end. Your report just makes me want to get out there today! But...

I think we finished a little after 2:00. I figure we probably did around 1 mile per hour. We took a lot of breaks, though, and knew that our room at the lodge would not be ready until 3:00, so we were not in any rush to get out. By the time we got back to out car a Zion Adventure Co., it was...

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful pictures, especially Cathedral Canyon.

Hey Vegan - nice itinerary. You certainly have full-up days. One thing - make sure as soon as you get your campground in the narrows call an outfitters for a shuttle. You don't want them to fill up, and I recommend getting the early shuttle. I think there are two times they leave, like 7am and...

I imagine that flash floods can cause drastic and immediate changes. I recently read about a kid going from top down who was killed in a flash flood there last September (2014). When he went in the flow was 49 cfs. Rain caused the flow to increase to more than 4,000 cfs. I would think that that...

Even with a headlamp, I can imagine that hiking down there after dark would suck big time.

Hi Vegan. I'm excited for you to do this - y'all won't be disappointed. I chose Campsite 5 because of its location and the distance we wanted to travel that first day. It was a perfect size for the 2 of us, and it was located back just enough so that the trail doesn't run through camp, and it...

Great trip. Stunning area. We're making our first trip out to Canyonlands this Spring. Your pictures make make me impatient to get out there.

Zion has become my favorite national park. Just a couple years ago I had never even been out to southern Utah. Now we have visited it twice in person and, thanks to the internet, including Backcountrypost.com, I can read trip reports, see photos, and watch videos from Zion trips at will, and...

Beautiful day on the bay. Nice photos.

Looks like a great hike. Wonderful photos.

I'm envious. Y'all are going to love it. There is so much to do in that area, so many places to experience. Just around Escalante you have Calf Creek Falls, Cottonwood Canyon Road and Grosvenor Arch, Kodachrome SP, Spooky and other slots, Devil's Garden, Hole in the Rock -- with just a few days...