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if I were you I'd probably just spend some time looking through Bo and Tanya's web site with your brother, it's an excellent resource for the broader Zion area. the main Zion canyon is low and June is warm so you probably want to focus on stuff that's on the higher side...

despite being a longtime Utah resident, I've neglected the Colorado mountains somewhat shamefully. thanks!!

I'm just not a mosquito-tolerant human being. I hate them. I've done trips in the Winds, the Uintas, and the Tetons in late July / early August that I just didn't think were very enjoyable due to the number of them. But I can't very well push my trips past mid-August since I'm a professor and I...

thanks!! I've been avoiding that crappy new imagery, they have it in the Swell too, just ugly stuff

the route that I was hoping to do this spring (but it looks like I'm running out of time before it gets warm) is to drive out to Sam's Mesa up until the big washout, then walk to the tiny canyon that cuts into this Mesa between Happy and the one I linked above, which (I have heard but not...

coincidentally I was just looking at this exact issue and I would give very high odds that it's reasonable to work down to the DD from 38.153, -110.40. I didn't see anywhere closer to Happy C that looked likely.

the Swell last weekend (April 12-14) was a bit warm. minor cedar gnats and a handful of mosquitoes in Cottonwood Wash in the 5000-6500' range. plenty of water is available at the moment. LOTS of mosquito larvae in the larger potholes so the canyon bottoms might be buggy soon.

Intense route, y'all are tough travelers! (I, too, would love to see the extra pics + videos -- imgur link appears broken)

glad you can move the trip, that kind of wind would make a river trip absolutely miserable. I'm planning to be backpacking in the Escalante area Thurs-Sun and it looks like I'm going to be eating a lot of sand.

yeah +1 for Allen v1 or else the much newer Allen and Mitchell. I've done an extended version of the Virgin Springs loop and it was excellent, though next time I'd minimize the amount of walking on top of Sid's Mountain which was thorny and cowed up. the Spring/Nate loop would be another great...

wow! if anyone has insights into the likely condition of the Wolverine Loop Road and the Moody Road late next week, please let me know. I was hoping to get to the Colt Mesa tanks to check on them, and then while there, hike down Choprock. but if these roads are blown we'll do something off the...

is it warming or is it precip in the Escalante's drainage basin? I wasn't clear on that

I bet so, when a big warm spell hits boulder mountain! I'm looking with the opposite eye: how much do I want to be crossing/wading this cold-ass stream in the near future

love the Block!

we're talking about the tanks at 37.725809° -111.084734°? I have tentative plans to be in this general vicinity April 4-8 and might be able to check these out. if I did that I could also leave a water cache. if we did this, you'd need to be able to check texts evening of the 8th (I need to be...

I've driven the Flint Trail switchbacks just hours after a light rain/snow storm and it was fine. But I've also gotten stopped cold by a very deep puddle on the maze road well north of Hans Flat. This was a number of years ago, perhaps they've improved drainage there since then.

thanks for posting! now I'm thinking back at various backpacks and trying to figure out if I always followed Steve Allen's rule "always carry enough water to get back to a known source" and I feel like most of the time I've done this? hard to say for sure. I did have a bad moment a few Octobers...

urgh... I had been planning to head to that general part of the world this Friday but that's looking like a bad plan. from long experience the answer is "it depends." I'd say give it a few days and then proceed carefully and be ready to turn around. also, there are plenty of great trips that you...

my guess is some place I need to visit! (oops, I had the page loaded and missed some posts! need to visit both of the last two!)