capitol reef

After drooling over NateGeesaman 's pics of Sheets Gulch, and my love of that area, made the decision to do this hike an easy pick. I mentioned heading down there solo during Thanksgiving dinner, and Dad quickly expressed interest. He and I have had a lot of great adventures, so I was glad he...

This is my first trip report and since I just finished the long drive back from Utah I thought I'd share just the highlights: Day 1-Zion fall colors. Yes, there still were some left! Zion by Laura Zirino, on Flickr Day 2-The Narrows. No, I've never been until now. The Narrows is like...

Here is a report on my solo into Lower Muley Twist canyon of the South District of Capital Reef National Park, exiting to The Post and back to the truck via the road and Waterpocket Fold switchbacks. One night, 15 miles and a nice loop. Here is the route log. I want to dedicate this report to...

I promised Nick some time ago that I would write up a TR on Spring Canyon, Capitol Reef (ever since I popped off about using ropes to get to the narrows in a former thread on this site). It just took me a while. And, I must admit that I have been trying to keep this place a secret. It is...

First Trip Report! I've been featured in TR's of NateGeesaman, but this is the first that I've created. Capitol Reef and I have a good relationship. I appreciate what she has to offer, and she gives me amazing weather, and an incredible time whenever I'm there. I really fell in love about 4...

With the exception of Canyonlands' Maze District, Capitol Reef National Park provides the best solitude of any national park in Utah. The north and south sections of the park are accessible only by miles of dirt (or in some cases mud or sand) road. The proposed and perhaps inevitable paving of...

I have wanted to do Halls Creek Narrows since I read about it last year. The Southern tip of Capitol Reef really is an amazing chunk of earth and it pretty much blew us away the whole trail. Great views along The Waterpocket Fold followed by an amazing hike through narrows with 1200 ft tall...

Five Mile gulch, Cap Reef is known for a big swim near the bottom of the slot section. I did a touch-n-go, bottom up visit to the canyon July 7 and the water is way down. In this photo my hand is at the level I expected. We stopped and asked the Ranger about conditions and they told us the...

As many of you know, the barl0w family went down to CRNP for the Memorial Day Weekend, and thanks to all of those who helped with the trip planning. Every bit helped, so thank you again! As school let out on Friday, and as fast as we could get the canine to grandma's house for dog sitting, we...

On Sunday, May 6, my wife Jo and I picked up ladigue_99 (henceforth known as Ladigue) at the Albuquerque airport. She was arriving from Italy for a two-week journey through the southwest. Jo accompanied us for the first leg of the trip, to White Sands, and then departed for her own adventure in...

This trip had been one I started thinking up the previous fall during a visit to Bryce Canyon National Park with my father. Having scouted around on the internet and Google Earth, I became set on the idea of visiting the Cosmic Ashtray (aka Escavolcano) via Red Breaks. Descriptions of Red Breaks...

After seeing some reports in the area, I decided that I needed to check it out. Left early Saturday so we could do some geocaching along the way. I fueled up in Torrey (gas is cheaper in Loa) and headed up the Boulder Mountains. I had never driven on this road so it was all new country from...

Las Vegas Trip 2012 Saturday, March 17, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO It was the last day of our trip to Las Vegas and Southern Utah and we would finally be heading back home. Of course we would be making some more stops on the way back! After another night in another hotel we...

I have been to Capitol Reef many more times than any other camping destination, but when that perfect spring weather hits the desert I was only thinking of Capitol Reef and hiking Upper Muley's Twist Canyon. I left Salt Lake around 6:00 AM so as to have a full day in the park before setting up...

I recently had an awesome overnight trip to the beautiful Capitol Reef National Park with 2 dear old friends of mine. We packed up the car of Friday night with all necessities so we could take off early. We left SLC around 5:30 A.M. so we could arrive before 10:00 A.M. and have a full day to...

On a typical Memorial Day weekend we plan to not do anything because we know that the places we like to go will be crowded. This year Alene has not had much of a chance to do any camping (due to Bailey's bad sleeping) so we didn't care and planned a trip to Capitol Reef. We figured that Capitol...

In today's adventure, we dodge the weather and eventually find ourselves in the Navajo Nation. We spent the night in Torrey, Utah, just outside of Capitol Reef National Park. The following morning, we headed south on scenic Utah Rt. 12 towards Boulder and Escalante. Our first obstacle of...