escalante

Two weeks ago my wife and I committed to hiking Llewellyn on a rare trip together without the kids. I had the cords loaded on my GPS for about 3 years but for some reason or another we always ended up passing it up for something else in the area. We drove down to Escalante, hiked lower...

I have held onto this trip report for months partially for selfish reasons, partially because I was/am disappointed with my pictures! They dont do this place any justice! Day 1- I woke up at 6 and made it to boulder just before 10AM to meet up with my hiking partner/guide. We quickly loaded up...

Over the weekend of April 19, 2013, I decided to join this year's trend of BCPers hiking Coyote Gulch. I had one friend driving in from Denver who had never been to southern Utah, and another friend flying in from South Carolina. I had debated doing something less popular, but after a scouting...

This past weekend my pinecone and I were able to get away and spend a few days camping without the kids for our 10th wedding anniversary. Originally we had planned to do some backpacking or tech canyons but the colder weather across the state in the days leading up to the trip helped us decided...

First and foremost I'd like to disclaim this to be my very first trip report! What's tough is that there is a much more beautiful report that was just posted before mine :( so you'll have to bare with me! Our route was selected by the our group's trip plan to car camp at Hurricane Wash TH on Day...

My last attempt at an Escalante trip in late March had been met with abject failure. When I asked the time off work this time around I held out hope that conditions would be improved. As the day neared, the forecast did not provide encouragement. Salt Lake City expected snow. A cold front moving...

EE1_8187e by EE Photo, on Flickr You can visit the original post with all the photos HERE on my blog. Coyote Gulch is one of those special places worth returning to. I’d been to the Escalante River years ago and into Coyote Gulch in April 2012, both times leaving me wanting to spend more...

This trip was supposed to be a number of different things. I'd been planning a trip with some friends to Anderson Bottom on the Green River in Canyonlands National Park since January for the weekend of March 16th, but I got cold feet due to some trust issues with my Jeep and worries about road...

This is the third in a 3-part trip report from my backpacking trip through Llewellyn Gulch & Cottonwood Gulch in March 2013. Part 1: Llewellyn Gulch Part 2: Dos Tinajas Part 3: Cottonwood Gulch After 2 days of wandering through the maze of slickrock on the bench between Llewellyn &...

This is the second in a 3-part trip report from my backpacking trip through Llewellyn Gulch & Cottonwood Gulch in March 2013. Part 1: Llewellyn Gulch Part 2: Dos Tinajas Part 3: Cottonwood Gulch After exploring down into lower Llewellyn Gulch, we made our way back to our packs and started up...

This is the first in a 3-part trip report from my backpacking trip through Llewellyn Gulch & Cottonwood Gulch in March 2013. Part 1: Llewellyn Gulch Part 2: Dos Tinajas Part 3: Cottonwood Gulch My stokeometer was off the charts leading into this trip. Nearly 4 months of little-to-no...

I am giving this trip report thing a try. Hopefully this turns out interesting and informative. My friend Taylor and I started planning this trip about 3 weeks ago. We took 2 days off work and made it into a 4 day outing. We left for GSENM Friday morning from Salt Lake. As we drove past...

We tossed around a handful of ideas for our first desert trip of 2013 and the plan changed a few times but eventually we settled on a car camping trip to Escalante. We left Saturday morning and were hiking down Half Way Hollow towards Harris wash by 2pm. Not long after we started we ran into two...

It was a surprisingly "warm" February night in Escalante and aside from the wind rattling the tent I slept very well. I woke up before my alarm went off and noticed that the sunrise had already started to light up the clouds. I ran to the truck, grabbed my camera fired off a few shots, and then...

Went with 3 good friends. Left wichita ks about 7 pm on thursday, I drove all night until we hit Grand Junction CO, then let a friend take over. Didn't sleep AT ALL the whole time. Had a rented 4Runner that had a horrible back seat. We arrived in Escalante about 12, got the permit, had some...

I figured I'd walk for about two days in to a high rim, find precious little pothole water, wander for a day, and walk two easy days back. Routes were from my backcountry Ranger days with Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Escalante Subdistrict. Only problem was hitting limited routes through...

Intro: Phipps Arch is located in a small but beautiful Escalante Canyon, near the Spencer-Flat-Road - aka Old-Sheffield-Road. Multicolor sandstone formations, Dryfalls, Hoodoos, and an impressive arch expect the hiker on this beautiful trail in one green Canyon. Location: Grand Staircase...

I noticed all of the picture edits were broken on this trip report, so I reconnected them. I also found some additional info to give more context to the trip. Also, I don't remember how we got the skis on the car, we must have done the trip to Salt Lake with the top down. I suppose this does...

After reading HomerJ's account of his first backpacking trip to the Winds, I thought I'd dig out the old box of photos, fire up the scanner, and post my own trip report from my first backpacking trip ever. Be warned... this is not a 'great' trip report. The pictures are old and poor quality, and...

Every year my Mom's side of the Family take off on trips around the west. This year we decided to take the family and follow them down to Northern Arizona and Escalante. I've yet to do Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon due to the popularity, with that said, it was time to get them over with...