escalante

For years I've had this obsession with backpacking the Escalante. It was the first place I ever backpacked and where I spent most of my time for many years. On several occasions I made the drive to Escalante with the intent of completing a loop starting from the Egypt Trailhead, descending into...

This is from a few years back, but still relevant, I hope. This is a relatively easy hike along the Escalante River through some very beautiful scenery. I went with the boy scouts on this one last June. The upper trailhead is just outside the town of Escalante and the trailhead at the other...

Several months ago I saw on the internet a picture of something labeled the "cosmic ashtray," also called the Escavolcano. I was intrigued by the formation and learning it was somewhere out on the Grand Staircase made it all the better, I'm in love with that place, ever since doing a two-month...

Over several days in late October, I backpacked into the Escalante with lostlandscapes, Dan Ransom, drclef, Zoemaster and a couple other friends. At the far end of our loop was Neon Canyon. A canyon I had originally set out to do in September of 2010 as one of my first technical canyons thanks...

Over the brilliant fall weekend of October 20, drclef, nick, Dan Ransom, Zoemaster, two Lake Tahoetians and myself ventured off into relatively undocumented territory through the heart of Escalante. A mercilessly muddy 3 day backpackaneering bushwack would follow. Our ambitious route would take...

I had originally gathered beta and hoped to take my brother from Montana through Coyote Gulch in early May. At the time I was working 4-10's but due to a large project, I was switched to a regular 5 day work week. With the change in plans, I decided to camp and hit a few day hikes along the...

This has to be one of the most intense and well-written trip reports I have ever read. For those that don't know, this is from Ram and his son Aaron. Two very experienced canyoneers, amongst the best. I had the pleasure of having Ram rappel into my campsite deep in the Escalante backcountry a...

This trip has been a long time coming. I had wanted to start backpacking for a couple of years and have been slowly buying gear. My first backpacking trip was a short trip to Cliff Lake last fall. This trip would be my second. I started planning this trip as a trip to the Escalante area for my...

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...

April 2012 I've had a tough time this week working through the photos from this trip. It was surprisingly photogenic. With my 3 hour time lapse factored in, I took over 1300 photos over this weekend. So with all that said, I'm sure I'll end up posting way too many photos here, but what's new...

March 2009 In March of '09 we set out towards the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for the traditional spring trip. The plan was to camp the first night in Escalante and then head west towards Cannonville to do some exploring on the Cottonwood Canyon Road. My friend Micajah and his...

I don't want to take too much away from @ibenick's trip report, but I put together a little video from the trip. This is my first time using the GoPro on a camping trip, but hoping to do more with it in the future. Inspiration comes from wes242 and I really admired his videos he's done. I...

Recently a facebook friend of mine invited me to go hike Zebra and Tunnel slot with him. What he didnt tell me was that he was leaving St George at 3AM so he could catch some sunrise photography at Devils Garden! :eek: Oh well I begrudgingly tagged along with the promise that I could sleep in...

Here is the first of at least a couple of trip reports from the BackcountryPost gathering over this past weekend. If you were a part of this trip, post a new trip report and add a link to it in this thread. Or if you'd rather just post a few photos, feel free to piggy back it onto this. As...

I recently had the good fortune of spending time along the Hole in the Rock Road area in Grand Staircase with my girlfriend. She has been so busy that she has missed out on my last few trips and it was good to spend an extended chunk of time in the desert and on the road with her. We left SLC...

March 2007 This was a very short notice trip. I wasn't planning on getting out to the desert until May but it was spring break from school and the weather was just too good to ignore. This trip would become Audra's first ever backpacking trip so we decided we would do a day hike on the first...

April 2006 The Death Hollow/Escalante River Gorge is one of those areas that I am continually drawn to when I think about a backpacking trip in the desert. There really aren't that many places where you can bring the dogs, see outstanding scenery, drink clear water and still get so out there. I...

June 2007 Ahhh Death Hollow, my favorite. I've accessed Death Hollow a multitude of ways, this time around we started at the Boulder Mail Trailhead hiked west overland into Death Hollow, south to the Escalante River, east to Sand Creek and then east again to the Highway 12 Bridge at the...

This hike is in the Escalante Canyons section of the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument and part of the Harris Wash drainage system. Some of my friends had explored this area and from everything I had heard, I knew I had to get out there. It is an area between Old Sheffield...