grand staircase

"You know its supposed to snow tonight right?" That was the response from most people when StephenH and I said we were going camping Friday. Of course we knew! We went out to Parunaweep Canyon (east fork of the Virgin River) and set up camp a few miles down from Mt. Carmel Jct. The drive in...

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...

Check out the threads by Brutus on Dominguez Canyon for location details and a contrast of conditions. As the "old man" Brutus refers to and the only one with a camera, I get to write this 3rd part. A friend I haven't seen for 30 years was in southern Utah for Christmas Vacation so we decided...

I had a free weekend so I went back to Dominguez Canyon to explore a bit more in the region and find better ways to get in and out of the canyon. The old man and I came up from the bottom of Swapp Canyon this time, last time we went from the top and had to cross some private property so we cut...

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...

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...

I was able to get a reservation for The Wave on November 12, so I decided to see other places while in the area. Seeing that my permit for The Wave was on Monday, I drove to Page on Friday and got a motel room so I could be ready to go early the next morning. The drive from Moab to Page was...

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...

Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 4 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO Since there weren't really any good places nearby to photograph sunrise, we slept in a little later on Tuesday morning. After a little breakfast we packed up camp and took the...

Brother Jim and his partner Walter flew out for a week of immersion in the southwestern backcountry. I drove out from Placitas, NM, to meet them in Vegas on Oct. 10. The idea was to see as much as we could in the time allotted. They had a rental car and I drove my home-away-from-home ’03 Tundra...

Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 3 Monday, October 8, 2012 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO On Monday morning we got up early and wandered over to The White Pocket again to catch the sunrise. We arrived plenty early to try and catch the pre-sunrise glow, which was...