the maze

Memorial Day Weekend | Friday - Monday, May 23-26, 2014 It's been over three years since I have been to the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park and I have been wanting to get back. Earlier this year I decided to try out Canyonlands' new online permit system and got a permit for a few...

Wait. Don't read this trip report yet. Just like any trip to the maze, this TR requires a fair amount of time to soak it all in. Find a time when you have 10 minutes and come back to enjoy this trip report then; it'll be worth it. I am more comfortable telling my stories through video than...

Spring break, april 2014. I dropped my family and our packs off near the Needles visitor center then drove the car to Elephant Hill and biked back. After hiding the bike we walked down to the Colorado river via the 'Kelsey Cattrack Route', ending at the little beach called Box Elder Camp. Here...

I've been so busy lately that I haven't posted a trip report in forever. I'm still busy, so I'm going to try to keep this one short, but I thought I would get a trip report posted. The last week in March 2014, two friends from Tennessee flew out and we spent a week in the desert. We spent a...

On the afternoon of Sat. the 15th of March, I rolled into Hippy Camp just north of Goblin Valley where I met Jeff, Robert and Rachel, Barrett and Zachary. After brief introductions, Jeff explained that Brooke was broke down north of Hanksville and Doug was with him. Shortly afterward, Jeff...

During a recent outing to that certain remote part of Canyonlands I combined three non-motorized ways of travel, namely mountain biking, packrafting and hiking. While it sounds complicated at first it turned out remarkably simple both in planning and execution. This was important as I, as usual...

I haven't posted reports on several trips I took over the winter, but needless to say Southern Utah is just great when its covered in snow in January. This one was interesting enough to warrant a report. (Although 99% of snow is melted now.) I didn't even know I would be heading down south...

Well... after putting together the video for my Boulder Mountain to Moab hike back in May, things got a little crazy for me and I didn't follow up with a full trip report. With 2013 winding down, I made myself sit down and put it all together this past weekend. The 18-day, 283-mile hike was...

Wasn't sure where to post this, under "backpacking" or "everything else" since it was a combined trip so apologies in advance. I'm only 4 months late in talking about this trip. The following jaunt spanned the end of March and ended in early April - typically a bit before the spring run-off...

I've been pretty sidetracked since finishing my Boulder to Moab hike several weeks ago so I haven't had a chance to post much about my trip. But, I'm finally getting to that point. I ended up doing the videos before doing the actual trip report this time. So... I'll let you pick your pleasure...

The Best Way The sun, white hot, rising steadily, arcing toward it's mid day zenith, beating down on four tiny travelers alone in a vast rugged wilderness with a pressing yet so far tolerable heat, sqeazing sweat from their brow's as they plod along through soft sand angling strategically from...

Over Memorial Day weekend, 2012, Nick, neiloro, Miss Buffalo, and whitwilli and I ventured into the heart of The Maze district in Canyonlands National Park for a four day backpacking adventure. Nick delivered a highly detailed and excellently written trip report of our expedition here, in case...

Hey look, another Maze trip report! :lol: It seems like an awful lot of people on the forum have been there recently, and it was great to finally see it in person. This trip was June 1-5, 2012. On a day in early January of this year, I was sitting at my desk in front of the computer and the...

To start where part 1 ended, a beautiful sunrise from our camp in Water Canyon. Water Canyon Sunrise by NateGeesaman, on Flickr We got moving early to take advantage of the cool morning. Morning through Water Canyon by NateGeesaman, on Flickr The early morning light was great as we made...

Apologies in advance for the absurd lengths these trip reports from this trip are bound to reach, but this was one of my longer trips, 8 days in all, and The Maze is one scenic mother so I had a hard time setting down my camera. I was super excited for this trip and feeling the good energy of...

I’d been wanting to get into the Maze for several years, since hiking out to the Confluence Overlook in the Needles about ten years ago with my then-teenage son Phil and reading about all the adventures out there of Ed Abbey and the Monkey Wrench heroes. Phil and I came close last September...

This is part 3 of 3 from our 4 day backpacking trip via jetboat through The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park. Check out the other parts here: Part 1: Spanish Bottom to Water Canyon Part 2: Shot Canyon to Pictograph Fork Once again, here is the map of our route for the entire trip...

This is Day 2 and the second trip report from our 4-day backpacking trip through The Maze over Memorial Weekend 2012. Check out the other trip reports from this trip: Part 1: Spanish Bottom to Water Canyon Part 2: Shot Canyon to Pictograph Fork (the report you're looking at) Part 3: The Maze...

This is the first of 3 trip reports I'll be posting from my trip into The Maze over Memorial Weekend. Check out the other trip reports from this trip: Part 2: Shot Canyon to Pictograph Fork Part 3: The Maze Overlook and Jasper Ridge This trip was a long, long time in the making. I actually...

The Maze and the Mesa | Day 4 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 On our forth day Under the Ledge, we awoke to an awesome sunrise. The colors in the sky were just amazing! I quickly hopped out of my tent and grabed my camera for a photo. When I got my shot composed, I realized that I had taken the...