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Titans said:
.... we have lots of stories to share when we meet next fall. :)
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So, we will do the usual thing? You head west in September, we go south in October whenever the weather turns cooler here, and without any prior arrangement, we meet at some random trailhead in the desert. Sounds like a done deal! :D
 
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Looking west at camp at the confluence of Escalante Creek and the Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park (February, 2020).

Dug this one up as I'm kicking around a 4-night trip back to a similar area next March, perhaps to check out the Little Colorado confluence.
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wick e. pedia said:
Looking west at camp at the confluence of Escalante Creek and the Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park (February, 2020).

Dug this one up as I'm kicking around a 4-night trip back to a similar area next March, perhaps to check out the Little Colorado confluence.
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That brings back some good memories. Camped there back in 2016 during a Grand Canyon hike.
 
b.stark said:
That brings back some good memories. Camped there back in 2016 during a Grand Canyon hike.
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We spent 7 days below the rim that trip, heading down from Lipan Point on the Tanner Trail, turning west along the Escalante route, and then up and out the Tonto Trail to Bright Angel the last week of February 2020 - pretty much the last thing I did in a pre-pandemic world. That camp was night #2 before the legs really started barking, and was absolutely my favorite of the trip (with night #5 at Lone Tree and the view looking northeast a close second).
 
wick e. pedia said:
We spent 7 days below the rim that trip, heading down from Lipan Point on the Tanner Trail, turning west along the Escalante route, and then up and out the Tonto Trail to Bright Angel the last week of February 2020 - pretty much the last thing I did in a pre-pandemic world. That camp was night #2 before the legs really started barking, and was absolutely my favorite of the trip (with night #5 at Lone Tree and the view looking northeast a close second).
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We did 6 days from Lipan Point to Grandview Point. Every campsite was excellent along the way. I'd love to make it back down there someday and perhaps explore a more remote or even off trail part of the canyon.
 
Campsite pics are some of my faves.

@OldBill you might want a heavier duty shelter if you want to hang out above.
NOT like this one up at Baker Lk!

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Same site 28 hrs later after constant high winds and a few more sessions of sleet. One of the companions was having health challenges and wind was too much to go forward, probably would have been too much for me as well. Didn’t have much interior space in that Wild Oasis. Got a real mid after.
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Dreamer said:
@OldBill you might want a heavier duty shelter if you want to hang out above.
NOT like this one up at Baker Lk!
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Ha! I thought that's what I was doing when I got the Tarptent Dipole DW. I'm a bit claustrophobic and didn't want to deal with the sag/condensation of the Six Moons Design Skyscape Trekker single wall end panel any longer. The Trekker is a great tent though. Absolutely solid through some big winds in the Winds (double trekking pole + offset). The Dipole DW, while narrower in the middle, is luxury at the ends. No more wet sleeping bags. But a real PITA to stake properly in places with a heap of rock (like Bear Basin or even lower). Geometry has to be perfect for a taught pitch and there isn't much leeway for stake placement. One buried rock on the last stakeout has been more than annoying a few times.
 
On the divide near Downs Mtn at 13,000. Unable to safely move forward after getting overtaken by a long thunderstorm after a late lunch. Too windy for the shelter. Found this little flattish spot amongst the boulders. Started to rain again at dawn and I just burritoed up in the tarp for a while.
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Sunset at Tunemah Lake looking south, July 2025. A very hard lake to get to, and part of a 14 day route without resupply.

We climbed Tunemah Peak's north ridge from here, a class 2-3 traverse that includes the peak directly above the tent, and the next sunlit one to the left before finally getting to the summit. This SPS peak is considered the most remote in the Sierra as the crow flies. The register placed in 1972 had one or two ascents annually on average!

We had three tents and the camping at this rugged shore was scarce! My gravelly spot up a bit from the lake had less condensation than the others but was a bit pokey under my tired bones. Also seen here is a custom 17" long Bearikade that easily fitted the 42000 calories I needed for two weeks:

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