regehr
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So I got a little bit obsessed with finding float trips that don't require a car/bike shuttle. Over the last three days some buds and I hiked down Keg Spring Canyon starting at the Andy Moore trail, floated the Green around Bowknot Bend, then exited Twomile Canyon and cross-country back to the vehicle. This worked. The Green is running fast and full and we did ~18 river miles in about 5 hours of paddling time. Almost zero bugs at camp, for whatever reason. Saw some geese + goslings on the river. Had an hour of rain at breakfast time yesterday and then 2+ hours of paddling in the rain, but otherwise the unsettled weather was not a problem. I was worried about getting nailed by a thunderstorm while floating but this failed to happen. Also worried about the clay roads out there getting slicked up but that didn't happen either. We saw three other groups on the Green and briefly chatted with two of them.
Keg Spring Canyon sucked, with multiple long sections of difficult bushwacking. Not so fun with big packs. The Twomile Canyon exit was super cool, that's a great trail and it receives a lot more foot traffic than I'd have guessed, the trail is kinda national park level. The cross-country part back to near the Andy Moore Trail would have been tough to nail without GPS, those many upper forks of Keg Springs are really confusing.
Keg Spring Canyon sucked, with multiple long sections of difficult bushwacking. Not so fun with big packs. The Twomile Canyon exit was super cool, that's a great trail and it receives a lot more foot traffic than I'd have guessed, the trail is kinda national park level. The cross-country part back to near the Andy Moore Trail would have been tough to nail without GPS, those many upper forks of Keg Springs are really confusing.