Community Trips
We hiked down to the AZ Hot Springs by way of the traditional path and soaked, then instead of making this an out-and-back decided to loop back through the parallel canyon. Misleading cairns and poor trail upkeep led us off trail through some rough scrambles to a dead-end 30-foot sheer wall. The sun was about 5 minutes from setting at this point, so we began to track back. I scrambled up a...
Kayak camping trip on the Colorado River just below Hoover Dam with the Bay Area Sea Kayakers (BASK) club. Three day trip: first day was upstream from the Willow launch site to the Arizona Hot Springs campsite; second day was spent paddling up to Hoover Dam and exploring some of the other hotsprings in the area; and the third day took us back downstream to Willow.Pictures were not geo-referenced, so locations are...
Started out a bit late in the day (8am) so it was warm by the time I was returning from the river bed to my car. Trying the Trails iPhone app - so this is the return leg of the trip. A fairy easy hike going to the river because it is mostly a gradual down hill trip. Coming back was all uphill, and very loose gravel.
Hiking along the long-abandoned railroad that ran to the Hoover Dam from just outside of Boulder City. Several tunnels provide relief from the hot desert sun, and we are rewarded with a nice trip across the Hoover Dam at the turnaround point.
Kayaking from the Hoover Dam down to Willow Beach on the Colorado river. There was about a 20mph headwind due to a storm that had just rolled through, so the river was pretty deserted. Lots of hot springs, beaches, and open water. Trip was recorded on Forerunner 310XT and an Oregon 550T with 24k West Topo was used for waypoints and as a trip computer. Picture locations are approximate, as I'd reset...
