Guides and Trips
Trips
A pretty sweet hike. Lots of people and dogs.Pics:
https://picasaweb.google.com/mplsbeatnik/TahoeNationalForest63020122 minute vid of the
Sierra Buttes Trail:
http://youtu.be/EsWhmieYQ9w
Pics with captions:https://picasaweb.google.com/mplsbeatnik/DeerCreek2012
Monday April 30
Drive 183 miles to Fredonia, AZ, and stop at Forest
Service office to check on forest roads, I am told I may not make
it to the trailhead due to a 30 inch downed tree. (I made it at 4:15 with no issues.)
4.1 miles – 4:30pm to 7:40pm
7205 elevation to 5420 in 2 miles
Tuesday
5.6 miles
5338 elevation to 3586 1st 3 miles, ending the
day at 2430
Wednesday
5.8 miles, super-sketchy creek crossing, ending...
Clear Creek, Sumner Wash, Utah Flats, Grand Canyon, AZ 2011
Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
Backpacking | 47 miles
Backpacking | 47 miles
“This ain’t our first rodeo…it’s our 3rd.”
This year, as usual, Dave
and I had big plans. We did not get the
pass we applied for, which would have brought us to a new place in the canyon,
instead we received our third choice, which was a redo of our 2008 trip to the
Clear Creek area. That trip did not go
well due to a number of factors, including a low-pressure system that settled
over CC and blasted...
Tanner Trail-Escalante Route-Horseshoe Mesa-Grandview Trail, Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
Backpacking | 35 miles
Backpacking | 35 miles
A Grand Canyon “Route” being “…a known way to get from point
A to point B that is a seldom patrolled, never maintained, sometimes difficult
to follow, and sometimes dangerous.
Paths are often covered with rockslides and overgrowth. Route-finding abilities are essential, and
water sources are limited, difficult to find, or nonexistent.”
We identified an entry-level route that looked attractive to
us, and built an itinerary around it. The
Escalante Route,
which has become pretty close to a trail...
