Utah and Colorado, Spring 2016
Left Pagosa Springs 5/17/16, 21 nights in the Baja camper.
Toured southern Utah until it got hot.
Then I went Skiing in Colorado.
1 - The Colorado River, near Hite, Utah
2 - Crossing the Colorado River
3 - First campsite, at the junction of the Colorado and the Dirty Devil Rivers, NE of Hite, $3 a night
4 - Up against the canyon wall
5 - Dirty Devil River from near the campsite
6 - On my way back to the camper
7 - Holely rock
8 - Near the campsite
9 - Leaving the river valley
10 - Now above the Colorado River start of Lake Powell, campsite is around the corner, middle left road
11 - Lake Powell is way down; see the Hite boat ramp?
12 - Campsite #2, 3mi west of Hanksville, free
13 - Jeep'in to Crack Canyon
14 - Crack Canyon, 20 mi N, 8 mi W of Hanksville
15 - The crack
16 - More holely rock
17 - Climbed up the rocks above campsite #2 after Crack Canyon Jeep'in
18 - Hickman Bridge, in Capital Reef National Park
19 - On the way back from the 2 mile hike to Hickman Bridge
20 - Campsite #3, free
21 - Te site was just outside Capital Reef National Park, in the background
22 - Campsite #4, way above Capical Reef National Park, off Hwy 12 in Dixie National Forest, 8700', free
23 - Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument
24 - Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Escalante River Traill Head
25 - Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument
26 - Kodochrome State Park
27 - Kodachrome State Park, Hat Shop, the hats fell off in a recent earthquake
28 - Kodachrome State Park
29 - Kodachrome State Park
30 - Kodachrome State Park
31 - Kodachrome State Park, to Cool Cave
32 - Kodachrome State Park, Cool Cave
33 - Kodachrome State Park, biked trails for all these pics
34 - Campsite #6, in Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, 1 mile from Kodachrome State Park, need free permit
35 - Red Canyon
36 - Red Canyon NF Campground, $7.50 x 2 nights
37 - Red Canyon
38 - Red Canyon
39 - Bryce Canyon
40 - Bryce Canyon
41 - Bryce Canyon, started this hike, bailed when it started snowing!
42 - Cedar Breaks National Monument , Closed because snow on access road
43 - So I skied a bit near Brian Head
44 - Zion North, from Kolob Carqua Road
45 - Zion North
46 - Free creekside campsite near Zion, 2 mi NE of Virgin, off Kolob Rd.
47 - Hiking up the Zion Watchman Trail
48 - Me on the Zion Watchman Trail
49 - Zion Watchman Trail from the viewpoint
50 - Zion Canyon from the viewpoint
51 - Zion West Rim hike, could not get a backing permit, so I hiked 18 miles in a day
52 - Zion West Rim hike
53 - Zion West Rim hike
54 - Zion West Rim hike
55 - Zion West Rim hike
56 - Zion West Rim hike
57 - Zion, West Rim hike
58 - Zion, West Rim hike
59 - Zion, Me on the West Rim hike
60 - Zion, West Rim hike
61 - Zion, West Rim hike
62 - Zion, West Rim hike
63 - Zion, West Rim hike
64 - Zion, West Rim hike
65 - Zion, West Rim hike, I was up there
66 - Zion, West Rim hike
67 - Zion, West Rim hike
68 - Zion, West Rim hike, first peek at Angles Landing, the slice in the middle
69 - Zion, West Rim hike, looking back
70 - Zion, West Rim hike, Angels Landing
71 - Zion, After 15 miles, I still had enough energy to climb it
72 - Angels Landing, I have climbed it from the vally floor several times
73 - Angels Landing lookin back, I never touched a chain
74 - From Angels Landing
75 - Angels Landing and Zion Valley
76 - Zion, Angels Landing, from valley floor
77 - Snow Canyon State Park
78 - Snow Canyon State Park, slot canyon
79 - Cedar Breaks National Monument, now open
80 - Cedar Breaks National Monument
81 - Cedar Breaks, sill lots of snow, and more on the way. Heavy snow on my way down!
82 - Another free campsite, near Mammoth Cave
83 - Mammoth Cave, one of many entrances
84 - Going in
85 - It's dark in here, flash shows what I could not see
86 - The cave system is actually a maze of 2100 feet of lava tubes
87 - Woops, they closed the gate. How am I going to get out???
88 - Fish Lake National Forest, I was going to stay here but ended up near Moab
89 - I70 on the way to Moab
90 - Colorado River as you leave Moab towards Colorado
91 - My Prospector NF campsite near Dillon
92 - Prospector NF Campground lower right
93 - Loveland Pass, comming back from car shopping in Denver
94 - On my way to ski Arapahoe Basin
95 - Skied Arapahoe Basin for two days
96 - Arapahoe Basin aka A-Basin
97 - Pretty good conditions for June
98 - I also skied Aspen
99 - Free Buena Vista campsite, Turtle Back BLM CG
100 - Want to go climbing/scrambling?
101 - Arkansas River Road below Turtle Back
102 - Cottonwood Pass above Beuna Vista
103 - Cottonwood Pass
104 - Oh, and a last second update, backpacking the Pine River with SJOC folks
105 - Made it to the Pope's Nose; that's what it says on the chart
106 - Spring runoff, camped two nights right by the river, June 17 and 18
107 - Me, two water falls just above my head
108 - Better picture of the two falls
109 - Trip Log
110 - Trip Route
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