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Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
Awesome report and great photos! Thanks for sharing.
600 miles in S. Utah
- Thread starter GunnIt
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Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
I remember those roads North of Lake Powell when I was up there in March after a lot of rain. Lots of deep gue. :Wow1:
Great photos, thanks for sharing your trip.
Great photos, thanks for sharing your trip.
GunnIt
Adventurer
I used a number of resources including searches here on the Expo Portal. The Delorme maps are good for a broad overview and a quick reference. The Nat Geo maps of the GSCE NM are good, as is the info that came from the NM visitor centers, both written and verbal; trust and don't second guess the advice of the locals...pick up the phone and call them or better yet stop by and visit on the way. I use 2 GPS's with hard copy map back-ups and a Spot Messenger to review track progress and as a lifeline for help. My Spot Adventure track of the trip is here:http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view/?trip_id=211849
Terrainist
Explorer
Very beautiful, thanks for the report. Another trip to be taken......
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Excellent trip report, mind if I link it to ExpeditionUtah.com?
Fwiw the Hole In the Rock Road was getting graded while I was there earlier last year but was already pretty rough when we came back through earlier this year. It gets a pretty steady amount of traffic year round and the shoulder seasons (wet springs and damp falls) wreak havoc in that area.
So did you end up on Left Hand Collet at all? What shape is it in? Its gone through some pretty major changes due to flooding the last five years to the point the rangers have considered it 'impassible'.
Fwiw the Hole In the Rock Road was getting graded while I was there earlier last year but was already pretty rough when we came back through earlier this year. It gets a pretty steady amount of traffic year round and the shoulder seasons (wet springs and damp falls) wreak havoc in that area.
So did you end up on Left Hand Collet at all? What shape is it in? Its gone through some pretty major changes due to flooding the last five years to the point the rangers have considered it 'impassible'.
My buddy Dave and I ran into you and Mario on Hole-in-the-Rock Rd. as we were heading back to Escalante. Your rigs looked really well thought out and very capable. Great pictures, and it is neat to see that we visited some of the same places. Here is a picture of our vehicles on the trip.
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GunnIt
Adventurer
Kurt,
Please feel free to link to my post. We did not go up Left Hand Collet except for the couple miles looking for the dino tracks. The rangers DO tell everyone that it is impassible to regular size vehicles, however, they say that quads can make it. Sounds like this would be a good project to get behind to try and get this section of road back to passable.
GunnIt
Adventurer
Yes, I remember passing by you guys. You actually pulled over a and let us slide past. Cheers!
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
It is in fact passable, thous as of last it took a decent amount of effort for the group I know of but it was passable. I was just more interested in how much effort it took you guys with a trailer.
The worst I have personally seen it was in the fall of 2006, it had washed considerably in some October storms that wasted a lot of southern Utah. This about ripped my cab off
Thanks again for the great report!
GunnIt
Adventurer
Hot is relative...it was 116 here today, 20 degrees above normal:Wow1:
The top of the Kaiparowits was perfect sleeping weather but shade was welcome during the day. Escalante was mild. Hole in the Rock was hot. Antimony was near perfect temps.
Now that the Monsoons are developing over the area things should cool down over the entire region.