cruiseroutfit
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sinuhexavier said:
That is surely debatable... I'll save that rant for another place & time :shakin:
Grand Staircase-Escalant National Monument
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That is surely debatable... I'll save that rant for another place & time :shakin:
FourByLand
Expedition Leader
Awesome photos and trip report, thanks for sharing!:jumping:
Tim and Kurt, thanks for sharing your writeups! This was an orientation trip for another trip I am taking some friends on in October, thanks for the ideas.
Tim, too bad we didn't meet. We went down and up Left Hand Collet Sunday afternoon/Monday morning. When did you go through?
Kurt, I have heard of doing the Paria River before and thought someone was mixing it up with another river. This is waaaay cool:
Is that in Sheep Springs Cyn or Paria? I am not crazy about spending that much time in the water. According to the gauging station you had 20cfs that day, it sure looks like more on some of the photos. Today it shows ~6cfs, go figure.
Also, where would I find this?
That looks like something worth seeing on the next trip. We must have passed nearby but didn't notice the smoke.
This was also an interesting spot for our trip:
I was only planning on driving down that road 1/2 hour to check the condition, the turn around and head to Alstrom Point. We came around the corner to find a black dually truck sitting there, unoccupied, with both doors hanging wide open. It kind of took us by surprise as we hadn't seen any other humans for the past day or so and weren't expecting to see any at this point. We kept on going for the 1/2 hour, turned around and started coming back. Now there is a second truck there, a big white stakebed parked across the road. We have both been reading a lot of Tony Hillerman lately so that didn't help our building paranoia. There was just enough room to squeeze by the stakebed, then we see some dogs running around, a couple of saddles on the fence and two horses in the corral. A young kid in a cowboy hat was just visible inside one of the now open shipping containers. Apparently it was roundup time, they had cattle down that canyon and backed in the stakebed to unload the horses. Seems like a mighty hard way to make a buck, but the office sure has a nice view!
Tim, too bad we didn't meet. We went down and up Left Hand Collet Sunday afternoon/Monday morning. When did you go through?
Kurt, I have heard of doing the Paria River before and thought someone was mixing it up with another river. This is waaaay cool:
Is that in Sheep Springs Cyn or Paria? I am not crazy about spending that much time in the water. According to the gauging station you had 20cfs that day, it sure looks like more on some of the photos. Today it shows ~6cfs, go figure.
Also, where would I find this?
That looks like something worth seeing on the next trip. We must have passed nearby but didn't notice the smoke.
This was also an interesting spot for our trip:
I was only planning on driving down that road 1/2 hour to check the condition, the turn around and head to Alstrom Point. We came around the corner to find a black dually truck sitting there, unoccupied, with both doors hanging wide open. It kind of took us by surprise as we hadn't seen any other humans for the past day or so and weren't expecting to see any at this point. We kept on going for the 1/2 hour, turned around and started coming back. Now there is a second truck there, a big white stakebed parked across the road. We have both been reading a lot of Tony Hillerman lately so that didn't help our building paranoia. There was just enough room to squeeze by the stakebed, then we see some dogs running around, a couple of saddles on the fence and two horses in the corral. A young kid in a cowboy hat was just visible inside one of the now open shipping containers. Apparently it was roundup time, they had cattle down that canyon and backed in the stakebed to unload the horses. Seems like a mighty hard way to make a buck, but the office sure has a nice view!
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Alex said:
I can't remember if that was still Sheep Springs or if we had already intersected the Paria. The lack of water makes me think it was Sheep Springs.
Alex said:
Those are the Burning Hills, just off of the Croton Road (kind've runs parallel to the Smoky Mountain Road). I could send you some GPS coords if you would like.
IntrepidXJ
Explorer
excellent pictures and report as usual....alex 
cruiseroutfit
Well-known member
Alex said:
The "smoky" mountain as seen in the picture is:
N 37*17'22''
W 111*21'35''
SOAZ
Tim and Kelsey get lost..
Alex said:
Lets see, I was headed through there on saturday night and stayed for the evening. We left and finished it to hole in the rock on sunday morning. Good times!
I'll post on here before i do any more trips to see if anyone is going to be int he same area to meet up! :jumping:
Tim, I'll bet you and I are the only people who have camped in that canyon this year, one right after the other no less!
Kurt, have you been to Alstrom Point before? Does Grand Bench have anything to offer that Alstrom Point doesn't as far as views and decent campsites taking advantage of said views? I'm trying to decide weather to include it in the next trip or not and I haven't been to Grand Bench to judge for myself.
Dang, it looks like we drove right by that place. I'll definately stop and look around next time.cruiseroutfit said:
Kurt, have you been to Alstrom Point before? Does Grand Bench have anything to offer that Alstrom Point doesn't as far as views and decent campsites taking advantage of said views? I'm trying to decide weather to include it in the next trip or not and I haven't been to Grand Bench to judge for myself.
Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
Great write-up and pics! Can't wait to go there myself....
SOAZ
Tim and Kelsey get lost..
Crazy! We should have an official, unofficial HAM radio channel that we turn it to when we head out to wheel. Once more people have these radios we may actually run into each other sometimes!
Wasn't that canyon a great camping spot!? Did you pass the little indian ruins back before you entered the canyon?
Wasn't that canyon a great camping spot!? Did you pass the little indian ruins back before you entered the canyon?
Alex said:
