Canyonlands-Escalante Hiker
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Contact me for a full detailed trip outline.
Hike
in Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Grand Staircase-Escalante
Forming a bizarre and surreal landscape, the canyons of Utah's
Color Country make up one of the West's most fascinating geologic
wonderlands. Discover delicate arches, elaborate spires, intricate
slot canyons, ancient Indian petroglyphs, fiery slickrock palisades,
and fantastically eroded redrock monuments and buttes. For six days
we'll hike through this intriguing landscape, overnight in distinctive
western lodges and relish fine regional cuisine. This trip is among
the favorites of the owner.
Day 1 Arches. Arches National Park contains more than 1,500
sandstone arches – the world's largest concentration. Here we hike
through precariously balanced rocks and natural arches as we trek
along slickrock to Delicate Arch and onward to the other worldly formations
of the Fiery Furnace.
Day 2 Canyonlands. We depart Moab for Canyonlands National
Park where we hike into the wilds of the seldom-visited Needles District.
Soaring monuments and slot canyons lead us to the banded sandstone
pinnacles called the "needles."
Days 3-4 Capitol Reef. Today we shuttle along the San Rafael
Swell and through the Fremont River valley en route to Capitol Reef
National Park. After exploring the historic Mormon settlement of Fruita
during our lunch break, we'll hike to fabulous Cassidy Arch, named
for the famous bank robber who hid out in this area. Capitol Reef
preserves an eroded jumble of colorful cliffs, massive domes, soaring
spires, stark monoliths, and graceful arches. We'll hike through Spring
Canyon beneath towering walls of Navajo sandstone on a seldom-used
but wonderful trail of exploration.
Days 5-6 Grand Staircase-Escalante. The geologic marvels of
Grand Staircase-Escalante will put you in touch with pure wilderness
solitude. Before flying back to Moab on our final day, we travel into
Phipps Wash and to Lower Calf Creek Falls. These gorgeous, yet very
different canyons, feature sheer slickrock walls, desert wildflowers
and unusual geological formations.
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