BLM access about to be lost
There is a fantastic BLM dispersed camping site in Colorado on the Arkansas River that is in danger of being converted from free BLM camping to an expensive, reservation only campground run by the sta...
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Searching_Ut wrote:
No one knew where any of the slot canyons down there were back then, now there are traffic jams in them, and you're hard pressed to find anywhere where you can go the day without running into multiple people. I'm not sure what the answer is on how to manage things given the large number of folks visiting the area.
We've been to Escalante and many of the slot canyons twice in the last few years. You are right there are more people but they are still magical places.
We probably saw only about 6-8 people each day we were hiking and most of them on the trail in or out rather than in the canyons.
Still well worth the the time spent there.
Rob
