Colorado Plateau ideas: A future Trip report.
Truck is idling, TC is ready to roll. Still are making plans for the 7 weeks we are away( April 20- June 10) These are some of the places we would like to visit , maybe not in this order. We are pr...
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Dave,
Looks like you have some of the best spots on your list.
Some general thoughts and a possible meet up.
- It seems to me that you are taking a mighty big bite for only 7 weeks. There is just so much down there that it's hard to really do it justice by running from one area to the next. My suggestion is to break it up into smaller chunks and come back next year.
- Be prepared to be overloaded by ruins in the Cedar Mesa / Comb Ridge area. We spent two weeks there last spring, and it will take a few years before I am ready for more ruins. A handy online resource for this area is climbutah.com (too lazy to make a link). Comb Wash CG (not really a Camp Ground, more of a Boondocking area is pretty nice as a base camp. But, if you go to the North side of the road and up the wash about 1 mile, there are some really great, isolated spots that are even better.
- Moab is popular....I mean REALLY popular. If you are like us in not carrying to be around masses of people, I suggest you just drive through. You will see the same stuff (better IMO), only without all the people, in other places. Of course, there are great restaurants there if that is important.
- Use elevation as your environmental control. No telling with the next two months will do for weather down there, but it is likely to start getting pretty warm in about 8 weeks. As it does, move to higher ground.
- We will be in the N. Escalante canyons (not going any further south than Neon canyon) day hiking and backpacking, for about three weeks. Mainly we will be working the area off the Burr trail, Old Sheffield Road, and Hells Backbone Road. So perhaps it will work out that we can meet up for not only comradeship (i.e.; beer) but also shuttling.
Steve
Looks like you have some of the best spots on your list.
Some general thoughts and a possible meet up.
- It seems to me that you are taking a mighty big bite for only 7 weeks. There is just so much down there that it's hard to really do it justice by running from one area to the next. My suggestion is to break it up into smaller chunks and come back next year.
- Be prepared to be overloaded by ruins in the Cedar Mesa / Comb Ridge area. We spent two weeks there last spring, and it will take a few years before I am ready for more ruins. A handy online resource for this area is climbutah.com (too lazy to make a link). Comb Wash CG (not really a Camp Ground, more of a Boondocking area is pretty nice as a base camp. But, if you go to the North side of the road and up the wash about 1 mile, there are some really great, isolated spots that are even better.
- Moab is popular....I mean REALLY popular. If you are like us in not carrying to be around masses of people, I suggest you just drive through. You will see the same stuff (better IMO), only without all the people, in other places. Of course, there are great restaurants there if that is important.
- Use elevation as your environmental control. No telling with the next two months will do for weather down there, but it is likely to start getting pretty warm in about 8 weeks. As it does, move to higher ground.
- We will be in the N. Escalante canyons (not going any further south than Neon canyon) day hiking and backpacking, for about three weeks. Mainly we will be working the area off the Burr trail, Old Sheffield Road, and Hells Backbone Road. So perhaps it will work out that we can meet up for not only comradeship (i.e.; beer) but also shuttling.
Steve
