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,
You may be able to pick up the AAA map in one of the many visitor centers you will be passing. Otherwise, I see Amazon has it.
I suspect you will form a love/hate relationship with the Kelsey book as well. The information is there, it just takes time to pull it out. And, as you may already know, some of the routes are a bit more technical than the title suggests, so it can be handy to have a 10 to 15 meter rope along for some of his "hikes". Of course, if you want technical routes, then he also offers a book for those as well. Oh-yea, what Kelsey hikes in 6 hours will take most folks 7 to 9 hours. So you may want to calibrate your hiking times to his before you take off on a longer hike...or bring a headlight (-:
If you are going to hang out in the Paria area, then I recommend "Hiking and Exploring the Paria River", also by Kelsey.
Other than the ClimbUtah.com link I sent you earlier, a good printed guidebook for Cedar Mesa/Comb Ridge is "A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa" by Peter Francis Tassoni.
I can't recall if I already mentioned this or not, but the series of books "Photographing the Southwest" by Laurent Martres, are a great resource for finding super spots to visit in the SW. Most of his hikes are shorter (and saner) than Kelsey's and the pictures give an idea of what you are getting into. Volume 1 - Southern Utah, Volume 2 - Arizona, Volume 3 - Colorado & New Mexico.
Steve
You may be able to pick up the AAA map in one of the many visitor centers you will be passing. Otherwise, I see Amazon has it.
I suspect you will form a love/hate relationship with the Kelsey book as well. The information is there, it just takes time to pull it out. And, as you may already know, some of the routes are a bit more technical than the title suggests, so it can be handy to have a 10 to 15 meter rope along for some of his "hikes". Of course, if you want technical routes, then he also offers a book for those as well. Oh-yea, what Kelsey hikes in 6 hours will take most folks 7 to 9 hours. So you may want to calibrate your hiking times to his before you take off on a longer hike...or bring a headlight (-:
If you are going to hang out in the Paria area, then I recommend "Hiking and Exploring the Paria River", also by Kelsey.
Other than the ClimbUtah.com link I sent you earlier, a good printed guidebook for Cedar Mesa/Comb Ridge is "A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa" by Peter Francis Tassoni.
I can't recall if I already mentioned this or not, but the series of books "Photographing the Southwest" by Laurent Martres, are a great resource for finding super spots to visit in the SW. Most of his hikes are shorter (and saner) than Kelsey's and the pictures give an idea of what you are getting into. Volume 1 - Southern Utah, Volume 2 - Arizona, Volume 3 - Colorado & New Mexico.
Steve
