[This is the recap of a 3-day backpacking trip out of Escalante in Utah in October 2020. For regular blog readers, this is the last 4 days' posts combined into one.] Day 1 - the drive adventure It was about a 9.5 hour drive from Winter Park, Colorado to Escalante, Utah where we would begin [...]
Our final morning of our trip was a cold one, but we thawed with coffee and layers and hit the trail about 9am. We had both over-packed warm clothing in anticipation of cold nights. However, while nights did cool, it stayed warm long enough in the evening and then warmed up quickly in the morning [...]
We awoke our first night in the canyon to stars. It didn't get light in the desert until about 7am, later than a reasonable waking time given our early night. Once light, we slowly packed up and had coffee and breakfast, hitting the trail about 9:15am. We anticipated traveling about 6 miles on day two, [...]
We woke early, packed our backpacks, failed to find breakfast, and set out on the last 90 minutes of driving before we started to hike. We planned to hike about 6 miles, so we figured we could start at noon and still be okay. As we approached Escalante, the road traverses a knife edge section [...]
It was about a 9.5 hour drive from Winter Park, Colorado to Escalante, Utah where we would begin our 3-day backpacking trip. We were not concerned about making it all the way because we thought the first day hiking would be easy, so we remained flexible on timing. We also didn't plan on where to [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, part 8 here, and part 9 here]. We slept well but all woke early, ready for what lay ahead. Our stuff had mostly dried in the cabin overnight, making for a bit of [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here, and part 8 here]. It rained all night and continued throughout the final day. We decided to spend one more day in the area around camp, and then to spend the following [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here, and part 7 here]. It was time to go watch some bears. While not as early as planned, we got an early start and set out shortly before low tide. Pack Creek is a [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, and part 6 here]. The next day we enjoyed a relaxing morning, discussed our daily plans (this became a theme of our trip - we often discussed plans without making concrete decisions about what we would [...]
[If you want the beginning of the story, read part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, and part 5 here]. I slept reasonably well on our second night of the trip despite the odd angle and lumpy ground. While my friends were up hearing sounds in the night, I only heard them talking about [...]
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