Spring break from March 10-17. I’m looking at tooling around in the Colorado Plateau for 4-8 days with my new Llama. I want to cover 10-20 miles per day, more if moving down a faster stream. Scrambles up to class 4 and water up to class 3 are about my maximum pace this time.
Here’s two possibilities I’m focusing on for now…
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Hike into the Dirty Devil River at Angel Cove/Beaver Canyon, then float 35 miles down the DDR to Poison Spring Canyon. From here hitch, shuttle or hike back to the starting point. The DDR promises great wide-canyon vistas plus a mandatory visit to the Happy Canyon narrows. Maybe 4 days, depending on how the loop is closed?
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Maidenwater Canyon to Trachyte to Lake Powell, paddle some number of miles south on flatwater. Ascending Ticaboo Canyon all the way to the summit of Mount Holmes from the southeast and descending the mt. to the north, returning to Maidenwater TH. Probably 4 days the way I’ve drawn it, but the loop could shorted by descending/ascending different canyons.
Since I’m driving from Laramie, WY the Escalante and San Juan watersheds are a bit too far. Shame, I know.
Suggestions? takers?
Josh Irwin