Sitting here in Salt Lake enjoying this massive weather system moving through most of the western US, and have heard from some buddies down in Escalante that huge amounts of snow dropped (heard 36 inches in town itself…) It’s got me thinking one thing - floating the river come spring.
I’m pretty flexible, but I’m trying to put together a packraft/technical canyon trip. Plan on putting in at the bridge, and floating to coyote gulch, and exiting back out the gulch, or crack in the wall. But can also consider Egypt bench to start, if time is an issue. I’ve got a handful of technical canyons along the route, and would love to do a day of floating, day of canyons, if anyone is interested. Possible canyons include Neon, Choprock, West Baker, and possibly some of the wingate slots farther south.
Dates are up in the air, and of course depends on the snowpack and melt, but late april, early may seems reasonable.
You can get me at danransom AT gmail dot com if you you have any interest.