Last July I tore my right hamstring (2nd degree tear), hyperextended my knee, slight tears of the calf muscles, glut and lumbar from a slide while descending El Diente, when my crampon caught a rock under the unconsolidated snow. I had a three mile -2,000 foot hike back to camp and then another 5 mi...

In response to mplsbeatnik's reply: We just got back from the canyon...New Hance to Grandview loop. We were warned by the NPS of ravens at Hance Creek campsites and had heard of mice problems at Hance Rapids. I tried to buy fishing line at Babbitt's Gen. Store but they don't carry any; I had read t...

I too have been put off by some of the rangers lack of data....how tough would it be to have a nice active database of specifics (such as water sources) that could get updated. I had to deal with a clueless ranger in Needles district of Canyonlands last fall, but I have generally had great experienc...

The GCBO issued me a permit for March (we got our third choice of routes, but first of dates) on the New Hance/Grandview Loop. Our 2nd choice would have been Hermit/Boucher Loop. They didn't inquire about our experience at all. Maybe it's the time of year, or other factors (such that or mailing addr...

Hello all. I'll be at GC the third week of March, with two days for dayhiking before a five day backpack. I was thinking of climbing Escalante &/or Cardenas Buttes from the Tanner Trail and then maybe the Battleship the following day. Has anyone here climbed the estern summits? The Battleship re...