Grand Gulch backpack opportunity Mar. 30th - April 2nd

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Where: Grand Gulch- Bullet Canyon- 3 day 2night Backpacking



When: Friday-Sunday- March 31st thru April 2nd, 2006





$25.00 deposit ($) is required for permit.







Meeting time and place: TBD (Departing Thursday March 30th returning Sunday April 2nd)



Leader: ­ Lyle Hartley



Email: lyle@cuisp.com



Phone: 480-325-5959



Distance: 22.8 miles over 2.5 days (plus 8.3 car shuttle)



Rated: Easy to Moderate backpack



Elevations: 1,080 ft. loss, 1,040 ft. gain

Kane Gulch Trailhead (start): 6,440 ft.

Bullet Canyon confluence: 5,360 ft.

Bullet Canyon Trailhead: 6,400 ft.





Grand Gulch is the premier area in Utah to see the ruins of the prehistoric Anasazi Indians. Their culture flourished in the canyon between 700 and 2000 years ago, and today dozens, if not HUNDREDS of cliff dwellings and other stone and mud structures remain to remind us of their occupancy. The most obvious ruins are from the so called Pueblo III culture of the thirteenth century, but more subtle remnants of the earlier Basketmaker culture that existed in the canyon from 200 to 700 A.D. are also present if one knows where to look.



Throughout the canyon, evidence of their lives still remains. After the Anasazi mysteriously disappeared, only a few Native Americans and some trappers walked the canyons.



This short backpack will expose you to dozens of terrific ruins, dwellings and rock art. Mile-for-mile there more ruins in Grand Gulch than almost anywhere else.