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| no partners | | Distance: Moderate, +20 miles over two days
Elevation: Moderate
Wilderness: Moderate (some hiking in sand)
While Rainbow Bridge is a site to see, the hike to it is just as good if not better. The icing on the cake was the return boat ride 50 miles through the spectacular Lake Powell. The journey included challenging backpacking with 20+ miles of trail hiking spread over 2 days. The scenery varied from grand vistas to narrow canyons. We saw cliff dwellings, Navajo hogans, and cross multiple creeks and canyons. On Sunday, we got to Rainbow Bridge, the world’s largest natural arch before boarding a boat for a 2 hour return trip.
The trip was absolutely awesome, great weather, fantastic views and great group of peeps. We had a lot of fun.
Don’t let the mileage mislead you. This is a tough backpacking trip with lots of ups and downs, long treks through deep sand, stepping from boulder to boulder to descend steep hills.
I think there is always something that goes wrong on every trip. Once we got to the Rainbow Bridge (we were there before 10am!) we hang around, took pics and chilled. I was so happy that everything went well, nobody got injured and we all had great time. Our boats were scheduled to arrive at 1pm with coolers full of beer so our plan was just to relax. Then we saw ranger running uphill to us from Lake Powell. I thought she is coming to check our permits so I was ready for her. Then she said there is the tour boat just about to leave and they claim somebody from the boating company called them that morning asking them to pick us up. We were confused and didnt know what to do but I had to make judgment call. Better one boat then no boat. If we miss this ride and our boats are not coming then we would be forced to spend the night at the bridge. After we boated the tour boat we find out that the speed boats are coming for us (they forgot the coolers though!) and somebody made a mistake at the office. We got back to the marina, got back our coolers, drank our cool beer at the parking lot and reflected on our trip. Seems like we all got free boat ride out of this mistake!!! 
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