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| Hiking | 8.31 Miles |
848 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.31 Miles | 4 Hrs 22 Mns | | 2.17 mph |
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| no partners | | had recommendations for this one from @azwanderingbear and @azbeaver, and had read @steph_and_blake's description
today ended up being the best remaining weather for the trip even though we had cool temps and a brisk wind
trailhead is off spencer flat road, east of escalante, and might not have been passable the next two days
got going around 10:45 or so
followed steph's track pretty closely on the way
about 3/4 mile on a sand path, then along the base of some slickrock buttes, inititally east then southeast
after the path, completely off trail on slickrock 
my first impression of this hike was that the cosmic ashtray aka the volcano aka islomania dome was simply a cool destination
the journey was awesome, too, with great views of the snow covered henry mountains and surrounding terrain
wrapped around the buttes more to the south, then a short ascent to the lip of the ashtray
very striking first appearance
dropped down into the shallow part of the slickrock bowl and took a break while sheltered from the wind
an amazing geological sight
there are waypoints floating around on the internet, but it was nice to have a gps track
didn't really need the track on the return except for finding the sandy jeep trail
interesting rock formations, thousands of moqui marbles, stellar views and slickrock
a great hike - highly recommended - my favorite of the trip
stayed at escalante cabins tuesday and wednesday nights
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