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| Hiking | 14.70 Miles |
3,357 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.70 Miles | 6 Hrs 23 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
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| partners | | our first hike today was mosaic canyon, which was right across the road from the campground
just a couple of cars in the parking lot and we had the entire canyon to ourselves for quite awhile
there is a beautiful section of narrows in the first quarter mile with polished marble walls
the canyon continues and about halfway there is a bypass around a dryfall
a little bit of scrambling, then another dryfall at the official end of the hike
john found a bypass for that, but we had another hike to do so we didn't try it
we did explore a side canyon that had some climbing
headed back and started seeing more people
this is a popular hike for good reason
my favorite of the trip
we had originally wanted to hike wildrose peak today, but much of the trail was snow covered and the weather forecast wasn't good
plan b: we drove up the open segment of titus canyon road and set out on fall canyon trail
entered the canyon after about a mile, which featured high limestone and dolomite walls
interesting geology
eventually came to a dryfall
we did find the bypass that allowed further exploration, and john climbed up a ways to check it out
supposedly a nice section of narrows beyond the dryfall
retraced our steps and then went up the mile and a half section of titus canyon narrows
nice to do it without traffic as this part of the road is closed
darker rock and high canyon walls, narrower than fall canyon
had cheeseburgers at the stovepipe wells restaurant, then back to camp
as the boys mentioned, just after dark a wind/sandstorm blew in and continued for hours
forecast was sustained 40 to 50 with 75 mph gusts, and i can believe it was that intense
bruce tried to hold out in his tent, but he joined us in john's car when the tent collapsed
my tent held up but was full of sand and john was fortunate that his tent didn't blow away
crazy night - a first for all of us |
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