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Ropes Trail to Lees Ferry, AZ
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| Hiking | 17.82 Miles |
998 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.82 Miles | 7 Hrs 28 Mns | | 2.69 mph |
| 998 ft AEG | 51 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | V-day Trip--Part 5
We capped off the V-day weekend with something I've been wanting to do for years--hike down the Ropes Trail with a packraft and then packraft down to Lee's Ferry. My wife joined for the hike down, but instead of joining me in getting a packraft for Christmas, she foolishly chose the Cutco knives.  So, she was relegated to being the shuttle queen. It ended up working fine, since she hadn't hiked Cathedral Wash, and this gave her an opportunity to do that.
The hike in: The place where I parked last time a few years back is closed off, so we parked outside the gated area on the road up the powerlines. Turned out fine.
The hike over to the rim was fine but not too exciting. As we got closer to the edge, we noted that someone has spent a ton of time lining the route with rocks setting up what looked like a rock crawling course for SxSs.
At the drop in point, I noted that there was a little more exposure than I remembered from last time. Still not insane, but enough to get my wife's blood pumping a bit.
The three rope sections had good ropes.
Getting down to the camp area, upgraded restroom facilities have been installed (as is true at each of the campsites).
After blowing up the packraft, I got on the river and bid the wife farewell. I anticipated, at a leisurely pace, it would take me about 5 hours. Turned out to be spot on!
What a perfect day for a float. Weather was crisp to start out, but lovely. No wind, and the water was smooth, and as always, clear as glass.
Best of all, I saw not a soul until 6 mile camp, where I was passed by a small fishing boat with 2 people. The only other person I saw the entire 15 miles was a kayaker heading upstream about 1 mile from the end.
I cannot think of any more relaxing, meditative activity.
I stopped to check out the petroglyphs, as well as a day use area. Took some photos of the masses above Horseshoe Bend.
An amazing end to an amazing trip.
Just as I was rolling my packraft, my wife drove up after finishing her Cathedral Wash hike.
Perfect day! |
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