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| Hiking | 7.20 Miles |
1,100 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.20 Miles | 2 Hrs 35 Mns | | 2.98 mph |
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| no partners | | Frigid morning in Moab, decided to start with Grandstaff Canyon; ice hadn't even started to melt by the time I got to the empty TH. Everything was frozen and there were a couple of ice patches to work around on the trail, but it was pretty. The first rays of sunlight that reached the ground hit a frosty tree, which made it look like it had glitter in it. Never seen anything like that before.
Morning Glory arch was pretty cool. Someone on a google review complained about how disappointingly small it was - it went half way up the canyon and is like 200 feet across, what in the world were they expecting?! But I digress.
Saw the first other human about a quarter mile after heading back down.
Decided to follow a trail up a side fork on the way back, which led into a pretty cool box canyon before petering out at a huge alcove. Was worth the detour, maybe.
Started seeing more hikers in the lower half.
After getting back to the parking lot, I headed to Island in the Sky via Potash Road, which was a lot of fun, especially after Thelma and Louise point. Some day I need to drive the White Rim road (partially closed last time I checked).
Did a little hike to the Upheaval Dome overlooks while I was there. Originally wanted to do the syncline loop, but it was much longer than I expected... Saw 3.7 on the map, but turns out that was only the northern leg. |
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