- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
Myself, Randy and Jared have been doing a spring backpacking trip every year now, for, a lot of years. Last year, our trip got squacked by the virus. So it had been awhile.
For this year, we decided to do the Kane to Bullet section of Grand Gulch. Randy and I have both done it before, but it's the only section of the Gulch that Jared had not hiked yet, so we decided to hit the Gulch again. Even though, the last time we did a section of it, we had decided not to go there again, because #bearsears has made it so crowded with idiots. Note - we had a great trip, but, we are serious about not backbacking there again. Just too many people now. Randy and I on our previous separate trips through this section saw NOBODY. This time, we saw DOZENS of people. The whole mesa was basically a seething mass of humanity. Monument status has ****ed that place all up...
But, anyway... I picked up Jared Wed. morning and we headed down to Cedar Mesa. We made a few stops and hikes along the way to check out some cool stuff.
This one is called the Red Bear panel. Looks more like a dog to me?
We hit a couple of ruins too, before making camp.
Randy rolled in well after dark and we (I anyway) hit the sack. Next morning we were up early to drop off Randy's Jeep at the Bullet canyon trailhead where we would exit a four days later, then drive my truck to the Kane Gulch trailhead where we would start our hike.
Weather was great for the whole trip. Water was fairly scarce though, drought is in full effect. We didn't really have trouble finding enough water, but some of the water we had to filter was pretty scuzzy. This was the best water we were able to find on the first day.
The whole hike was basically looking for ruins and rock art. And we saw plenty. Since both me and Randy had done this section already, and parts of it multiple times, we already knew where all the best stuff was. We did do some exploring and searching to find stuff that was new to us, too.
- DAA
For this year, we decided to do the Kane to Bullet section of Grand Gulch. Randy and I have both done it before, but it's the only section of the Gulch that Jared had not hiked yet, so we decided to hit the Gulch again. Even though, the last time we did a section of it, we had decided not to go there again, because #bearsears has made it so crowded with idiots. Note - we had a great trip, but, we are serious about not backbacking there again. Just too many people now. Randy and I on our previous separate trips through this section saw NOBODY. This time, we saw DOZENS of people. The whole mesa was basically a seething mass of humanity. Monument status has ****ed that place all up...
But, anyway... I picked up Jared Wed. morning and we headed down to Cedar Mesa. We made a few stops and hikes along the way to check out some cool stuff.
This one is called the Red Bear panel. Looks more like a dog to me?
We hit a couple of ruins too, before making camp.
Randy rolled in well after dark and we (I anyway) hit the sack. Next morning we were up early to drop off Randy's Jeep at the Bullet canyon trailhead where we would exit a four days later, then drive my truck to the Kane Gulch trailhead where we would start our hike.
Weather was great for the whole trip. Water was fairly scarce though, drought is in full effect. We didn't really have trouble finding enough water, but some of the water we had to filter was pretty scuzzy. This was the best water we were able to find on the first day.
The whole hike was basically looking for ruins and rock art. And we saw plenty. Since both me and Randy had done this section already, and parts of it multiple times, we already knew where all the best stuff was. We did do some exploring and searching to find stuff that was new to us, too.
- DAA
