Moab
Rock Formation in Canyonlands National Park
Over the Thanksgiving holidays we headed out to Moab, Utah, with the intent of mountain biking for a couple of days with a group of holiday “orphan” friends. The weather didn’t cooperate, it was overcast with snow and rain, and never got much above 35 degrees. And because the trails were a muddy mess, we ended up doing a couple of hikes instead.
The first was a 10 mile hike to the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers in Canyonlands National Park. There was a tiny bit of snow on the trail and we noted that it would be super easy to get off track if the trail got completely covered and you weren’t paying attention to where you were going. Below are Ken and Shelly at the beginning of our trip.
After a bit of up and down hiking, including a ladder that climbs 20 feet up a slickrock cliff, some easy rock scrambling and a bunch of desert sand, you arrive at a spectacular overlook above the confluence, shown below. Green River is on the left, the Colorado River on the right:
They don’t call it Canyonlands for nothin’!
A few of us also did another hike in Arches National Park. Got stuck a couple of times on mud covered slickrock and had to downclimb some steep cliffs. Unfortunately I do not have photos of those “kodak moments,” all my mental effort went into getting down those cliffs. All in all a fun trip!
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