Marilyn, Bob, and I hiked, the Wagner, Granite, Bluff Wash and Bluff Trails on Friday. I was surprised to see flowers (again) during the hike.
Category: Hiking (page 43 of 68)
Hike descriptions and/or photos.
On the last day of our vacation in Utah, we hiked out to Jeep Arch.
The hike starts by walking through a large culvert which passes beneath some railroad tracks.
Our guidebook seemed to indicate that we should hike up the creek. So that’s what we started with.
There was a lot of water and some bugs too…
…so we turned around and hiked up the hill near the culvert where we came in.
This put us on a shelf of slickrock well above the creek / canyon. Marilyn and Marie can be seen making their way up the slickrock in the photo below.
Marilyn and Marie turned back at about the time we could see this spire.
(If you look closely, you can see them hiking back in the photo below.)
Two more views of the spire:
A short while later, I got my first view of Jeep Arch.
Getting closer…
…and closer.
I thought at first that I would have to turn back once I got to the arch, but I noticed that the trail made its way to the left…
…where it was possible to easily scramble up to the arch.
This is what it looks like after scrambling up to the arch.
Views from the other side:
The trail descended somewhat, heading in the general direction of the La Sals for a while.
The trail eventually went around the large Butte / Fin containing Jeep Arch.
A large boulder on the trail on the way back:
These are the railroad tracks, Highway 279, and the Colorado River.
Another look at the culvert on the way out. When we arrived, ours was the only vehicle at the pullout. When we returned there were at least six others, two of which can be (partially) seen through the end of the culvert.
Kirk, my hiking companion for that stretch is descending beneath the arch.
Recent rain has created a huge puddle below Navajo Arch.
This rock formation is part of the wall leading to Navajo Arch.
We met Mitch and his wife during our visit to Corona Arch. Marilyn took these photos of Mitch atop Corona Arch.
We visited Bryce Canyon on Thursday.
The forest service started a controlled burn on Wednesday, the day that we arrived. Bryce Canyon City was smoky when we arrived, though the smoke dissipated some during the late afternoon and early evening. But when we woke up the next morning, the smoke was much worse than the evening before. Visibility was poor. Fortunately, visibility was better at Bryce Canyon, only a few miles away.
This first shot (and perhaps a few others) show the smoke from that (controlled) forest fire.
A view from Navajo Loop:
Marilyn:
Marie:
Views as we hiked up to Sunrise Point:
This is a view from the rim as we hiked back to Sunset Point.
When we got back to Sunset Point, I hiked down the other branch of Navajo Loop.
I think that the tall formation here is Thor’s Hammer.
A tall tree in the canyon of Navajo Loop:
There are many switchbacks on these canyon trails.
This is a view of the canyon from the trail that connects Bryce Point to the Peekaboo Loop Trail. A family was making their way down the trail at the same time that I hiked down. I asked them to pause just beyond a hole cut into the rock for this photo.
This is a view up that connector trail (to the right) and down a portion of Peekaboo Loop Trail. I hiked back up at this point as Marilyn and Marie were waiting for me at the top.
This is the view from the top of Bryce Point.
