Day 1 Drying the tent at Kanab campsite |
Day 1 Indian Hollow Trailhead after miles of dirt road south of Kanab |
Day 1 Descent from Indian Hollow down to the Esplanade |
Day 1 Descent to the Esplanade |
Day 1 Pools on the Esplanade slickrock |
Day 1 The Esplanade makes for great hiking in cool temperatures |
Day 1 Crypto soil |
Day 1 Esplanade |
Day 1 We meet the more popular Bill Hall trail |
Day 1 Esplanade |
Day 1 Surprise valley with an evening shower |
Day 1 Looking down across Thunder River to Tapeats canyon |
Oct 2018 Utah - Grand Canyon Day 2 Camp in Surprise Valley |
Day 2 View past Thunder springs |
Day 2 The sun hits Thunder springs |
Day 2 Morning light in Surprise Valley |
Day 2 |
Day 2 Surprise Valley |
Day 2 Descending to Deer Creek |
Day 2 Deer Creek |
Day 2 Deer Creek |
Day 2 Deer Creek |
Day 2 Deer Creek hand print |
Day 2 Looking down from the top of Deer Creek falls ot the Colorado |
Day 2 Deer Creek Falls |
Day 2 hiking along the Colorado River |
Day 2 Great water source in pothole above the Colorado |
Day 2! |
Day 2 Conglomerate cliff |
Day 2 The Colorado |
Day 2 Camp at Fishtail Canyon |
Day 2 |
Day 2 Grinding stone near Fishtail Canyon |
Oct 2018 Utah - Grand Canyon -Day 2 Camp at the confluence of Fishtail canyon with the Colorado River |
Day 3 Setting off down the Colorado River from Fishtail Canyon |
Day 3 Rafters float by down the Colorado River |
Day3 Weird rock intrusion - iron? |
Day 3 Lunch at the junction of Kanab Canyon |
Day 3 Lower Kanab |
Day 3 Huge alcove in lower Kanab |
Day 3 Huge alcove in lower Kanab |
Day 3 Huge alcove in lower Kanab |
Day 3 Typical Kanab canyon hiking and wading |
Day 3 Kanab |
Day 3 Kanab bouldering |
Day 3 Kanab |
Oct 2018 Utah - Grand Canyon - Day 4 Camp at Scottys Hollow in Kanab Canyon |
Day 4 Kanab |
Day 4 Kanab Showerbath spring |
Day 4 Kanab - abstract mud patterns |
Day 4 Kanab- The going gets a bit easier higher up |
Day 4 We exit into dry Jump Up canyon |
Day 4 Jump Up had lots of fossils |
Day 4 Jump Up canyon |
Day 4 Jump Up canyon |
Day 4 Jump Up canyon |
Day 4 Jump Up canyon |
Day 4 Sowats canyon |
Day 4 Sowats canyon dripping water seeps |
Day 4 Sowats canyon |
Day 4 Sowats canyon hand prints near Mountain Sheep Spring |
Day 4 Testing the rock for campsites on the Esplanade- we didn't use this one |
Oct 2018 Utah - Grand Canyon Day 4 Our chosen campsite on the Esplanade- flashflood safe! |
Oct 2018 Utah - Grand Canyon Day 4 Our chosen campsite on the Esplanade |
Day 5 The sun is back in the morning! |
Day 5 Esplanade hiking |
Day 5 Cottonwood junction between Esplanade and climb out to trailhead |
Day 5 Looking down to Esplanade from trail up to Jump Up Nail Trailhead |
Day 5 Back on the plateau! Jump Up Nail Trailhead |
Day 5 Dirt road back to Indian Hollow trailhead- and some snow in the air! |
Day 5 Hiking back on dirt road, jeep tracks and cross country- Juniper berries |
Day 5 Completing the loop, what a trip! Back at Indian Hollow trailhead |