Escalante camping/hiking/mountain biking
April 11-15 2025
Friday April 11 - Flight to Escalante, mountain bike to the
Bighorn Canyon trailhead, explore the Bighorn slots.
Crossing Rollins/Corona pass.
Winter Park.
Gore Range.
Castleton tower.
La Salle Mountains.
Arches park.
Colorado river and potash evaporator ponds.
Henry Mountains.
Capitol Reef.
Escalante valley.
Bike stack.
Multiple layers.
Bikes out and reassembled.
Bighorn slot canyon.
Another shot.
Back at the airport.
Saturday April 12 - Drive to Peek-a-boo and Spooky trailhead, explore
the slots, drive to Zebra Canyon trailhead, explore Zebra and Tunnel slots.
Dry Fat Narrows, Peek-a-boo slot, Spooky slot.
Narrows.
Entrance to Peek-a-boo.
This and next three Peek-a-boo slot.
Spooky slot.
Spooky gets quite narrow.
Zebra slot.
Only way through this section.
Tight squeeze.
Approaching the Tunnel slot.
Sunday April 13 - Drive to the Egypt trailhead, hike to the
Golden Cathedral.
Sunday morning.
Descending into the Escalante river gorge.
Crossing the Escalante river.
Views as we climb toward the Golden Cathedral.
Golden Cathedral.
Golden Cathedral.
Golden Cathedral.
Golden Cathedral.
Heading back.
Petroglyphs.
Petroglyphs.
Petroglyphs.
Cactus blooms.
Tiny flowers.
Happy hour at the airport.
Monday April 14 - Drive to Petrified Forest state park, hike there,
then drive to the Phipps arch trailhead and hike to the arch.
Balanced rock in Petrified Forest state park..
Views from the park.
Petrified wood.
Gravity warp zone on the way to Phipps arch.
Cave with petroglyphs.
Petroglyphs.
Route to the Phipps arch.
Interesting rock formations near the Phipps arch.
Elephant head rock.
Lonie and Dana.
Phipps arch.
Phipps arch.
Starting to load the airplane for the return.
Some shots of the camping facilities.
Tuesday April 15 - Return flight to Boulder.
Departure at sunrise.
Escalante airport.
Heading east.
Capitol Reef.
