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To get the canyon trips rolling early for 2024, we will go again to Blanding, Utah, for 3 days of hiking on April 18, 19, and 20, Thursday-Saturday. I’ve reserved lodging in Blanding, Utah, in the same condos as last year and 2022. From there, we can pick our hikes over a wide range of the canyon country: the northern end of Comb Ridge, Mule and Arch Canyons, Natural Bridges National Monument, White Canyon, and/or the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. We will have plenty to choose from, and the 3 days will go quickly.
April 20th is the first day of the National Park week. No national park pass or entrance fee is required on this date. Let's hike a long loop in Bandelier on Frijoles Rim and Frijoles Canyon.
Mileage: ~13 miles.
Elevation gain: ~1600 feet.
From Bandelier Visitor Center, we take the Long trail to the Frijoles canyon rim and enter the Bandelier Wilderness shortly on the top. This trail gives us expansive views of several mountain ranges nearby.
We will eventually go down to Upper Crossing of Frijoles Creek and connects to the Frijoles Canyon trail.
Trip Leaders - both current and future! Let's have dinner together on Wednesday evening May 1 at 6 pm. Let's talk about how to lead trips and how to deal with the challenges that can come up. If you have been interested in leading a trip, but are not quite certain how to get started - this is the evening for you. If you have led trips, come and share your experiences.
We will have regular and veggie burgers - you bring something to eat or drink to share.
Let me know if you can come, and I'll send you the address. Hope you can make it.
I would like to propose a May 2024 canyon trip to the Ticaboo Canyon system in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This adventure will take us to a complex canyon system with water enough for camping, and make possible a series of day hikes to slickrock tops and side canyons. We will camp somewhere in the canyon system. All the hiking will be off trail, and sometimes involves scrambling over rock ledges and ridges, or wading through creeks.
A hike/bike trip to the Tenth Mountain Hut Division – Fowler/Hilliard is planned for August 12-15, 2024. We have the entire hut for 12 adults. The deposit is $163.00 per person. Please e-mail me with your interest.
I would like to announce the sixteenth edition of our successful hike/explore/bike trips to Moab. We have been going almost every November since 2008, and every time has been a great success. The 2014 trip report can be found at http://lamountaineers.org/node/479#comment-57.