Moab Bike/Hike

(Note 11/25/14: This trip was announced at the Nov. 19th Mountaineers meeting the old-fashioned way, by announcement to those who were there, and the Moab Retreat House is filling quickly. There remain various options in the house, including a nice bedroom that is available Saturday-Wednesday, one of the family rooms, the infamous Murphy bed, etc.)

I would like to announce the seventh edition of our very successful trips to Moab. Our November 2014 trip was wonderful, and we are ready to go back! The 2014 trip report can be found at http://lamountaineers.org/node/479#comment-57.

As before, we will establish a base in a large, comfortable house in Moab, and from there mountain bike, hike, and scramble in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and the wild country immediately around Moab like Behind the Rocks. Some of our most rugged adventures takes us no more than two miles from home, yet lies deep in the wilderness. Though 2014 was our sixth trip, we kept discovering new places to adventure.
 
The activity level can be moderately strenuous and includes optional semi-technical activities, up to low-angle rope work, but there will be less strenuous and non-technical options also. Not to mention the mountain bikers thrashing themselves, but that is up to them.

Since the Veteran's Day holiday falls on Wednesday, we might as well take the whole week, so I've booked the Moab Retreat House from Saturday November 7 through Sunday November 15, 2015. First priority will be folks who want to stay the whole week, but I will also try to fit folks in who want to stay Saturday through Wednesday or Wednesday through Sunday.

After the daytime adventuring, we will socialize in the evening with dinners together, either potluck or hitting the town. We will carpool to Moab to minimize driving expenses and not overstrain the parking.

The lodging is called the Moab Retreat House, and details can be found at www.moabretreat.com. I have rented both sides of the house, north and south, with five bedrooms each.

Please let me know if you are interested in this outing. To hold a spot, please send me a deposit of $100 per person. Final payment will be due by August 1, 2015. Depending on the quality of accommodation and just how full we fill the house, costs should be between $200 and $300+ per person for the 8 nights. We will try to find a cost-splitting match for those who want the half-week option. Deposits will be refunded only if this can be done without impacting the other participants, whatever the reason for cancellation.