Overview Map Needles to Hanksville (Hayduke red, our variant in purple, 2014 variant in black) |
Big Spring Canyon area, Needles |
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Cyclone Canyon, Needles |
Sand a blowing on Red Lake Canyon trail |
Down at the Colorado River before getting a lift across to the north side |
Colorado River, south of Spanish Bottom |
Martina befriends a 'wild' turkey |
Our lift across the river arrives bang on time! |
Dolls House area |
Chimney rock |
First sighting of green cottonwoods down in the 'Maze' district of Canyonlands NP |
Brian at the Harvest Scene pictograph panel |
Harvest Scene pictograph panel- the famous part |
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Fantastic camp near the Maze |
Maze Overlook trail - Our way out of the Maze canyons, a grand scramble winding up the slickrock cliff |
Maze Overlook trail |
Maze Overlook trail |
Maze Overlook trail with the 'Chocolate Drops' on the horizon |
Looking down into Horse Canyon |
Jeep roads stretching out along Elaterite basin made for easy hiking |
Pothole of water at the head of North Trail Canyon just before the trail climbs steeply |
Hiking out of North Trail Canyon |
Camp overlooking vast Millard Canyon |
Hans Flat ranger station, Canyonlands NP |
Descending into the north fork of 'French Spring Fork' of Happy Canyon |
More balloons- yuck! |
Water! In Happy Canyon- we also collected from these seeps in spring 2014 |
Happy Canyon camp |
Happy Canyon camp |
Happy Canyon |
Happy Canyon narrows |
Happy Canyon narrows |
Happy Canyon narrows |
Happy Canyon narrows |
We crossed the Dirty Devil river, some tricky quicksand.. |
Looking back across the Dirty Devil river to the mouth of Happy Canyon |
Collared lizard above the Dirty Devil river |
Looking south down the Dirty Devil river |
Heading to rejoin the actual Hayduke near Poison Spring |
Happy! Good water at Poison Spring |
final hike out to Highway 95 with snowy Henry Mountains beyond |