Utah Backpacking
GRAND STAIRCASE BACKCOUNRTY, CANYON AND MESA MAGIC
April 27 - May 2, 2008 • $1,600
 Southern
Utah’s famously beautiful canyon country includes some of
the most unusual landscapes on Earth. A few miles north of the
Arizona line, we’ll explore one of the most remote little-known
sections of the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument - a colorful and rugged
world of deep canyons, high mesas, arches, sand and slickrock
punctuated by twisted junipers and big vistas. Hackberry Canyon
and a little-known section of the upper Paria River are within
this wild and magnificent area.
Warm sunny days with cool to chilly nights are typical, but we
must be prepared for brief spring storms that occasionally water
the high desert. Spring wildflowers are blooming, and most of
this fairly strenuous trip is off-trail. The trip base
is Cedar City, Utah. This trip is offered only in even-numbered
years.
REDROCK CANYONS OF THE WILD ESCALANTE
Utah $1,700 • May 4-10, 2008
 The awesome and beautiful “Slickrock Canyon Country” of southern Utah is wilderness at its best. The Escalante River, a tributary of the Colorado, has cut a magnificent canyon system through the colorful sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau. Sheer, red canyon walls and a variety of spectacular geologic features including arches, alcoves, and rincons characterize this wilderness. We’ll hike along and through the Escalante River and side canyons—ribbons of cool water, flanked by a lush growth of cottonwood, oak, box-elder, willow, and grass. Wildflowers abound on spring trips; autumn colors explode in October. There’ll be plenty of time for exploration of side canyons, and we’ll spend at least one night camped on the unique slickrock desert above, where views of the entire landscape are utterly spectacular. We’ll also see ancient Anasazi rock art and ruins.
Mild to warm sunny days and cool nights are the rule. We rate this trip as moderate to fairly strenuous with much off-trail travel, and its base is Cedar City, Utah.
NOTE: In even numbered years, we plan to run spring trips in the Escalante and Grand Staircase areas, plus a fall trip in the Grand Canyon.
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Scheduled Trips 2008
Below, we've listed our trips by region. Trips listed under Yellowstone Backpacking are also listed under the state in which they occur. You'll find complete information on each trip by clicking on the regional heading above each section.
For a chronological list of our adventures, click here.
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Backpacking |
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Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower
Extravaganza: June 15-21. |
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Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 23-27. |
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Yellowstone's
High, Wide & Wild Gallatin Range: July 13-18. |
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Yellowstone's Remote Corner Through Hike: August 13-22. |
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Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall
Wonderland: September 14-20. |
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| Montana
Backpacking |
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Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower
Extravaganza: June 15-21. |
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Glacier Park's Wild Sister, The Rocky Mountain
Front: June 29-July 5. |
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Yellowstone's High, Wide & Wild Gallatin
Range: July 13-18. |
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Peaks and Lakes of the Rugged Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: July 7-11.
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Montana’s Rooftop—The Mighty Beartooths: August 4-9.
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| Wyoming
Backpacking |
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Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 23-27. |
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Yellowstone's Remote Corner
Through Hike: August 13-22. |
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Big Vistas of the Wild Absarokas:
August 25-31. |
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Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall Wonderland:
September 14-20. |
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Glacial Peaks of the Famed Wind Rivers:
July 21-27. |
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| Arizona
Backpacking |
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The Grand Canyon,
Rocks of the Ages: October 12-18. |
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| California
Backpacking |
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High Mountains of Death Valley National Park: April 6-13. |
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| Utah Backpacking |
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Redrock Canyons of
the Wild Escalante:
May 4-10. |
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Grand Staircase Backcountry, Canyon
and Mesa Magic: April 27-May 2. |
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| New
Mexico Backpacking |
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Gila Wilderness, Big
Pine Country: April 2009. |
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| Alaska
Backpacking |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, The Biggest
Wild: June 5-12. |
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| Montana Canoe
Trips |
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Canoeing the Upper
Missouri River, Lewis and Clark's Wilderness: May 2009. |
List prices include our complete gear package and there is a $200 discount if you bring your own (see equipment list and/or questionnaire for details). Also, we offer a $100 discount for the second trip in a calendar year. Scheduled trips are for persons ages 16 and over. Exceptions to the age requirement will be made by us on a case-by-case basis.
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