Crossing CO and the high stuff.
I've been dreaming about this for a while.
Great UT camping
Made an evening run up to Cedar Mtn
The next morning we stopped at the Green River Chevron for a coffee and some goodies
Playing in the dirt (Mineral Canyon)
Lots of wild flowers in bloom.
MTNWEST landing Keg Knoll with the newly installed 26 Goodyears
Goblin Valley
Hidden Splendor
Hike to the mine crossing the Muddy River
A view of the famous canyon approach.
The Hidden Splendor Ramada
Spooky mine....
Not built for people 6'4"
The local art
Hiking the mine road back (the river bottom is much quicker).
MTNWEST landing the rocky Eagle City airstrip.
Big views in the cool air. (6250').
The Slot Canyon south of the airstrip.
Hiking down to the slot, cool formations.
A little oasis in the canyon.
The hike was the highlight of the trip, very cool. (Lots of pictures, sorry.)
Looking east from the center of Eagle City airstrip. (We threw a few hundred rocks off the airstrip on the way back to the planes
)
Back at Mexican Mountain to watch the evening canyon colors.
The next day we went south to Lake Powell.
MTNWEST landing Fry Canyon.
I have not seen this desert plant/flower before, any ideas what it is?
Landing at Hite in a stiff cross wind.
Lake Powell and the Bullfrog marina (a windy afternoon).
At Halls Crossing we checked weather and saw a large system was moving in, so we fueled up and high tailed it back to CO that evening cutting our trip a night short.
Isolated weather in the distance
Beautiful lighting and scenery!
Overall a fantastic trip! The UT backcountry is like no place else. After a long wait, it's great to be back in the air!
-MM
