Long-time readers may remember when I backpacked Paria Canyon three years ago. It was one of the most glorious experiences in my life, and I took some absolutely incredible photos. Well, I finally did it again last month, only this time it wasn’t very glorious (and I didn’t take many photos). Honestly, I quite despise...
A few weeks back, I finally visited Shaman’s Gallery. This ancient pictograph panel had been on my hike list ever since I first moved to the desert, but I could never get there because I didn’t have the proper vehicle (or good directions). But now that I have a totally pimped out Xterra, I can...
Let’s take a short break from the critter posts today and post this epic sunset from last weekend at Toroweap. I’ve been dying to get back there (haven’t been since fall 2008) and now that I have a snazzy off-road Xterra, I can actually get out there (for anyone unfamiliar, the “road” is gnarly)! Not...
I spent the weekend camping up on the Kaibab with some coworkers and our dogs. Actually, I spent the nights there, but had to come back home during the days either for critter duty or work. The campsite commute (around an hour) was worth it though when you’re having as much fun as we did....
With winter setting in, I didn’t think I’d get a chance to hike below the Grand Canyon’s rim until next year. So when fellow Paria hiker Bob asked me if I’d be up for a 12-mile day hike in this weekend, I was thrilled. Sure, I was still tired and recovering from my sickness, and...
Toroweap is the narrowest part of the Grand Canyon, and the place where the cliffs drop 3,000 feet straight down into the Colorado River. Though it’s in the national park, they don’t charge you to go in, or to camp, and dogs are allowed. Basically, it rules. But it’s out there… way out there. If...
Just a few miles down the road from Mount Trumbull, we made a quick side trip to see some petroglyphs at the Nampaweap Rock Art Site. A short hike down Billy Goat Canyon leads to a long pile of basalt rocks covered in drawings of everything from mountain goats, to snakes, to people. They are...
I’ve wanted to climb Mount Trumbull on the Arizona Strip for a while now, but it is so far out there (about 60 miles of unimproved dirt roads) that the only way it made sense to climb it was to combine it with a trip to Toroweap (the narrowest part of the Grand Canyon), which...
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