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The Rincons
offered by supplier M06844 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 5
- 6
day(s)
Group Size: 4
- 12
people
Destination(s):
Utah
Specialty Categories:
Hiking & Trekking
Season: August - September
Airfare Included: Yes
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1020 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1195 US Dollar (USD)
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Each day hike offers the opportunity for difficult and demanding routes, however the only required hiking and the basis for the rating is that into and out of base camp. The hike into this base camp is rated moderate. The hike to base camp is 6 miles with a loss of 600 feet in elevation. The trip maybe 5 or 6 days please check the schedule.
Downstream, the massive Navajo Sandstone formation overlies lays the Kayenta Formation. Clay layers in the Kayenta have eroded, undermining the Navajo & forcing water out of this porous sandstone. The result is large lush bends irrigated by springs beneath tall tapestried walls with plenty of overhangs: the perfect setting for Anasazi living areas. Upstream, the sheer red walls enclose and overhang the river. In order to explore the country and accommodate different interests and abilities we split into smaller groups on the day hikes.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1 - We meet at the Escalante Canyon Outfitter's office in Boulder, UT at 9am. We provide a duffel bag for your gear (25 lbs. max.) and drive to the trail head. The 6 mile hike to camp is over sand and colorful slick rock with waterpockets and sandstone sculptures and giant monuments of different shapes hundreds of feet high.
Day 2 - On this day we will explore downstream including the area of Sam Sheffield's 1890s homestead on the river. As we follow a ledge trail high above the river we pass colossal overhangs that shelter 1000 year old granaries and pecked steps that seem to go straight up the canyon walls. A vine covered chimney, giant cottonwoods in a lush bend, a hidden grotto with a pool, granaries and ruins, pictographs and petroglyphs and cool springs greet us on this hike down stream and in a side canyon.
Day 3 - Upstream are more Anasazi ruins - granaries, living quarters, rock art panels and towering tapestried walls. We reach a side canyon with a stream and follow its beautiful winding wash. Some of us can climb a route up for a view of waves of colorful slick rock and canyons in all directions.
Day 4 - We climb out of the canyon and follow the slick rock rim down to a lunch spot on a point 800' straight above the river. We will view the largest pictograph panel on the Escalante River then follow the river meanders through cottonwood forests beneath tapestried walls back to camp.
Day 5 - Further upstream the canyon narrows with the walls following the river meanders. This stretch has some of the most beautiful walls on the Escalante. One short side canyon is a cathedral. An overland route back to camp traverses slick rock domes with twisted trees.
Day 6 - We head back out a different route than day 1 passing dramatic pour offs into the deep canyon. We return to Boulder by about 6 pm (dinner not included).
Notes:
Airfare is included in the tour price.
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