It is Christmas break between Christmas and New Year’s Day when most of the tech companies shut down. Since Utah still hasn’t had winter weather yet, it is a perfect time to spend a few days arch hunting and exploring southern Utah. David and I leave town on Thursday and get a motel room in […]
Moab’s October Arches
It was October and the heat of the summer was finally passing. On October 21st, David and I decided to head to Moab for the day to see how many natural arches we could visit. The first arch was west of the Moab highway about 13 miles northwest of Moab. Slickenslides Arch is a class […]
Zion’s rare places
The goal was to travel to Zion National Park to try to hike to a large arch in Hepworth Wash, south of the Zion Tunnel. David and I hiked several miles up Gifford Canyon and then climbed up about 900 feet to a pass into Hepworth Wash. Along the way, there were a lot of […]
Camelhead & Mystery Arch – finally!
It was Saturday again, which gave David and I another chance to head to the San Rafael Swell for another day of hiking and exploring. We wanted to try, for the third time, to climb up to Camelhead Arch and Mystery Double Arch in the San Rafael Swell. We had tried several weeks earlier but were turned back […]
Camping in the rain
Thursday after work, I loaded up my family of wife and two girls (our son is still on a church mission to Brazil) and headed south on I-15 with my tent trailer in tow. We made it as far as Beaver Utah where we stopped at a KOA campground for the night. The next day, […]
Second try for Camelhead
David and I try for a second time for Camelhead and Mystery Double Arch in the San Rafael Swell. We try a new direction but found it too dangerous and had to turn back…. again. Strike two.
Arches, fires and BIG bucks
David and I head into Book Cliff country east of Price to locate a “natural arch” shown on the Cedar Ridge Canyon 7.5″ topographical map. On the way, we have to sidestep a forest fire burning on Bruin Point. We also see 11 head of BIG mule deer bucks, some mountain grouse and a few […]
Too hot to hunt
A major heatwave has settled in on the western United States. It was too hot to Arch Hunt for most of the summer. We decide to vacation by tent-trailer in Canada. There we found lots of rain and cold. It even snowed on us on the Fourth of July in Banff National Park! We came […]
Lake Powell trip #1
I left work about 3 pm on Thursday so David and I were on the road heading south by about 4:30 pm. We were pulling my boat and heading for Lake Powell to do some arch hunting by boat. We had some trouble getting up Spanish Fork Canyon to the top of Soldier Summit because […]
Summer hiking
I’d forgotten that summers can be hot. Still, the memories of months of cold are fresh enough that I am enjoying the nice weather, no matter how hot it is. This last week or so have had highs in the 80’s/low 90’s with nighttime lows in the 50’s. Lots of sun! On Saturday, my brother […]