An aMAZEing Trip to Color Country - The Maze, Escalante, and Zion - Escalante Backpack - April 2007

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Annoying Pebbles

Jenn stops to take care of annoying little pebbles that sometimes get caught in the bottom of our water shoes. [enlarge]

Beautiful riverwalking
The red sandstone walls of the Escalante grow higher and more impressive as we make our way downstream. [enlarge]

Pleasant Wadings

Wading along a sunny stretch of the Escalante. [enlarge]

Tricky drop-in
Luke tries to gracefully get down the bank into the river. [enlarge]

Evidence of Flood
This is a typical scene when hiking in the Escalante's flood plain - bent over trees and shrubs. A remnant of last fall's super-flood event. [enlarge]

Fantastic Scenery
The canyon of the Escalante gets more and more beautiful the further we wade downstream. This idyllic spot is not far from the mouth of twentyfive-mile wash. [enlarge]

Yet another crossing

Another of many crossings one must make on the way down the Escalante. [enlarge]

Beneath varnished walls
Our group hikes beneath monolithic sandstone walls in the canyon of the Escalante. [enlarge]

Nearing 25-mile wash

Looking down the Escalante. The mouth of 25-mile wash comes in on the right. [enlarge]

Ewart in wonderland
Ewart is massively enjoying our jaunt down the Escalante. [enlarge]

First-person view

A first-person view of what it's like to wade down the Escalante. [enlarge]

Mouth of 25-mile Wash
A short rest-break at the mouth of 25-mile Wash. The Escalante continues on to the left. [enlarge]

25-mile wash campsite
Our campsite high up on the inside of a bend at the very lower end of twenty-five mile wash, just a few hundred metres up from its confluence with the Escalante. [enlarge]

Peaceful Campsite

Our isolated little campsite in the heart of the Utah Desert. [enlarge]

Dinner in 25-mile Wash
Suppertime at our campsite in lower twentyfive-mile wash. [enlarge]

Ewart Filters again
Ewart again graciously filters most of our water in twenty-five mile wash. [enlarge]

Here is a google-based map of our route on the second day of our Escalante Backpack. The actual track is marked in red on the map. Double click on the map to view a larger version, with clickable icons for each picture that was taken during the backpack. You can quickly locate when and where each picture was taken.

Interactive Trackmap - Escalante Backpack Day 1 - click map to view

Interactive Trackmap - Escalante Backpack Day 1 - click to view

Escalante Backpack Day 1, Elevation over Distance
A GPS-derived elevation profile of Day 1 of our backpack, from the Egypt trailhead to the mouth of 25-mile Wash, graphed over distance. [enlarge]

Escalante Backpack Day 1, Elevation over Time
A GPS-derived elevation profile of Day 1 of our backpack, from the Egypt trailhead to the mouth of 25-mile Wash, graphed over time. [enlarge]

Escalante Backpack Day 1 - Hike Data

Start Time: 11:20a.m.

End Time: 6:39p.m.

Duration: 7h19m

Distance: 16.3 km (10.13 mi)

Average Speed: 2.2 km/hr (1.4 mph)

Start Elevation: 5616ft (1712m) *

Max Elevation: 5616ft (1712m) *

Min Elevation: 4416ft (1346m) *

End Elevation: 4525ft (1379m) *

* : +/- 75 feet

Total Elevation Gain: 225ft (69m) *