Down the Paria from Sheep Cr Canyon to Deer Creek Canyon.
Typical Crossing of the Paria River
Photos titles ending in "b" are by Bill; in "a" by Allison; in "r" by Ryan; and, in "k" by
Kristina.
Troop 24 Kickass Trekkers: "The High Adventure Troop" Alumni Backpacking Trip
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): March 25, 2009. Album by Cascade Bill. Photos by WHM/Ryan/Kristina/Allison. 1 - 88 of 88 Total. 8 Visits.
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enlarge 135KB, 600x800 2 ut09-d2a-001a Day 2: Danny and Eric- Our camp in a sandy outwash along the north wall of Sheep Canyon.
enlarge 153KB, 800x600 3 ut09-d2a-002b Fred and Bill P hiking down Sheep Canyon.
enlarge 174KB, 800x600 4 ut09-d2a-003b Bill P. and Fred - in lower Sheep Canyon.
enlarge 130KB, 800x600 5 ut09-d2a-004k Chris and Shelby heading down Sheep Canyon.
enlarge 120KB, 600x800 6 ut09-d2a-005k Ryan near the mouth of Sheep Canyon- note red rock at left.
enlarge 81KB, 800x600 7 ut09-d2a-006b Kristina, Shelby, and Ryan - Mouth of Sheep Canyon is to the left - The entrance to Sheep Canyon is easy to miss when you are coming down canyon. Note the first appearance of the red sandstone is here at the mouth of Sheep Canyon.
enlarge 109KB, 800x600 8 ut09-d2a-013b Bill P. and Fred (Roger and Austin up ahead) This is just below Sheep Canyon. Not the low canyon walls along the canyon and the high cliffs beyond.
enlarge 108KB, 800x600 9 ut09-d2a-007k Reaching the next bend.
enlarge 120KB, 800x600 10 ut09-d2a-008k Note the change from the white to the red sandstone.
enlarge 122KB, 599x799 11 ut09-d2a-009r Kristina - not much flow in the river through here.
enlarge 103KB, 599x799 12 ut09-d2a-010r Another shot of the white/red sandstone boundary.
enlarge 96KB, 799x599 13 ut09-d2a-011r Red Cliffs.
enlarge 98KB, 799x599 14 ut09-d2a-012r Another Red Cliff.
enlarge 131KB, 800x600 15 ut09-d2a-015k Weathered Hoodoo's along the canyon. This stretch is much different than up by Rock Springs Creek.
enlarge 120KB, 600x800 16 ut09-d2a-016k They used to have these sort of things on the covers of Science Fiction books when I was a kid.
enlarge 118KB, 800x600 17 ut09-d2a-017k Hoodoos on top of Red Cliffs.
enlarge 94KB, 799x599 18 ut09-d2a-019r Kristina rounding bend at red rock cliffs - note hoodoos from previous picture.
enlarge 135KB, 799x599 19 ut09-d2a-018r Just beyond the bend at the red rock cliffs, a "road" leads over a bench. This is a remnant from when there used to be traffic between Cannonville and Pahreah - horse drawn wagons and buggies, etc.
enlarge 75KB, 799x599 20 ut09-d2a-020r View of bluff anong "road"
enlarge 124KB, 799x599 21 ut09-d2a-021r view of "road" along bench.
enlarge 131KB, 799x599 22 ut09-d2a-022r Returning to the river.
enlarge 121KB, 799x599 23 ut09-d2a-023r Almost to the river.
enlarge 116KB, 799x599 24 ut09-d2a-024r Kristina at end of the "road" along the bench.
enlarge 121KB, 799x599 25 ut09-d2a-025r Another river crossing at hand.
enlarge 116KB, 600x800 27 ut09-d2a-027k Another view.
enlarge 89KB, 799x599 28 ut09-d2a-028r Another bend in the river.
enlarge 84KB, 800x600 29 ut09-d2a-029k Kristina and Ryan.
enlarge 100KB, 599x799 30 ut09-d2a-030r Danny - arriving at our break spot.
enlarge 123KB, 799x599 31 ut09-d2a-031r Taking a break - Allison (reading), Derek, Chri9s, Fred, Austin, Bill P. Shelby, & Roger.
enlarge 132KB, 799x599 32 ut09-d2a-032r Same Group plus Bill M.
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Some discussion during our break along the Paria.
enlarge 116KB, 800x600 34 ut09-d2a-033b Eric and Ainar arrive.
enlarge 158KB, 800x600 35 ut09-d2a-034b nother view of our group - Eric and Ainar having just arrived. CLICK HERE for location on Google Maps.
enlarge 164KB, 799x599 36 ut09-d2a-035r Rock patterns in canyon west of our break spot.
enlarge 121KB, 799x599 37 ut09-d2a-036r Ryan and Kristina.
enlarge 94KB, 799x599 38 ut09-d2a-037r Eric, Allison, Hagar the Viking, and Danny - another card game.
enlarge 127KB, 799x599 39 ut09-d2a-038r Roger.
enlarge 129KB, 599x799 40 ut09-d2a-039r Bill M - his Transitions Lenses working well.
enlarge 102KB, 799x599 41 ut09-d2a-040r Chris, Roger, and Fred.
enlarge 122KB, 799x599 42 ut09-d2a-041r On our way agan - Bill M., Fred, Austin, and Bill P. - note cracks in canyon wall beyond bench for reference to later photos.
enlarge 124KB, 799x599 43 ut09-d2a-042r Another shot. (cracks in wall are just to right of left edge)
enlarge 127KB, 799x599 44 ut09-d2a-043r Chris and Shelby.
enlarge 129KB, 799x599 45 ut09-d2a-044r The Old Farts - Bill M., Fred, and Bill P.
enlarge 153KB, 799x599 46 ut09-d2a-045r Derek, Shelby, Kristina, and Austin - going in for another river crossing.
enlarge 84KB, 800x600 47 ut09-d2a-055b I've fallen behind as usual as the group is over the river. (cracks in wall from previous photos is at left of photo)
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A typical crossing of the Paria.
enlarge 131KB, 600x800 49 ut09-d2a-053a Ainar, Danny, and Eric at the same crossing.
enlarge 105KB, 600x800 50 ut09-d2a-054a Allison's shot of Danny, Eric, and Ainar.
enlarge 144KB, 799x599 51 ut09-d2a-046r Austin, Shelby, Derek, and Chris.
enlarge 125KB, 799x599 53 ut09-d2a-048r Rock formation resembling a castle keep.
enlarge 119KB, 799x599 54 ut09-d2a-049r Note "shark tooth" peaks at upper right to mark progress down canyon.
enlarge 58KB, 800x600 55 ut09-d2a-057b The young bucks forge ahead.
enlarge 68KB, 800x600 56 ut09-d2a-058b Note "shark tooth" peaks again.
enlarge 101KB, 799x599 57 ut09-d2a-050r Contiunuing down this long straight stretch of canyon. - coming up on 2nd "shark's tooth" peak.
enlarge 102KB, 799x599 58 ut09-d2a-051r Another river crossing.
enlarge 81KB, 599x799 59 ut09-d2a-052r Heading down canyon.
enlarge 179KB, 800x600 60 ut09-d2a-056a Flower along the way - we saw these in Owl and Fish Canyons as well (See 2007 trip).
enlarge 91KB, 800x600 61 ut09-d2a-059b Looking upcanyon, Roger catching up to Bill.
enlarge 101KB, 799x599 62 ut09-d2a-060r Another Big bend in the canyon - Derek, Austin, Shelby, and Chris ahead.
enlarge 101KB, 599x799 63 ut09-d2a-061r Roger catching up to Ryan and Kristina.
enlarge 109KB, 799x599 64 ut09-d2a-062r Roger.
enlarge 109KB, 599x799 65 ut09-d2a-063r Roger heading across bench on another "road".
enlarge 133KB, 799x599 66 ut09-d2a-064r A good spot for another break. CLICK HERE for location on Google Maps.
enlarge 151KB, 600x800 67 ut09-d2a-065b During the break, I headed up a shallow side canyon - this is looking out onto the man Paria canyon from the side canyon.
enlarge 183KB, 600x800 68 ut09-d2a-066b The side canyon ends in a pour-off bowl.
enlarge 84KB, 800x600 69 ut09-d2a-067b Heading out after our break - note that the weather has changed and the blue skies we enjoyed early in the day are now covered with clouds.
enlarge 85KB, 800x600 70 ut09-d2a-068b Crossing the river again - just downstream of our break.
enlarge 118KB, 800x600 71 ut09-d2a-069b Bill heading across the river.
enlarge 106KB, 800x600 72 ut09-d2a-070b Bill - note depth of river, which was pretty typical.
enlarge 106KB, 800x600 73 ut09-d2a-072a Allison's pic - can't place it exactly.
enlarge 117KB, 600x800 74 ut09-d2a-073a Allison's pic - can't place it exactly.
enlarge 91KB, 800x600 75 ut09-d2a-074k First of a series - there were several high arch alcoves visible.
enlarge 102KB, 800x600 76 ut09-d2a-075k Backpacker Arch at left (can't see through it from this angle) and Dunham Arch to the right. CLICK HERE for location on Google Maps.
enlarge 111KB, 799x599 78 ut09-d2a-077r Another view.
enlarge 100KB, 799x599 79 ut09-d2a-078r Another crossing downstream of the arches.
enlarge 117KB, 799x599 80 ut09-d2a-079r Kristina - looking back at the previous crossing. The "Road" is well defined here.
enlarge 102KB, 600x800 81 ut09-d2a-080b Fred and Bill P reaching the crossing.
enlarge 83KB, 800x600 82 ut09-d2a-081b Looking back at the arches from Deer Creek Canyon.
enlarge 72KB, 800x600 83 ut09-d2a-082b Telephoto of arches.
enlarge 117KB, 800x600 84 ut09-d2a-083a River crossing just up canyon of Deer Creek Canyon (I think).
enlarge 122KB, 600x800 85 ut09-d2a-084a Hagar (Ainar) and Eric at crossing upcanyon of Deer Creek Canyon.
enlarge 136KB, 600x800 86 ut09-d2a-085b We took a break at the entrance to Deer Cr. - you can see the group at the end of the road (which goes up to the petroglyph panel at the mouth of Deer Cr.)
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Ryan and Austin preparing our Chili Dinner at our Deer Creek campsite. Derek, Kris, and Shelby waiting for dinner!
