G.G. Backpack - Days 4 & 5


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G.G. Backpack - Days 4 & 5

Lower Grand Gulch, Utah, March 2006
Days 4 & 5

Day 4: Retrace steps from Shaw Arch to Camp 2.
Day 5: Retrace steps from Camp 2 to Narrows Camp.

Photos titles ending in "b" are by Bill; in "r" by Roger; and, in "a" by Allison.

Troop 24 Kickass Trekkers: "The High Adventure Troop" Alumni Backpacking Trip
-Cascade Bill Mooseker

Date(s): March 2006. Album by Cascade Bill. Photos by WHM. 1 - 115 of 115 Total. 220 Visits.

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enlarge 132KB, 800x600 1 gg06-196b Petroglyph rock near Shaw Arch.	enlarge 81KB, 600x800 2 gg06-197b Metate near Shaw Arch - Roger looking at pictographs beyond.
enlarge 88KB, 800x600 3 gg06-198b Close up of Metates.	enlarge 112KB, 800x600 4 gg06-200b Interesting petroglyphs - some type of lizard?
enlarge 74KB, 800x533 5 gg06-201r Another view.	enlarge 76KB, 800x533 6 gg06-202r Note Kokopelli at lower left.
enlarge 78KB, 800x533 7 gg06-203r Kokopelli and other figures.	enlarge 90KB, 800x600 8 gg06-204b Handprint pictographs near Shaw Arch.
enlarge 73KB, 800x533 9 gg06-205r Close up showing handprints and figure.	enlarge 72KB, 800x600 10 gg06-206b Wide angle view of another handprint panel.
enlarge 109KB, 800x600 11 gg06-207b Closeup of panel showing handprints and figures in white, red, and green.	enlarge 96KB, 800x600 12 gg06-208b Another view -slightly to the right of the previous picture.
enlarge 77KB, 800x533 13 gg06-209r Close up.	enlarge 77KB, 800x600 14 gg06-210b Another section of the panel - showing stylized handprints.
enlarge 94KB, 800x600 15 gg06-211b Close up.	enlarge 83KB, 800x533 16 gg06-212r Another close up.
enlarge 76KB, 800x533 17 gg06-213r Handprints, Corn symbols, and another one of those "hanging ears of corn(?)" symbols that seem to occur at many different pictograph panels.	enlarge 78KB, 800x600 18 gg06-214b Another view.
enlarge 78KB, 600x800 19 gg06-215b More corn or spear symbols.	enlarge 64KB, 600x800 20 gg06-216b Another view.
enlarge 55KB, 800x533 21 gg06-217r Another view.	enlarge 66KB, 800x600 22 gg06-218b Another panel with some more stylized handprints.
enlarge 73KB, 800x600 23 gg06-219b Another view.	enlarge 90KB, 800x600 24 gg06-220b Another section - a unique handprint.
enlarge 95KB, 800x533 25 gg06-221r Details of panel.	enlarge 96KB, 800x533 26 gg06-222r More details.
enlarge 74KB, 800x533 27 gg06-223r Handprint details.	enlarge 116KB, 800x600 28 gg06-224b Eric breaking camp - the arch is just to right of this photo.
enlarge 97KB, 800x533 29 gg06-225r Desert plant.	enlarge 123KB, 557x800 30 gg06-226b A view of the arch from the side canyon - looking through the arch to the main Gulch.
enlarge 144KB, 600x800 31 gg06-227b Another view.	enlarge 78KB, 600x800 32 gg06-228b Looking up the side canyon adjacent to the arch.
enlarge 137KB, 800x598 33 gg06-229a1 Eric climbing up to Shaw Arch from side canyon side.	enlarge 132KB, 800x598 34 gg06-229a2 Eric at Shaw Arch.
enlarge 111KB, 800x598 35 gg06-229a3 Main canyon side of Shaw Arch	enlarge 110KB, 800x598 36 gg06-229a4 Looking up the Gulch from the alcove at Shaw Arch.
enlarge 104KB, 800x598 37 gg06-229a5 Eric at the alcove ledge at Shaw Arch (looking down Gulch).	enlarge 96KB, 800x598 38 gg06-229a6 Eric at Shaw Arch
enlarge 97KB, 598x800 39 gg06-229a7 Eric at Shaw Arch	enlarge 93KB, 800x598 40 gg06-229a8 Allison at Shaw Arch
enlarge 63KB, 800x598 41 gg06-229a9 Allison	enlarge 109KB, 557x800 42 gg06-229b Looking though the arch.
enlarge 90KB, 800x533 43 gg06-230r Another view looking through the arch.	enlarge 123KB, 600x800 44 gg06-231b A view of the arch from the main Gulch.
enlarge 143KB, 557x800 45 gg06-232b Going back up canyon - this view is just up from the arch.	enlarge 94KB, 800x600 46 gg06-233b This is the first side canyon up from the arch - I went up into the canyon a short way to get this shot.
enlarge 134KB, 600x800 47 gg06-234b This is a view of the second side canyon up from the arch.	enlarge 119KB, 600x800 48 gg06-235b Hoodoos - a few bends up canyon from the arch.
enlarge 109KB, 800x533 49 gg06-237r We took a break near a big pool along the slickrock section.	enlarge 105KB, 800x533 50 gg06-238r Trickling waterfall near our lunch break spot.
enlarge 94KB, 557x800 51 gg06-239b Another view.	enlarge 103KB, 800x557 52 gg06-240b Eric catching a few rays (welcome after the previous day's showers).
enlarge 107KB, 800x598 53 gg06-241a Shelby and Eric at pool at the big bend in the canyon below Rope Canyon.	enlarge 94KB, 600x800 54 gg06-241b The mouth of Rope Canyon is a narrow opening to the left of the center wall.
enlarge 104KB, 800x533 55 gg06-241r Mouth of Rope Canyon - the Main Gulch to off to the right.	enlarge 63KB, 800x533 56 gg06-242r Desert flower.
enlarge 37KB, 800x533 57 gg06-243r Close up of flower.	enlarge 125KB, 800x533 58 gg06-244r Chukkar hen - we saw a bunch of these.
enlarge 99KB, 600x800 59 gg06-245b I made a short trip up Rope Canyon - but not far enough to see the "Rope" for which it gets its name.	enlarge 106KB, 600x800 60 gg06-246b Looking back down Rope Canyon to the Gulch.
enlarge 115KB, 600x800 61 gg06-247b Another view looking down Rope Canyon.	enlarge 94KB, 800x600 62 gg06-248b Historic "Cowboy Archaeologist" inscription at alcove just up canyon from Rope Canyon.
enlarge 106KB, 800x600 63 gg06-249b Closeup of inscription.	enlarge 127KB, 800x600 64 gg06-250b Adjusted colors to make inscription clearer - J L Ethridge / Feb 22 - 1894. A google search will bring up a reference to a "Jim Ethridge", who was a member of the Wetherill expedition in 1893.
enlarge 130KB, 800x600 65 gg06-251b Close up	enlarge 106KB, 800x600 66 gg06-252b Another view.
enlarge 88KB, 600x800 67 gg06-254b Looking down the Gulch from Alcove with the Ethridge inscription.	enlarge 96KB, 600x800 68 gg06-255b Looking up canyon from the alcove with the Ethridge inscription- note mouth of Redman Canyon far up canyon.
enlarge 92KB, 600x800 69 gg06-256b Ruin (or what's left of it) in alcove.	enlarge 87KB, 800x600 70 gg06-257b Only pictograph in alcove.
enlarge 129KB, 800x557 71 gg06-258b Going back up canyon - I finally get a shot of the Pictograph panel I missed on the way down.	enlarge 113KB, 800x557 72 gg06-259b Another view.
enlarge 81KB, 800x600 73 gg06-260b Close up - I wish I had had time to go up and get a closer look.	enlarge 95KB, 800x600 74 gg06-261b Another close up.
enlarge 115KB, 800x600 75 gg06-262b End of Panel.	enlarge 167KB, 800x600 76 gg06-263b Back to our camp (same as our second day.) Eric and Allison to the left, Shelby and Roger at center, and Danny's legs to the right (he's laying on his thermarest reading a book). I was dragging into camp, last as usual.
enlarge 32KB, 533x800 77 gg06-264r Clouds.	enlarge 33KB, 800x533 78 gg06-265r More Clouds.
enlarge 36KB, 800x533 79 gg06-266r Sunset over the canyon. "Im pretty sure that isn's a scorpian." View Comments...	enlarge 200KB, 800x533 80 gg06-267r Scorpion - small but mean.
enlarge 169KB, 800x533 81 gg06-268r Another view.	enlarge 119KB, 600x800 82 gg06-269b Looking upcanyon from our camp.
enlarge 120KB, 600x800 83 gg06-270b I got hung up here on a ledge above the Gulch - this is a view looking up a side canyon.	enlarge 118KB, 800x600 84 gg06-271b A good view from a high point - I had to go back and retrace my steps to get back down to the canyon floor. Danny took the same route but was able to get back down without going back.
enlarge 138KB, 600x800 85 gg06-272b A granary we missed on the way down was easier to see going back up canyon.	enlarge 117KB, 800x557 86 gg06-273b Roger made it up to the ruin over very treacherous and steep slickrock.
enlarge 97KB, 600x800 87 gg06-274b View of Ruin.	enlarge 93KB, 800x600 88 gg06-275b Roger made it.
enlarge 147KB, 600x800 89 gg06-276b Roger at ruin.	enlarge 103KB, 800x533 90 gg06-277r Close up of Ruin.
enlarge 99KB, 800x533 91 gg06-278r Another view.	enlarge 96KB, 800x533 92 gg06-279r Roger's photo of door in granary.
enlarge 137KB, 800x600 93 gg06-280b Very scenic section close to the narrows.	enlarge 104KB, 557x800 94 gg06-281b Back to the Narrows.
enlarge 118KB, 800x598 95 gg06-282a1 Eric at the Narrow's pool.	enlarge 107KB, 800x598 96 gg06-282a2 Eric getting ready to take their packs through the Narrow's pool.
enlarge 75KB, 600x800 97 gg06-282b Eric decided to wade the Narrows.	enlarge 106KB, 600x800 98 gg06-283b Eric carrying pack through the Narrows.
enlarge 31KB, 533x800 99 gg06-284r Shelby watching Eric.	enlarge 114KB, 533x800 100 gg06-285r Man that's deep (and cold).
enlarge 102KB, 533x800 101 gg06-286r Almost through.	enlarge 125KB, 800x598 102 gg06-287a1 Taking Allison's pack through.
enlarge 120KB, 800x598 103 gg06-287a2 It's getting deeper.	enlarge 90KB, 800x598 104 gg06-287a3 Roger and Shelby(How'd he get down that cliff so fast) taking photos of Eric going through pool.
enlarge 118KB, 800x598 105 gg06-287a4 Eric.	enlarge 88KB, 800x533 106 gg06-287r Another trip for Allison's pack.
enlarge 111KB, 800x598 107 gg06-287a5 Almost through.	enlarge 85KB, 533x800 108 gg06-288r Almost done.
enlarge 95KB, 533x800 109 gg06-289r Eric does a little dance to get warm.	enlarge 86KB, 533x800 110 gg06-290r Brrr!
enlarge 86KB, 533x800 111 gg06-291r Eric wondering if it would have been better to take the long way around.	enlarge 81KB, 533x800 112 gg06-292r I'm outta here!
enlarge 84KB, 533x800 113 gg06-293r Allison took the long way around.	enlarge 126KB, 800x598 114 gg06-295a Chukkars - along the Rincon detour around the Narrows.
enlarge 132KB, 800x598 115 gg06-296a More Chukkars.

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Lower Grand Gulch, Utah, March 2006 Days 4 & 5

Lower Grand Gulch, Utah, March 2006
Days 4 & 5