We awoke to bright and sunny skies and got an early start up Owl Canyon at about 9:30 am. As the day went along the clouds rolled in and it got a lot chillier, and we had a shower or two just as the weather report had predicted. Hiking in these conditions is not as uplifting as with blue skies, feathery clouds, and bright colors of the canyon walls in the sunlight but it was satisfying nonetheless.
Even though you are going uphill hiking Owl seems a little easier as there are more defined trails across wide benches, although sometimes you find yourself bushwhacking up the wash when there is a great trail on the other side of the wash that you missed along the way. It is very scenic with spectacular Neville's Arch, neat pouroffs and pools with whispering waterfalls.
We were heading for the spectacular Pouroff Pool camp that we had stayed at in 2007. We arrived in camp at about 3:30 pm after a grueling climb to avoid a huge pouroff. I was happy to see that the camp was unoccupied. Back then I would have rated the camp as a 10 – the camp was open with views to the pool and waterfall, and there was a great level area for tents. In 2019, brush was choking the camp, cutting off the view of the pool. There had been some erosion and the tent area was not as nice and some of the cottonwood trees ringing the camp had fallen across the site. Now I'd give the camp a 5 or 6 rating.
Day 5
During the night we had several periods of rain and when we got up in the dark everything was wet. We got out of camp in good time (6:30 am). The climb up and over the Pouroff was a grueling one, taking us about an hour and 15 minutes. Nick and Jon were quite a help getting us up and over this hump. It seemed a whole lot easier going down back in 2007. The rest of the way was no picnic either. We were all glad to see the canyon rim and to trudge into the trailhead parking lot. After having lunch in Blanding, everything felt a lot better for the long drive home.
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Kickass Trekkers on this trip were: Bill Mooseker, Nick McMahan, Tracy McMahan, Jon Younger, Fred Stong, Mike Stong, Will Stong, Nancy Stong, Allan Hoseth
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Troop 24 Kickass Trekkers Backpacking Trip
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): May 9 & 10, 2019. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 186 of 186 Total. 946 Visits.
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Nancy, Will, Jon, and Fred breaking camp under sunny morning skies (although they wouldn't last)
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Allan's video of breaking camp
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Allan & I took off first - here I am trying to find the trail (leaving camp at about 9:30 am)
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Fishhook cactus almost fully in bloom - you can see why it's called the "Fishhook" cactus because of it's spines.
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enlarge 303KB, 1024x768 10 2019 Fish-Owl d4 010 bill Looking back down canyon - Allan is catching up with me
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Heading up the wide expanse of Owl Canyon just a ways up from the junction with Fish. You can see the many sculpted hoodoos of Owl Canyon that await us on the way ahead
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enlarge 453KB, 1024x768 13 2019 Fish-Owl d4 013 bill Mix of Evening Primrose and Sand Verbena flowers
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Will & Nancy have crossed the wash and are approaching the point I call "The Turtle"
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Approaching the "Turtle", which is located HERE. If you enlarge the photo, you can make out Tracy and Will far ahead. (10:25 am)
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Going over a hump to avoid a bend in the wash, the next landmark we see up ahead looks like a shelf stacked with perfume bottles
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From the top of the hump (located HERE) ahead are Fred, Will, & Nancy approaching the "Perfume" bottle point.
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Under darkening clouds - Fred and "Perfume" bottle point beyond (located HERE).
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Tamarisk blooms - an invasive species that crowds out native plants and can often form impenetrable thickets along the Utah canyons. Info HERE.
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Looking back down canyon towards the bench the previous photos were taken from. We've crossed the wash near a couple of huge house sized boulders (HERE) opposite the "Perfume" bottle point.
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Just to the right of the previous photo - House sized boulder at right. In 2001 and 2007 there was no water below Neville's Arch. PHOTO of this same spot in 2007. Behind the small boulder, you can see the remains of one of the cottonwoods that were still standing in 2007. (10:45 am)
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Pool of water in the wash beside the smaller boulder.
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Prominent formation on the ridge to the left, which we will call "Castle Point".
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I took this picture to show the pool - Last year (2018) everything was dry. Just seeing water gives me the warm fuzzies this year.
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Tracy crossing the bench - note the large rectangular boulder to the left, which is located HERE. Next headland beyond Tracy with the hoodoo that looks like it is wearing a 10 gallon hat we will call "Hat point".
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Jon's video of hiking across the bench towards "Hat" point, catching up with Mike & Nancy at the end. (Note: Castle Point at :40)
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Tracy going back down to the wash after crossing the bench and heading for "Hat" point on the right
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The next jutting point comes into view as we go around the previous headland
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In between the two points is a shallow side canyon. The up canyon point features the 3 statue like hoodoos that we noted back on day 3 (Click HERE) on the day hike down Fish Canyon below the mouth of Owl.
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Looking back up the side canyon - you can see the back side of Neville's Arch (Enlarge photo for better view)
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Looking back down canyon - the formation on the right is "Castle" Point and "Hat" Point on the left
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Fred & Mike: A small rain shower gave us an opportune time to take a break and put on our pack covers. Our break location was HERE. (11:30 am)
enlarge 163KB, 1024x768 46 2019 Fish-Owl d4 045 will Seems that Owl Canyon has its own "Bobblehead" hoodoo
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enlarge 229KB, 1024x768 50 2019 Fish-Owl d4 050 will More Sand Verbena flowers around our break spot
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As we come around the broad base of the "statues" point, we get our first good views of Neville's Arch
enlarge 309KB, 1024x682 52 2019 Fish-Owl d4 057 nick Neville's Arch is quite magnificent
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enlarge 380KB, 1024x682 58 2019 Fish-Owl d4 060 nick Neville's Arch is located HERE
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Mike's video of Will & Nancy crossing the wash in front of Neville's arch
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Will's video of the hoodoo's comprising the promontory containing the "statues" and Neville's Arch
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Tracy, Fred, & Jon emerge from the junipers at the base of "statues" point into the large meadow at the foot of Neville's Arch.
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View of "statues" and Neville's Arch - Shelby, Roger, Austin, and I camped here in 2001 (there was water nearby in the wash but dry in 2007)
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End of "Statues" point - Tracy, Fred, and Jon can be seen just as the round the point.
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Owl Canyon's "Bobblehead" hoodoo is located at the up canyon end of the meadow below Neville's arch
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As we pass "Bobblehead" point, the canyon becomes narrower and the next section twists and turns with the canyon walls towering above us
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Allan forged ahead when we took our break. Here he found a nice rock ledge to sit on and enjoy the view.
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Mike's shorts continue their deterioration due to the amount of brush we have to bushwhack through.
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Winding up our lunch break - there was a nice trail leading down canyon from this spot. Unfortunately, we missed the connection and got here by bushwhacking up the wash.
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A little ways further than the last photo - note the arch in the wall is closer. Jon and Tracy are going thru the brush at the center of the photo.
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Bill's video of Jon and Tracy making their way up canyon
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If you happened to notice in the last video, Jon and Tracy appeared to be climbing up. The reason is that there is a pouroff up ahead. On the way I got this video of a small waterfall spilling into a large pool
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Allan's video of the Pouroff Pool and its surroundings
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Will, Tracy & Mike (behind bush) and Jon at pouroff. Photo from our trip in 2007 - HERE.
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Bill's video of arriving at the pouroff
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You'll have to excuse me - after last years parched waterless hike, I get excited everytime I see some pools of water!
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On the way bypassing the pouroff, I went by these blue/purple trumpet flowers that I wasn't able to identify
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View of the pouroff and the pool below. (Pouroff pool is located HERE) (3:00 pm)
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Bill's video of the pouroff and pouroff pool
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Bill's video of the creek above the pouroff
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Allan's video of the pouroff pool
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Looking up a fork of Owl Canyon (we go up the fork to the right)
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Mike at the top of the pouroff. We had much better weather in 2007 (Photo HERE)
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(Allan's video of the area around our camp)
It was a fairly short jaunt up the canyon from our break to our final campsite, near a large pouroff pool with a waterfall. Fortunately no one was camped there. The pouroff pool is located HERE. (3:30 pm)
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Bill's video of Allan inspecting the waterfall
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Our cramped "tent city" - this campsite has changed significantly since our last visit in 2007. Compare this (2019) photo with THIS ONE taken from about the same spot in 2007. Back then there was very little vegetation between the camp and the pool - see this PHOTO of Danny Stallings, who was sitting at about the same spot as Mike & Nancy. Note the cottonwood to the right of Danny, is now a log laying on the ground.
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Allan's video of our camp
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Nick dishing out cheesecake while Jon and Nancy spread filling and crumb sprinkles. The Dragonfly is going full blast heating up dishwater
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Fred: "Of the 4 remaining KQQLaid jugs... each end one was seemingly light as when I packed them out, I discovered that they had been depleted sometime prior. i.e. dumped. Thank you for speaking up that I didn't need to be carrying all that weight... but taking one for the team, the problem wasn't mine. :--) Next year we need electrolytes, not sugar? I'm understanding that our days of needing sugar are over."
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enlarge 260KB, 768x1024 139 2019 Fish-Owl d4 138 will Even though it is chilly, this is a romantic spot
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Bill's video of the pouroff pool by our camp
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Jon's video of the Pouroff Pool and waterfall
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View of the Pouroff - truly massive. We're going to have a workout getting up and over it.
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Allan's video of the Pouroff Pool and Waterfall - running water in the desert is a wonderful thing
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Looking up the side canyon we will climb tomorrow to get around pouroff
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Looking across the canyon from above our camp - the sun is setting and about to leave the canyon wall opposite us.
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High up on the canyon wall above the Pouroff Pool you can see a small arch has formed
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Will's video of the Pouroff Pool Camp and surrounding area
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After off and on rain all night, Allan got us up at O'dark 5 am and got the Dragonfly going for coffee and cocoa. We packed up our gear and tents using our headlights and staggered out for our cold cereal breakfast. A shower ensued just before we left camp.
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Allan's video showing the rain on the Pouroff Pool just before we left camp (6:30 am)
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Rest stop after a brutal climb up to the ledge that leads to the top of the Pouroff.
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Allan's video showing the steep climb we had up to the ledge. In the video, you can hear Nancy say that this is "Billy Goat land". Nick and Jon ferried our packs up and helped us over the tough stretches. It was much easier to go down this stretch than go up it.
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My camera was packed up so Allan gave me his for a while and I took this shot of Jon helping Allan with his pack. This is the ledge that leads to the Pouroff. You can see how far up we have climbed.
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Allan's video of the top of the pouroff, where we took a short break and then took off up canyon. (7:45 am)
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Climbing up to the ledge where nick had his pack, Bill takes a breath stop.
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Allan's video (starts at about the same time as photo 172) At the beginning of the video Allan references Nick's pack (which you can't see in the video) as it is high up on a ledge (located HERE) up ahead. It is on this ledge that the video ends at (10:26 am)
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Mike carrying Nancy's pack up the steep stretch leading up to the canyon rim that we had come down on Day 1
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enlarge 237KB, 1024x682 182 2019 Fish-Owl d5 020 nick The top at last!
enlarge 215KB, 1024x682 183 2019 Fish-Owl d5 021 nick The end of a long day
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This and the previous photos were taken by a couple of women from Pocatello who were starting out. After we packed up we headed to Blanding where we had lunch at the Homestead Steakhouse. This year Allan did not order the "Chef's Salad" but opted for the salad bar instead. After lunch we split up and went our separate ways: Fred, will, & Nancy back to New Mexico; Mike and Allan; and Nick, Tracy, Bill, and Jon - made it to Burley, Id that night and on to Lynnwood the following day with a stop in Yakima at Tom & Jerry's Mexican restaurant for dinner.
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When I got home, I took out the filters - on the left is an original Pur Scout filter and the one on the right is the redesigned Katadyn Guide replacement which has a mesh screen (under the filter). The Guide filter worked much better than the original. Water quality was good this year - compare filter color to the one from 2017 HERE
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