Utah 2007 - Days 4 & 5

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Utah 2007 - Days 4 & 5

Owl & Fish Canyon Loop: Days 4 & 5
Cedar Mesa, Utah
April 2007

Day 4: Continue up Fish Canyon
Day 5: Climb out of Fish to Canyon rim and return to cars

Roger at Ruin in Fish Canyon

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

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

Album by Cascade Bill. Photos by WHM/Roger/Joel/Allison. 1 - 141 of 141 Total. 8 Visits.

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enlarge 135KB, 800x600 1 ut07-d4-001j Day 4: Bill and Danny getting ready to head out.	enlarge 149KB, 800x600 2 ut07-d4-002b Allison, roger, and Joel - putting on sunscreen for the day.
enlarge 128KB, 800x598 3 ut07-d4-003a Joel, Danny, and Roger.	enlarge 134KB, 800x598 4 ut07-d4-004a Joel, Roger, and Danny.
enlarge 158KB, 800x598 5 ut07-d4-005a Roger and Joel.	enlarge 111KB, 800x600 6 ut07-d4-006b Heading up Fish - The canyon after our camp narrows considerably, but is still very scenic.
enlarge 146KB, 800x600 7 ut07-d4-007b Some very nice pools still remain in the wash.	enlarge 131KB, 800x600 8 ut07-d4-008b You can see that the canyon is very narrow through here.
enlarge 141KB, 800x598 9 ut07-d4-009a Looking back down Fish: Walking up the slickrock sections is a welcome relief from the gravelly wash.	enlarge 143KB, 800x598 10 ut07-d4-010a Another view.
enlarge 132KB, 800x598 11 ut07-d4-011a There's supposed to be a natural arch through here somewhere, but on two trips I was never able to locate it.	enlarge 127KB, 800x600 12 ut07-d4-012b Not many big bends in Fish in this section.
enlarge 110KB, 600x800 13 ut07-d4-013b Looking back down the canyon.	enlarge 114KB, 800x600 14 ut07-d4-014b Looking back down canyon: A very nice pool. In 2001 there was more of a defined flow through this section.
enlarge 106KB, 800x600 15 ut07-d4-015b Continuing up canyon.	enlarge 109KB, 800x600 16 ut07-d4-016b Looking Back.
enlarge 146KB, 800x600 17 ut07-d4-017b Heading around a big bend near where Fish Canyon branches into two forks.	enlarge 124KB, 600x800 18 ut07-d4-018b Roger caught up to me as I was going around the bend - very narrow wash here.
enlarge 121KB, 600x800 19 ut07-d4-019b Roger heading up canyon. You can see where Fish branches into two forks beyond.	enlarge 88KB, 800x600 20 ut07-d4-020j Joel's pic of wildflower.
enlarge 145KB, 800x600 21 ut07-d4-021j Interesting rock texture along the way.	enlarge 160KB, 800x600 22 ut07-d4-022j Closeup of rock texture. (Joel's pic).
enlarge 167KB, 800x600 23 ut07-d4-023j More Utah Sweet Peas.	enlarge 56KB, 800x600 24 ut07-d4-024j Another wildflower.
enlarge 156KB, 800x600 25 ut07-d4-025b The way out takes the right (west branch) of Fish Canyon - This is looking east back to the junction.	enlarge 86KB, 800x600 26 ut07-d4-026b What I call the "Nixon" rock near the fork in Fish Canyon
enlarge 147KB, 800x600 27 ut07-d4-027b Looking up the north fork of Fish Canyon.	enlarge 132KB, 800x600 28 ut07-d4-028b We took a break just up from the fork.
enlarge 116KB, 800x600 29 ut07-d4-029b Joel checking his photos.	enlarge 177KB, 800x600 30 ut07-d4-030j Bill taking the photos up the north fork of Fish.
enlarge 147KB, 800x600 31 ut07-d4-031j Bill heading up the west fork of Fish.	enlarge 148KB, 800x598 32 ut07-d4-032a Danny filtering some water in the pool at the fork.
enlarge 155KB, 800x598 33 ut07-d4-033a Joel ready to head up the west fork.	enlarge 155KB, 800x598 34 ut07-d4-034a There he goes.
enlarge 144KB, 800x600 35 ut07-d4-035j View up west fork of Fish.	enlarge 127KB, 800x600 36 ut07-d4-036j Another view.
enlarge 151KB, 800x600 37 ut07-d4-037j There were a couple of rough patches in this stretch (rough for me anyway).	enlarge 183KB, 800x598 38 ut07-d4-038a Joel and Danny - taking a break near our camp.
enlarge 161KB, 800x598 39 ut07-d4-039a Big pool near our camp.	enlarge 138KB, 800x598 40 ut07-d4-040a Upper end of pool.
enlarge 88KB, 800x600 41 ut07-d4-041j Roger, Joel, and I went exploring - looking up the west fork.	enlarge 115KB, 600x800 42 ut07-d4-042b Looking back down the west fork - Can you find Allison? (zoom in)
enlarge 151KB, 800x600 43 ut07-d4-043b There she is.	enlarge 104KB, 800x600 44 ut07-d4-044j View looking down canyon - Roger in shadow.
enlarge 108KB, 600x800 45 ut07-d4-045b Small granary tucked into cliff at center.	enlarge 109KB, 800x600 46 ut07-d4-046j view of granary.
enlarge 114KB, 600x800 47 ut07-d4-047j Roger approaching granary.	enlarge 90KB, 800x600 48 ut07-d4-048b Close up of granary - note wood beams at roof.
enlarge 107KB, 800x600 49 ut07-d4-049j Door of granary.	enlarge 91KB, 800x600 50 ut07-d4-050b Preparation area at left?
enlarge 89KB, 800x600 51 ut07-d4-051b Close up of preparation area.	enlarge 92KB, 800x600 52 ut07-d4-052r Joel getting a closer look.
enlarge 109KB, 800x600 53 ut07-d4-053r Note "museum rock" at entrance to granary.	enlarge 108KB, 800x600 54 ut07-d4-054r Closer view.
enlarge 103KB, 800x600 55 ut07-d4-055j Pottery shards on "museum rock".	enlarge 52KB, 800x600 56 ut07-d4-056j Surface of pottery shard.
enlarge 120KB, 600x800 57 ut07-d4-057b Another wall remnant.	enlarge 83KB, 800x600 58 ut07-d4-058b More shards.
enlarge 83KB, 800x600 59 ut07-d4-059b More shards.	enlarge 149KB, 600x800 60 ut07-d4-060b Another ruin.
enlarge 128KB, 800x600 61 ut07-d4-061j View of ruin.	enlarge 80KB, 800x600 62 ut07-d4-062j Inside of ruin - note wood beams on roof.
enlarge 121KB, 800x600 63 ut07-d4-063b This ruin was uniquely rectangular.	enlarge 137KB, 600x800 64 ut07-d4-064b Close up of wall construction.
enlarge 135KB, 800x600 65 ut07-d4-065j Another view.	enlarge 158KB, 800x600 66 ut07-d4-066j Roger at ruin.
enlarge 110KB, 600x800 67 ut07-d4-067b Closeup of ruin.	enlarge 103KB, 800x600 68 ut07-d4-068b View of ruin from distance.
enlarge 103KB, 800x600 69 ut07-d4-069r Another view.	enlarge 91KB, 600x800 70 ut07-d4-070r View of canyon.
enlarge 197KB, 800x600 71 ut07-d4-071j Rock texture.	enlarge 190KB, 800x600 72 ut07-d4-072j Rock Texture: curves and straight lines.
enlarge 123KB, 600x800 73 ut07-d4-073j View of canyon.	enlarge 115KB, 800x600 74 ut07-d4-074j Roger exploring canyon.
enlarge 72KB, 600x800 75 ut07-d4-075b Same ledge - but was in shadow when I was there.	enlarge 151KB, 600x800 76 ut07-d4-076b Ruin? note mud daubs on cliff.
enlarge 126KB, 800x600 77 ut07-d4-077b Find the granary?	enlarge 115KB, 800x600 78 ut07-d4-078b There it is.
enlarge 110KB, 800x600 79 ut07-d4-079b Another view.	enlarge 107KB, 800x600 80 ut07-d4-080b Note this one is rounded to fit into the general rock shapes in the area, not so rectangular as the others we saw.
enlarge 132KB, 800x600 81 ut07-d4-081b Entrance of ruin.	enlarge 120KB, 800x600 82 ut07-d4-082b Note rocks melded into the cliff face, instead of a separate roof.
enlarge 153KB, 800x600 83 ut07-d4-083r Cottonwoods in canyon.	enlarge 122KB, 800x600 84 ut07-d4-084r Bright green of spring leaves on cottonwoods.
enlarge 112KB, 800x600 85 ut07-d4-085j Another view.	enlarge 140KB, 600x800 86 ut07-d4-086r Closeup.
enlarge 153KB, 800x600 87 ut07-d4-087r The spring green of the cottonwoods was very spectacular.	enlarge 202KB, 800x600 88 ut07-d4-088r Evening sun on the cottonwood leaves.
enlarge 179KB, 800x600 89 ut07-d4-089j Another field of Utah Sweet Peas.	enlarge 153KB, 800x598 90 ut07-d4-090a Dinner in camp - chicken gumbo!: Danny, Joel, and Roger.
enlarge 145KB, 800x598 91 ut07-d4-091a Roger, Bill, Joel, and Danny.	enlarge 134KB, 800x598 92 ut07-d4-092a Roger, Joel, Bill, and Danny.
enlarge 111KB, 800x598 93 ut07-d4-093a Camp.	enlarge 108KB, 800x598 94 ut07-d4-094a View from camp.
enlarge 93KB, 800x598 95 ut07-d4-095a Somewhere up there is where we climb out onto the rim.	enlarge 132KB, 800x598 96 ut07-d4-096a Looking across canyon to rim - Joel's tent in foreground.
enlarge 92KB, 800x598 97 ut07-d4-097a Canyon walls at sunset.	enlarge 134KB, 800x600 98 ut07-d4-098j Reflections.
enlarge 152KB, 598x800 99 ut07-d4-099a Looking at the pool below our camp.	enlarge 142KB, 800x598 100 ut07-d4-100a Another view.
enlarge 136KB, 800x598 101 ut07-d4-101a Danny - resting in camp.	enlarge 107KB, 800x600 102 ut07-d4-102j View of pool.
enlarge 134KB, 800x598 103 ut07-d4-103a Joel and Roger looking at weeping wall across pool.	enlarge 123KB, 800x598 104 ut07-d4-104a View of weeping wall.
enlarge 122KB, 598x800 105 ut07-d4-105a Hanging plants at weeping wall.	enlarge 131KB, 800x600 106 ut07-d4-106r Flowers at weeping wall.
enlarge 146KB, 600x800 107 ut07-d4-107r Weeping wall.	enlarge 131KB, 600x800 108 ut07-d4-108r Water flow from spring into pool.
enlarge 116KB, 800x600 109 ut07-d4-109j Note drips from weeping wall falling into pool.	enlarge 194KB, 600x800 110 ut07-d4-110r Close up of flowers.
enlarge 143KB, 600x800 111 ut07-d4-111r Flowers on weeping wall.	enlarge 184KB, 600x800 112 ut07-d4-112j Another view.
enlarge 88KB, 598x800 113 ut07-d4-113a Roger taking photo of weeping wall.	enlarge 76KB, 800x600 114 ut07-d4-114r The pool was home to hundreds of these frogs and they made quite a racket for most of the night. They were quite a different breed than those that were in the pool at our first camp and sounded very different.
enlarge 90KB, 800x600 115 ut07-d4-115r Close up of frog in pool.	enlarge 131KB, 800x600 116 ut07-d4-116j Joel doing some boulder climbing.
enlarge 118KB, 800x600 117 ut07-d4-117j Joel.	enlarge 107KB, 600x800 118 ut07-d4-118r Our camp at dusk.
enlarge 97KB, 600x800 119 ut07-d4-119r Another view.	enlarge 29KB, 600x800 120 ut07-d4-120r The last light.
enlarge 51KB, 600x800 121 ut07-d4-121r Alpenglow and the moon over the canyon.	enlarge 85KB, 600x800 122 ut07-d4-122r View of moon.
enlarge 67KB, 800x600 123 ut07-d4-123r	enlarge 158KB, 800x600 124 ut07-d4-124j Still time for a friendly card game under the lights.
enlarge 115KB, 800x598 125 ut07-d5-001a Day 5: heading up the opposite side of the canyon looking back at out camp.	enlarge 148KB, 800x598 126 ut07-d5-002a Bill heading up the trail - fortunately the guys took most of my stuff.
enlarge 87KB, 800x600 127 ut07-d5-003j Roger on the rim.	enlarge 121KB, 598x800 128 ut07-d5-004a The last lap - this 10-12 foot cliff is the last obstacle.
enlarge 108KB, 800x598 129 ut07-d5-005a roger and Joel.	enlarge 107KB, 800x598 130 ut07-d5-006a Danny!
enlarge 138KB, 800x598 131 ut07-d5-007a Danny bringing Bill's pack up the slot.	enlarge 145KB, 800x600 132 ut07-d5-008j Danny bringing up his pack.
enlarge 169KB, 800x600 133 ut07-d5-009j Bill wondering how the hell he is going to get up the cliff!	enlarge 163KB, 800x598 134 ut07-d5-010a Getting ready - Danny and Joel to lift and Roger to pull. I still skinned the hell off my knees and shins.
enlarge 98KB, 800x600 135 ut07-d5-011b Ready to head out across mesa to cars.	enlarge 107KB, 800x600 136 ut07-d5-012j Bill and Danny.
enlarge 116KB, 600x800 137 ut07-d5-013b A final look back down at our camp.	enlarge 120KB, 800x598 138 ut07-d5-014a View of our camp.
enlarge 99KB, 800x598 139 ut07-d5-015a Loading up the cars for the long drive back.	enlarge 75KB, 800x598 140 ut07-d5-016a Eric - glad to see us.
enlarge 81KB, 800x598 141 ut07-d5-017a Roger, Bill and Allison - much warmer today than when we started our trip.