2018 USA Colorado and Utah
Colorado and Utah road trip
Great start to a trip to the American West (but cut short for family reasons)
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Arrival in Denver then Moab
April 25 and 26 - Hotel in Denver. Departure the next day for Moab, after some shopping in Denver at a Walmart. Snow showers in the mountains but much more summery temperatures and sun in Moab. All campgrounds surroundings are full. There are really a lot of people. Undeveloped camp on a track, near the UT-313
Fisher Towers Campground, Colorado river
Bivouac, near UT-313
Arches National Park
April 27 - up before 6 a.m. 7°C in the tent. 1 hour later for the Arches park. From 8:15 a.m., 2h30 hike with return via the primitive way. Beautiful walk with 1 or 2 more difficult passages. Arrival in Moab around 2:00 p.m. Night at the same bivouac as the day before.
Arches National Park landscape
Hiking the primitive way
Landscape Arch, 89 meters long
Large rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah
Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah
Turret Arch in Arches National Park, Utah
North and South arches in Arches National Park, Utah
Bivouac in the desert near Moab Park
Dead Horse Point State Park
April 28 - departure 7 a.m. for Dead Horse Point before joining Canyonlands National Park
Moonset - Moonset at the end of the night
Sunrise on the bivouac
view Dead Horse Point
view Dead Horse Point
view Dead Horse Point
view au travers Mesa Arch - Canyonlands
Canyonlands
Canyonlands
Murphy loop approx. 17 km, 450m elevation gain in 5 hours
Murphy loop
End of the Murphy loop hike
Canyonlands National Park then Capitol Reef National Park
29 avril -
Canyonlands National Park
Upheaval Dome Trail, Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park