2018 USA Colorado and Utah
Colorado and Utah road trip
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.
Hiking the primitive way
Landscape Arch, 89 meters long
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 -
Upheaval Dome Trail, Canyonlands National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park