Re: 19-Mile Canyon
Wayne, one nice thing about the route at mile 19 is that it starts quite close to the car park for Rider. It is easy to park at Rider, hike the rim over to...
bill_orman 2002-12-11 12:44:53 #18235

Re: Beamer and Escalante
Just to be educational, though it may seem overly picky, this is Tapeats sandstone (light tan). There is no Dox (deep red) exposed upriver from Palisades....
Doug Nering 2002-12-11 12:13:16 #18234

Re: Beamer and Escalante
The picture of the trail on the slope is about as exposed as it gets, and its a fairly short stretch. The other picture looks scary but is taken (I think)...
tombuchta 2002-12-11 12:09:08 #18233

Re: Digest Number 1133
Having just returned from hiking in the Canyon, I'm a bit late in responding to these posts, but I just thought I'd toss in my two cents worth.... Since the...
Hank Schnieder 2002-12-11 11:58:37 #18232

Re: Beamer and Escalante
I hiked the Beamer in 2001...I found that the first stretch from Palisades to about a point opposite Carbon Creek, and the last stretch from about where you...
tombuchta 2002-12-11 11:49:27 #18231

Re: Beamer and Escalante
Bob -- Answering for Wayne, the bad place is opposite Carbon Creek and there are no bad spots nearer the confluence. The sense of exposure here is worse...
Doug Nering 2002-12-11 11:48:40 #18230

Re: Beamer and Escalante
Tom -- I have been up in both lower arms of Papago and I am having difficulty following your descriptions. The major barrier layer is the Quartzite and...
Doug Nering 2002-12-11 11:27:17 #18229

Re: Beamer and Escalante
On Yahoo, you can hit cheops82 to take you to my profile page and it's there. For the homepage -- http://gloaming.com/rockgarden/ For Papago notes...
Doug Nering 2002-12-11 11:06:00 #18228

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