Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
There really are no good places to poop at Hance Rapid. Even the Native Soil bench on the East side of the creek up from the river could be considered close...
JoshC 2010-09-28 17:20:35 #62480
Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
Even worse, if you don't poop in the sand there (as you should not ever) and go upslope near the river area then excess trailing degrades dunes and sparse...
DougN 2010-09-28 14:15:12 #62479
Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
   The ranger who checked out our river trip this April told us that next year the Park Service was probably going to require backpackers in the Hance...
Marsha Kesselring 2010-09-28 12:47:08 #62478
Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
Hance Rapids is such a small camping area (relatively). The only place I can think that works is on the bench as you come down Red Canyon drainage right...
JoshC 2010-09-28 12:38:43 #62477
Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
Well put. Could you imagine Tanner without the toilet? I am all for preserving wilderness, but this is a problem that is going to get consistently worse. I...
JoshC 2010-09-28 12:36:04 #62476
Re: GCH-official policy for human excrement
I never understood why they don't put a toilet at Hance Rapids. Easy to
access (relatively) and heavily visited by both hikers and boaters. There
are many...
John 2010-09-28 12:03:12 #62475
Re: Rare GC Butterfly - Papilio indra kaibabensis
I saw one of these over near Saddle Mountain in 2006 at the end of a Nankoweap hike and followed it up and down the creek bed for 10-15 minutes trying to get...
CanyonCat 2010-09-28 11:08:12 #62474
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