Re: Utah Flats
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> LOL... can be easily be suboptimal and awkward but cannot be off-route here [Piano Alley].
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Will_2_Win 2012-07-23 16:14:28 #70282
Re: Utah Flats
LOL... can be easily be suboptimal and awkward but cannot be off-route here. You can be off-route or worse on some of loose lower slopes.
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DougN 2012-07-23 11:43:03 #70281
Re: Utah Flats
For me, an older backpacker, hiking to Utah Flats from behind campsite #1 (at the creek bridge) took about 1.25 hrs with 30 lbs. The last time (last year) was...
Steve Nelson 2012-07-23 11:35:02 #70280
Re: Utah Flats
I agree that it's usually about the same going up as coming down. After several trips over the last couple of years I'm actually a little faster up, an hour...
Will_2_Win 2012-07-23 10:41:23 #70279
Re: Utah Flats
For me going up or down to Utah flats with a full pack takes about the same time. Going up requires strong legs and lungs and a little route finding. Going...
gfowler_46 2012-07-23 10:24:37 #70278
Utah Flats
I've dayhiked from Bright Angel campground several time in the semi-distant past and carried a pack down it as well. I've never gone up with a pack and will...
Scott 2012-07-23 09:13:20 #70277
Re: Grandview Trail Falling Death
Bee stings and E-shock are a major threat in the backcountry if the vistim
does not have an epi-pen. I kept a co-worker alive for 45 minutes when she
went...
Steve Carr 2012-07-23 06:29:11 #70276
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