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Grand Staircase Escalante BackpackLeader: Don Keller Cost includes transportation, meals, permits, and group gear. Cut deep into sandstones of the Glen Canyon formations, the meanders of the Escalante River are verdant with willow, cottonwoods, and at several places, springs and hanging gardens. Sandy benches and sandstone alcoves hold the evidence of long prehistoric use at open campsites, rockshelter granaries, and elaborate rock art panels. In addition to better-known agricultural period Fremont and Anasazi sites, there are a number of earlier archaic period hunting-gathering camp and rock art sites. Archaeologist Don Keller will lead this twenty-mile, self-supported backpacking hike into and across portions of the Escalante River canyons east of Big Spencer Flat, between Boulder Creek and the mouth of The Gulch. Along with being a physical commitment in a remote area, this hike will engage us with fascinating cultural and natural history and a beautiful, challenging landscape under the warm sun of early fall. This unforgettable hike, and camping out with the waxing moon of mid-October, will be greatly enjoyed by both experienced and beginning backpackers. |
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