Leprechaun Canyon, east fork

A couple weeks ago we explored Leprechaun Canyon, over in the North Wash which is just south of Hanksville, and about a two hour drive from Moab. The canyon was pretty amazing, but it was very crowded and there was a group of about 20 high school kids going through it, which made it less […]

The Fiery Furnace, Arches National Park

Yesterday we got permits to enter the Fiery Furnace. The permit process entails watching a 20 minute video about Leave No Trace, and a quiz at the end. It’s a very heavily protected area in a park that gets a lot of traffic. Luckily not many people are allowed in the furnace area on a […]

Moab Daily and Herdina Park

This weekend we did the Moab Daily again, from Hittle Bottom to Take Out Beach. There are a few sections of whitewater and it was the first time taking the packraft through anything difficult. It did pretty well, it just gets swamped with water really easily and then becomes difficult to paddle. Kai the River […]

Canyonlands National Park, Needles “Day” Packrafting Trip

We decided to take our new Alpacka Explorer 42 raft out on its maiden voyage by attempting a “day” trip in the Needles. We camped at Hamburger Rock in Indian Creek and got an early start. We only had a very rough idea of what the route would be, and we vastly underestimated how hard […]

Tierdrop Canyon – Arches National Park

We descended Tierdrop Canyon in April 2017.   It’s a short canyon, with a fun third class approach and three technical rappels. This was the first time I setup a carabiner block and used a pull cord, and the last rappel of 130 feet was the longest descent I’ve done yet. The canyon starts at […]