Utah

Highlights

• Visit Chimney Rock Canyon one of the most beautiful hikes in the park
• Drive to fabulous views of the towering sandstone walls, ancient Anasazi Petroglyph and enjoy beautiful cottonwoods in full color
• Visit to Capitol Reef National Park and enjoy panoramic views of Glen Canyon and Lake Powell.
• Enjoy a short hike to world famous Newspaper Rock, one of the longest panels of Anasazi petroglyphs and pictographs
• Explore the gentle, but beautiful canyon geology of Courthouse Wash

What's this trip about?

The hiking terrain is varied and fairly moderate for the most part.  Each day encompasses some flat areas, including walking in dry stream beds and through canyon bottoms, but we will also be walking up to a number of canyon rims.  Our trails sometimes cross from canyon to canyon, meaning we will be walking on different levels of the sandstone formations, giving us outstanding views of the surrounding areas. Located in Southeastern Utah, the canyon systems we’ll visit contain some of America's wildest and most remote canyons, arches, and natural bridges.  Our explorations will take us into side canyons that were some of the last places to be explored in the U.S. Our first three days will find us in Arches National Park, just north of Moab, Utah.  During our time here we will enjoy a number of trails, including our beginning hike to Delicate Arch and a longer 5-mile trek along the Park's desert "primitive trail."  On one day we’ll explore the Needles Unit of Canyonlands National Park, visit famous Newspaper Rock, view numerous Petroglyphs and Pictographs and see some of the best scenery in SE Utah.  Our last two days find us exploring the wonders of one of Utah’s jewels, Capitol Reef National Park, on the Chimney Rock and Pleasant Creek trails.

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