2024-05-05, 04:39 PM
Time to wrap this thread up. Day 9, hot again, Daylight Peak. Instead of the direct line from the parking area at the pass, we circled around and went up the ridge from the back side. Longer but less steep. We followed the main wash in and then picked our way up the ridge, which was rocky in parts but not particularly challenging. A faint use trail was more easily detected on the return, which was the same route. I wanted to see the country back there because I was considering a trip to Titanothere Peak from the pavement (it's a long drive on the Titus road, when it is open, but a very nice peak). It is a visually interesting area.
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The next day was pretty windy but cooler, so time for a canyon. We tried out the canyon south of Keane which Beardilocks and Brice described recently, one name for what was "Glitter". It is an interesting area that sees very little use once you pass the canyon with King Midas Mine, but there was a faint trail running just along the bottom of the mountain. The canyon is scenic with nice views back, and some mild dryfalls to climb or bypass. We saw lots of shiny stuff in the canyon bottom but turned around at a big dryfall with a longer bypass - the best part of the canyon is obviously up in there.
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On our last morning we did a quick jaunt up to Double Brdge, which is not far from 190. Interesting how many footprints one finds right at the little side canyon to the bridge.
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That wasn't the end of my trip, as I spent another week in SW Utah, based out of Hurricane, doing a bunch of searching for rock art and some solo hiking and scrambling, and then an overnight into Gold Butte. But that's not the subject of this post. I did have to get back to New England in time for the solar eclipse. I had not made grand plans to fly to Austin or Dallas or such, but if the forecast was clear we had a plan to drive to northern Maine. In fact we ended up with perfect skies and a great viewpoint looking out over a frozen lake, but on a day that was so warm we were down to shirt sleeves until the shadow cooled us down. My son's phone camera captured the ambience of totality well. You can see Venus below the sun, and the fast approaching distant edge of the shadow. What a treat!
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The next day was pretty windy but cooler, so time for a canyon. We tried out the canyon south of Keane which Beardilocks and Brice described recently, one name for what was "Glitter". It is an interesting area that sees very little use once you pass the canyon with King Midas Mine, but there was a faint trail running just along the bottom of the mountain. The canyon is scenic with nice views back, and some mild dryfalls to climb or bypass. We saw lots of shiny stuff in the canyon bottom but turned around at a big dryfall with a longer bypass - the best part of the canyon is obviously up in there.
On our last morning we did a quick jaunt up to Double Brdge, which is not far from 190. Interesting how many footprints one finds right at the little side canyon to the bridge.
That wasn't the end of my trip, as I spent another week in SW Utah, based out of Hurricane, doing a bunch of searching for rock art and some solo hiking and scrambling, and then an overnight into Gold Butte. But that's not the subject of this post. I did have to get back to New England in time for the solar eclipse. I had not made grand plans to fly to Austin or Dallas or such, but if the forecast was clear we had a plan to drive to northern Maine. In fact we ended up with perfect skies and a great viewpoint looking out over a frozen lake, but on a day that was so warm we were down to shirt sleeves until the shadow cooled us down. My son's phone camera captured the ambience of totality well. You can see Venus below the sun, and the fast approaching distant edge of the shadow. What a treat!