Hayduke #2: Canyonlands to Poison Spring

  • Date:
    2017/04/03 to 2017/04/11
    Car-to-car:
    8 days
    Round-trip distance:
    119 miles
    Trip type:
    thru-hike
    In:
    Canyonlands National Park
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  • Day 7: up Salt Creek

  • Salt Creek
    Salt Creek
  • Angel Arch and Molar Rock
    Angel Arch and Molar Rock
  • Old dwelling in the Angel Arch canyon.
    Old dwelling in the Angel Arch canyon.
  • Four Faces pictograph
    Four Faces pictograph
  • Sun Youth (Oshach Paiyatiuma) pictograph
    Sun Youth (Oshach Paiyatiuma) pictograph
  • Peeking into the dwelling with All American Man drawn on it
    Peeking into the dwelling with All American Man drawn on it
  • Salt Creek camp upstream of All American Man
    Salt Creek camp upstream of All American Man
  • Day 8: to Ruin Canyon

  • Watch tower
    Watch tower
  • Ruin Canyon camp
    Ruin Canyon camp
  • Day 9: to Dark Canyon

  • Pottery shard near a watch tower
    Pottery shard near a watch tower
  • Watch tower
    Watch tower
  • Our breakfast spot
    Our breakfast spot
  • Dark Canyon camp
    Dark Canyon camp
  • Day 10: to the Top of the Sundance Trail

  • Dark Canyon
    Dark Canyon
  • Dark Canyon
    Dark Canyon
  • The Sundance Trail
    The Sundance Trail
  • Camp just off the top of Sundance Trail on Dry Mesa
    Camp just off the top of Sundance Trail on Dry Mesa
  • Day 11: to Red Benches

  • Colorado River crossing near Hite
    Colorado River crossing near Hite
  • Our Hite cache!
    Our Hite cache!
  • Side canyon of Rock Canyon
    Side canyon of Rock Canyon
  • The chimney
    The chimney
  • Camp at Red Benches
    Camp at Red Benches
  • Day 12: to Poison Spring Canyon

  • Cowboy jenga cairn
    Cowboy jenga cairn
  • Fiddler Cove
    Fiddler Cove
  • Bighorn sheep skull
    Bighorn sheep skull
  • The Bowling Pin in Fiddlers Cove
    The Bowling Pin in Fiddlers Cove
  • The Dirty Devil River
    The Dirty Devil River
  • One of many, many fords
    One of many, many fords
  • The Dirty Devil River
    The Dirty Devil River
  • Poison Spring Canyon
    Poison Spring Canyon
  • Poison Spring Canyon
    Poison Spring Canyon
  • Camp in Poison Spring Canyon
    Camp in Poison Spring Canyon
  • Day 13: to Hanksville

  • Highway 95
    Highway 95
  • Day 14: Zero day in Hanksville

  • Our camp in Hanksville
    Our camp in Hanksville

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