wrote:

California has been inundated with moisture. Sierras have record
snowfall. But what about the rest of the West?

Still bad in the northern west, but excellent in the southern west.
If anybody has a Salt permit, I'll offer to organize the trip's food!
(But unsalted food :-)

In the next few days, this map will be updated for February snowpack:
ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/support/...amflow/wy2005/

Meanwhile, here's a frequently updated text summary:
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/sno_narr3_pl

Hey Riverman (or others), have you ever hiked up from Grand Gulch camp
to see the Anasazi ruins? How far was it, were the dwellings closest to
the river worth seeing, and how many days did you spend doing it?

We camped at the creek mouth (right side) above Grand Gulch, I forgot
its name, and again at Moonlight, because we heard they were better.
One of my favorite camps was at the stranded meander, but most people
don't like that one.

"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message ...
Hey Riverman (or others), have you ever hiked up from Grand Gulch camp
to see the Anasazi ruins? How far was it, were the dwellings closest to
the river worth seeing, and how many days did you spend doing it?

We camped at the creek mouth (right side) above Grand Gulch, I forgot
its name, and again at Moonlight, because we heard they were better.
One of my favorite camps was at the stranded meander, but most people
don't like that one.


The lowest camps in Grand Gulch are a day hike in, maybe 4 miles up. I never
did the overnight up to the clusters of hut, as I lived in Flag and we had
Anasazi riuns all over, so the hot dry hike up GG never appealed to me.

The Perched Meander camp is one of my favorites, too! I like that you can go
on this hiking journey and end up back where you started without having to
retrace. The canyon above Grand is Slickhorn....did you ever hike up to the
pools there? Or the very best pool on the river, at John's canyon?

--riverman

riverman wrote:

The lowest camps in Grand Gulch are a day hike in, maybe 4 miles up. I never
did the overnight up to the clusters of hut, as I lived in Flag and we had
Anasazi riuns all over, so the hot dry hike up GG never appealed to me.

It's also possible to reach the Grand Gulch hiking downhill from a road.

The Perched Meander camp is one of my favorites, too! I like that
you can go on this hiking journey and end up back where you started
without having to retrace.

That and the scenic beauty are what made it so wonderful for us.

The canyon above Grand is Slickhorn....did you ever hike up to the
pools there? Or the very best pool on the river, at John's canyon?

Yes, we really liked the Slickhorn hike and enjoyed swimming/wading
in the pools. So I guess we made the right camping decisions.
We did not visit John's Canyon, if I recall correctly.

Julia De Silva wrote:
I know some Americans (and a few others) refuse to admit Global Warming is
an issue, but IT IS HAPPENING, and we need to do something about it before
it's too late.

Although I don't have an axe to grind with your assertion that the world
is warming up, I think that you might have picked a more appropriate
person to respond to... Melissa doesn't come across to me as one of the
main culprits in this case.

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilko(a t)dse(d o t)nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://wilko.webzone.ru/

Dave Manby wrote:

Eastern Turkey has had big snow this winter!

So has Greece! (and the Netherlands, for that matter: today we had
everything white once again :-( )

Looks like our Greece trip in April/May is going to have great water levels!

Prague had very little snow and bright sunshine this weekend, and the
water was flowing despite -5 degrees C. Great paddling weather, just had
my PFD stuck on for a while because the belt, straps and zipper were
frozen solid. :-)

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilko(a t)dse(d o t)nl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://wilko.webzone.ru/