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.