Sunday, October 18, 2009

Labyrinth Canyon Canoe Trip on the Green River (Oct 09)

View of La Sals and Canyonlands from one of five arches at the rim above Labyrinth Canyon.


















October is a great month for Fall colors and floating in canoes down the gentle Green River near Moab. Mike B, Mike G, Bo and I completed the trip this year 45 miles down Labyrinth Canyon in canoes. Here we are at Ruby Ranch packing for 4 nights.














Silhouette of the other canoe floating past beautiful cottonwoods and red cliffs.












Another similar one.









Mike standing on the saddle atop of Bowknot Bend, where the Green River does an 8 mile loop back to where it practically started from.














Our third night camp on an island was not cold or wet, unless you account for a thick layer of dew covering everything by morning.










Our hike up 2 Mile Canyon had a great trail to the rim, and five different arches up on top.













The 2 Mikes paddling from our last night's camp on a nice sandy island.









Finally, we found the elusive Julien inscription dating from 1836.

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