Rob L
01-13-2009, 08:09 AM
Negro Bill Canyon
This is a little valley a few miles from Moab with a most spectacular arch at the end (it's not in Arches NP). In fact I spent 3 days in the Moab area without venturing into the NP...it's a bit jaded for me. Coachloads of 5-minute tourists.
Snow was the flavour of the day again, so boots on, woolly-pulley donned, and I set off from the Colorado river trailhead.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/usa2008/Dscf8482reduced.jpg
There is a little section of slickrock a few yards into the trail, and this was like a skating rink. Lots of footprints stopped here, and after slipping & sliding my way across, I found myself following only one set of prints, although even these had a dusting from the most recent snowfall the night before.
[i]Below: Reaching the arch (
This is a little valley a few miles from Moab with a most spectacular arch at the end (it's not in Arches NP). In fact I spent 3 days in the Moab area without venturing into the NP...it's a bit jaded for me. Coachloads of 5-minute tourists.
Snow was the flavour of the day again, so boots on, woolly-pulley donned, and I set off from the Colorado river trailhead.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/868mick/usa2008/Dscf8482reduced.jpg
There is a little section of slickrock a few yards into the trail, and this was like a skating rink. Lots of footprints stopped here, and after slipping & sliding my way across, I found myself following only one set of prints, although even these had a dusting from the most recent snowfall the night before.
[i]Below: Reaching the arch (