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Udink
06-14-2011, 10:06 AM
I'd been wanting to get out for a quick overnighter this past weekend, but nothing in the San Rafael Swell interested me. After reading Scott P's trip report (http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?55563-Exploring-the-Lecleed-Narrows-a-great-trip) from Crescent Creek, I started poking around that area in Google Earth and decided it would make for a nice couple of days. I ended up visiting Little Egypt on Friday evening and camped near Pysert's Hole. On Saturday, I checked out Crescent Creek and tried (unsuccessfully) getting to Bull Creek Pass. That afternoon I hiked up Leprechaun Canyon before heading home.


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Little Egypt was small but interesting. One of the best formations was the also farthest from the road. I hiked a little under two miles and probably saw all there was to see there. Next I drove to some interesting-looking Morrison Formation hills. They'd looked awesome from above in Google Earth, but in person they weren't quite as cool. I drove toward my intended camp spot in Pysert's Hole, but one spot where the road followed the edge of the wash had been completely washed out more than a mile short of where I wanted to camp. The sun had already been down for quite some time and I didn't want to try finding somewhere else to camp in the dark, so I set up camp right there at the end of the road.

Little Egypt parking area
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Little Egypt
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Torrey blended in well at Little Egypt
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Little Egypt with Mt. Hillers in the distance
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Morrison Formation hills with Mt. Hillers behind
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End of the road to Pysert's Hole
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Camp near Pysert's Hole
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I was disappointed not to get into Pysert's Hole, and early in the morning it was already pretty hot and I didn't want to make the boring hike to get to the good stuff in there. The bugs were really bad in the morning also, so I hurriedly packed up camp and hit the road looking for something else to do. I tried getting up Copper Creek to do some hiking, but the road was rough and faint and disappeared into the sagebrush before I got close enough to begin hiking. Instead, I checked out Crescent Creek. I'm sure I only saw a small fraction of what there is to see in Crescent Creek, but it was still a very interesting area. I hadn't originally planned on it, but after Crescent Creek I tried driving up into the Henry Mountains proper to Bull Creek Pass. As expected, I ran into some snow drifts less than a mile from the pass. The views from up there were great, and I only wish I'd have been able to peek off the west side toward the Capitol Reef area as well.


Inside a shallow adit in the South Fork of North Wash
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Outhouse along Copper Creek
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Disappearing road along Copper Creek
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Stone cabin along Crescent Creek
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Log cabin along Crescent Creek
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Trail down into Crescent Creek
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Bottom end of the Crescent Creek narrows
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Crescent Creek narrows
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Lecleed Spring turnoff
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Crescent Creek above Lecleed Spring
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Crescent Creek below Lecleed Spring
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Mine workings and old bridge over Crescent Creek
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Log bridge over Crescent Creek
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Crescent Creek narrows
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Road up Bromide Canyon
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Climbing the road toward Bull Creek Pass
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Panorama taken near the head of Butler Wash
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Bull Mountain
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Mt. Ellen
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Getting into some snow drifts
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This snow drift prevented me from going further
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It was a stark contrast being stopped by snow drifts, then about an hour later being at the parking area at the bottom of Leprechaun Canyon with temps in the mid- to upper-80s. There was a vicious dog tied up (unattended) to a vehicle at the parking area that acted as though it wanted nothing more than to attack me and my dog. I was pissed that it was given a long enough lead that it could reach the road where people had to walk past to get into and out of the canyon. I passed a couple groups of canyoneers coming out of the canyon. I didn't quite make it to the bottom of the last rappel--there was a muddy puddle that I didn't want to walk through--but what I did see of the canyon was great. Someday I'll go back and do it from the top-down.


Parked at the lower end of Leprechaun Canyon
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A fork in the canyon
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Some light bushwhacking
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Short narrows in the lower canyon
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Snuffleupagus
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Deeper into the canyon
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Looking straight up
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There are quite a few more photos here:
HenryMountainsEast
https://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/HenryMountainsEast

Here's my blog entry with a bit more info:
http://udink.org/2011/06/13/henry-mountains-east/

ibenick
06-14-2011, 10:22 AM
Very nice TR and pics. Can't believe someone tied their dog up and left them there. WTF.

Jammer
06-14-2011, 11:21 AM
Nice write-up. I love your dog in in Little Egypt. Also, cool to see Crescent from this angle and pair it with Scott's earlier report.

That pool in Leprechaun is a lot smaller than just 3 weeks ago when I was there. Then it was really long and up to my waist... and definitely cold and muddy! Pic for reference:

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:snowcloud:
<insert shivering emoticon>

- Jamal

accadacca
06-14-2011, 12:29 PM
Coolness! :cool2:

gnwatts
06-14-2011, 03:56 PM
Nice TR and pics.

Dr. Nebz
06-14-2011, 08:02 PM
Very nice! That looks like a sweet area where you can get variety of terrain in one trip. Very sick. Love the photos and the write up! :2thumbs:

rwpontius
06-15-2011, 05:02 AM
Good stuff Dennis, thank you for posting.
RP

pigburner
06-16-2011, 07:49 AM
Nice pics! The Henry's look beautiful. And Leprechaun is a favorite stop of mine. The pool in the Subway section is new since last August.

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