Scott, that would be awesome. Let me check my schedule tomorrow.
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The Ralston Route is great fun, you'll have a blast, it's a PITA arranging that heli-shuttle though. :haha:
I took my GF on this route in April about 5 years ago. It was her second canyon. Anyway, I missed the west fork and went up the wrong place. I knew what direction the car was parked so I kept heading that way. We eventually could see the car, but had two valleys between us to descend and climb in very lose sand and running low on water on a Hot April afternoon. Was great fun though because now she's hooked. :-)
"My primary goal is to see Ralston's rock"
I'm missing something here...has it turned into a tourist destination? The blood's all washed off by now.
Rob
(But nice pic of the high stuff, Scott :2thumbs:).
It became a popular tourist attraction about 5 minutes after the first news reports hit the air.
The good news is many tourists changed their vacation plans when they discover it was two hours in on a rough dirt road and there where no RV hookups at the campground.
On an interesting side note I can look at the keywords folks use to surf into the Climb-Utah.com website. "Bluejohn", "Blue John" and "Ralston" are always in the top five most popular. "Zion" and "Subway" are usually the other two.
I agree, but do you think interest is starting to wane? Bluejohn is still very popular, but it seems like visitation/interest may be declining?Quote:
It became a popular tourist attraction about 5 minutes after the first news reports hit the air.
Interest certainly declined after the initial mass pounding of the first year or two. Interest has now reached a steady level over the past 5 years and I expect it to stay at that level for a long time. Interest in Bluejohn is 100 times any other canyon in the area, with the possible exception of Horseshoe, and that's all because of Ralston.
Horseshoe is kind of hard to judge because it's part of the Ralston story, it is a National Park, and it contains the Great Gallery, so it's hard to separate the interests shown in the canyon. But comparing Bluejohn to something like Larry Canyon, which was roughly it's equal before Ralston the difference in interest is staggering.
YMMV
No, but I could do it in two weeks. April 24-25 ish. How does that work?
Unfortunately, I have a climb planned that week and already have a reservation at a backcountry hut. :sad:Quote:
No, but I could do it in two weeks. April 24-25 ish. How does that work?
I can send you a good map and description of how to get to the specific chockstone if you go on April 24-25.
Awesome. Please do. Thanks for all your help!!!
Make sure to check your PM. II sent a bunch of information with some good maps.