I did some exploring yesterday on Keg Point, which is basically directly west of Moab and directly south of Green River. I was looking for a cave listed on the USGS topo map, and although I found it, it was in the bottom of a canyon rather than at the canyon's rim like the topo map suggested, so I didn't get a chance to go inside.
http://castlecountry.org/geo/KegPoint.kmz
I was optimistic because the amount of snow on the ground gradually decreased as I drove south toward Green River, but after getting on the dirt road and heading south from Green River, snow levels gradually increased. There were deepish drifts while I hiked, but on the slickrock there were places where the snow had melted completely. I started my hike near the end of the road on Keg Point (the same place you'd begin the hike for Colonnade Arch) and hiked a couple of miles northwest to a point overlooking Keg Spring Canyon. Some places were a little dicey, with steep snow-covered sandstone slopes, but most of the hike was relatively flat. The sky was amazing for most of the hike, but some thick storm clouds moved in toward the end of the hike and it got cold very quickly. It was an amazing day, and when the days are longer I'm planning on going back to check out Colonnade Arch and Bowknot Bend.
Very little snow closer to Green River
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Coyote heads near Chaffin Geyser
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Chaffin Geyser
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The road south of Saucer Basin
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The road to Keg Point
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View over Labyrinth Canyon toward the Needles
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My parking spot on Keg Point
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Incredible sky
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View toward my destination
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Rock formation along the way
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Yucca
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A fork in upper Keg Spring Canyon
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The cave I was looking for
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A small arch
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Keg Spring Canyon
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Closer view of the canyon
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Clouds moving in at the end of the hike
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The La Sals
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Sand dunes southwest of Middle Canyon
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Little Flat Top
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Factory Butte seen from Little Flat Top
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Back on the pavement at UT-24, with Temple Mountain in the distance
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There are a ton more photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/KegPoint#