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03-03-2006, 10:18 AM #1
Confluence of the Green and the Colorado?
I've been looking and not finding much info on trails into this confluence. And I thought- "One of those crazy bastards on the UUTAH site has probably been there" Anybody got any info? Gracias.
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-Robert Frost
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03-03-2006 10:18 AM # ADS
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03-03-2006, 10:46 AM #2
Here is one way to do it....
The Maze - Canyonlands
Spanish Bottom
http://www.utahtrails.com/SpanishBottom.html
I visited the place by river when rafting Cateract Canyon, which is anther way to do it.
Lots of other options....
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03-03-2006, 10:58 AM #3
Here is another:
http://www.utahtrails.com/Confluence.html
James
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03-03-2006, 11:03 AM #4
We do Cataract almost yearly, and if my memory doesn't fail me, Spanish bottom is a couple miles down river from the confluence. It is probably about the closest place to the confluence where there is an actual trail and where you can get down to the river and if you want to see the confluence, from river level then hike up river along the scree fields that lead down to the river from the cliffs.
If searching for Spanish Bottom doesn't turn up anything, try searching the web for info on getting to the "Doll House" in the Maze district of Canyonlands. I believe it is a long ways from anywhere and a really rough 4x4 road to get in there. We hiked up to the Doll House from the river one time and there were a couple Euros up there in Land Rovers and they said it had been a long slow nasty ride out there. How long, how slow, how nasty?
If you do the hike, you'll find the doll house to be a delightful place full of lots of cool rock formations. Seeing the confluence is very probably best done from the canyon rim rather than hiking down to the river and seeing it at river level. You can *probably* route find your way to a nice confluence overlook from the Doll House if you want to take that approach. Take some maps and a compass! They don't call it the Maze for nothing.
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03-03-2006, 01:48 PM #5Originally Posted by rock_ski_cowboy
If getting down to the river confluence itself is you goal, it would still be eaiser from the Needles side.
James
Originally Posted by www.utahtrails.com/Confluence
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03-03-2006, 02:02 PM #6
Actually the easiest method is to hook a ride on one of the jet boats out of Moab. You can even make arrangements for them to drop you off and pick you back up in a couple of days.
Rock_Ski..... if you had of read the Spanish Bottom route description I posted you would have noted that it accessed Spanish Bottom via the Doll House..... problem solved, except for the long 4x4 road into the Maze. Just tossing out options....
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03-03-2006, 03:14 PM #7Originally Posted by Iceaxe
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03-03-2006, 08:39 PM #8
I think I'd come in from the east by jeep, elephant Hill and hike down.
Peter
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03-05-2006, 10:50 AM #9
Wow! Thanks for all the info guys. The thought of floating into the conflUence hadn't occured to me- I guess I get stuck thinking about hiking everything. So- thanks for all the info.
We love the things we love for what they are
-Robert Frost
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03-05-2006, 05:55 PM #10
You can hike to the confluence from all three points of the triangle. My favorite place to see it is via Island in the Sky on the far south tip. You hike down there via the White Crack Campsite on the White Rim. The route to the Maze and Needles are great too, and you have the info above.
Note that Spanish Bottom is indeed quite a bit below the confluence. From the Maze, there is a route down known as the Powell Route, beause it is where Powell climbed out. The route from the Needles is via a canyon not far north of the Confluence Overlook.Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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03-05-2006, 07:13 PM #11
Great information as always Scott. By the way, I spent Saturday hiking around your neck of the woods; Maybell.
Peter
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