Round Valley Draw

[tanya]

Anyone done it? I seem to remember Shane mentioned it once and was working on a twist? Hints of anything different out there?

[Iceaxe]

Still on my to-do list. The twist is I think I have figured out how to snag two slots for the price of one.... still working on some of the details for the twist.

[tanya]

We are probably going to do this one on Sunday..... I think I actually have the day off work! Shocking, but true!

[stefan]

Anyone done it?

sure ... nice canyon. one variation would be to do a loop down booker canyon and up round valley draw. MK describes both in his non-tech guide.

[tanya]

Thanks Stefan!

[Iceaxe]

Here is a good TR:
http://utahoutdoors.com/pages/roundvalleydraw.htm

[goofball]

http://uutah.com/forum/viewtopic.php...ghlight=#64428

rvd is pretty, seemd kinda short if memory serves me right. but very pretty.

booker is easy to get into, pretty, and it makes a fuller day to loop the 2. we started from the rvd th and road walked to bookers head (one of 'em), droped in and exited rvd maybe 8 hours later ? + or -.

[tanya]

Thanks Guys!

[tanya]

Never mind

So much for a day off to hike! Seems I promised a couple of weeks ago that I would take my teen daughter to a nearby town for a homecoming date.

[bruce from bryce]

Better check with the Cannonville VC on the conditions of the road. Road into upper Hackberry was washed out recently; Round Valley Draw has had similiar problems in the past 4 years.

[tanya]

Thanks for the tip!

Do those washouts in the Staircase get cleaned up quickly?

[bruce from bryce]

All depends upon their priorities. Round Valley is basically a tourist road while Upper Hackberry has grazing on it.

[tanya]

I hope for the Staircase .. tourist is the priority!

[tanya]

Finally made it there today! Pretty Canyon.... It was a fun day with Bo!


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Photos --- Bo in Round Valley Draw

[tanya]

Bo ... RVD

[tanya]

Bo in Round Valley Draw - Grand Staircase

[CarpeyBiggs]

Are you sure that's Bo? That pack looks awfully small...

[tanya]

Same thought I had! The man is masochistic! It's still an Osprey though! He is having a little bit of knee issues so a lighter pack is good at times.

[Bo_Beck]

Same thought I had! The man is masochistic! It's still an Osprey though! He is having a little bit of knee issues so a lighter pack is good at times.

Thing is that I took an extra shirt (transition), 2 drybags, A 60' rope, Jerky, several clif bars, 2 headlamps, batteries, knife, tape emergency fire stuff and the only thing I used was a couple pieces of tape, 1 clif bar and 1 and a half liters of water.....oh yeah my camera too. Didn't need a big pack for a short easy hike! Rigging for Rescue 40 hour annual training coming up this month soon and I can make up for being wimpy yesterday.

[tanya]

Same thought I had! The man is masochistic! It's still an Osprey though! He is having a little bit of knee issues so a lighter pack is good at times.

Thing is that I took an extra shirt (transition), 2 drybags, A 60' rope, Jerky, several clif bars, 2 headlamps, batteries, knife, tape emergency fire stuff and the only thing I used was a couple pieces of tape, 1 clif bar and 1 and a half liters of water.....oh yeah my camera too. Didn't need a big pack for a short easy hike! Rigging for Rescue 40 hour annual training coming up this month soon and I can make up for being wimpy yesterday.

Normal is not whimpy