Tag: Fastpack

Spring is in the air. This can mean many things, but for Peter Bakwin and I, spring means, "go to the desert!" This year we were going for full value: a 3 1/2 day, 110 mile backpacking route starting from the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, thru the very remote country of Beef Basin and Fable Valley, and down into the bottom of Dark…

March 14, 6 AM, Canyon Overlook Trailhead Jared Campbell and I are in Zion National Park. It's a cool starry morning, and we immediately are enjoying scrambling up the white and red sandstone in the total darkness, our headlamps illuminating tiny circles in the smooth rock. Hey wait, it isn't supposed to be dark ... we timed our 6 AM departure based on when "Civil…