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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Climbing Trip

Rock climbing trip to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. December 2018-January 2019.

Posted byDeserraeJanuary 18, 2019January 20, 2019Posted inClimbing, National Park, UncategorizedTags:canyon, Climbing, grand canyon, hotsprings, Nevada, redrocks, rock climbingLeave a comment on Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Climbing Trip

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Encampment Wyoming to Steamboat Colorado. 950 miles of the trail complete!

The last full day of hiking in Wyoming was pretty much 95% snow and incredibly hot. I could feel the sun radiating off the snow and on to my skin. Believe it or not I was dripping sweat in all these photos. We went straight from the red desert to the snowy mountains and somehow I have to be prepared for it all.

Following the official motto of the CDT and embracing the brutality!

Crossed back into Colorado a couple of days ago! I think I'm officially done with all the desert sections of this trail 🎉 now the mountain climbing can begin 🏔️ ! After I get back to the other end of the Colorado border I'll be going back up to Wyoming to resume Northbound hiking to Canada! Not going to lie, being a SOBO for a little bit is kind of fun.

Rawlins, Wyoming

What happens in the basin stays in the basin .... Quite literally, except I'm talking about precipitation. The continental divide determines if water ultimately flows east to the Atlantic ocean or west to the Pacific Ocean. There is a gap in the divide in the red desert of Wyoming known as the Great Divide Basin. Water that falls here stays here. I got to hike through the basin in the spring time moderate temperatures with most of the seasonal water sources still flowing. In July, this place gets VERY HOT and most of that water ends up evaporating. If you've ever carried lots of water very far, you know it's not fun because that stuff is HEAVY! On top of the cool geological features of this place, wildlife and history is abundant! We actually walked along the Oregon/California trail and Seminoe Cutoff for quite a ways. In the 1840s, 50s, and 60s a man named Charles Decker crossed the great plains 49 times on horseback to deliver mail from Utah to the Missouri River. We also walked through an old gold mining camp I was absolutely blown away by how beautiful and interesting a place I would have driven by in a car without a second thought could be. I saw more wildlife in the last 5 days than the first 45 days, including wild horses, badgers, a rattlesnake, prarie dogs, antelopes, cows, and lizards. There is so much more to these wide open sagebrush fields than meets the eye.

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