Mazamas — For the Love of Mountains
Join us on a camping and hiking adventure in Utah’s Red Rock country!
We will be exploring Arches, Canyonlands, Natural Bridges, Capitol Reef, and Zion National parks by day and camping by night.
Participants should be able to carry a light pack on slick, rock terrain involving the occasional exposed traversing and easy scrambling. Hiking at A to B level.
Email the Outing leader by clicking their name in the Prospectus tab.
Activity Notes
Join us on a car camping and hiking outing to Utah’s Red Rock country.
We will travel to Aches, Canyonlands, Natural Bridges, Capitol Reef, and Zion National parks. Participants should be able to carry a light pack, on Slickrock terrain involving occasional exposed traversing and easy scrambling. Hiking mostly at Mazama A to B level (less than 10 miles and 2000 feet elevation gain) - though opportunity to do harder hikes if desired.
Costs: $374 to $634 for group size of 7 to 17 (including leaders). Camping and Mazama fees included. Participants responsible for transportation, food, park entry costs. We will arrange carpools and gear sharing.
Contact leader Bob Breivogel 503-292-2940 / breivog@teleport.com
Assistant: Rex Breunsbach.
$100 deposit will be charged upon acceptance to the Outing. You will be invoiced for the remaining balance of the trip.
GENERAL ITINERARY
Day 1 (Mon, Sept 30) Fly or drive to Salt Lake City, then Meet at Zion National Park group campsite #E0001. About 4 1/2 hours drive from Salt Lake.
Day 2 Zion park National Park
Day 3 Zion park National Park
Day 4 Zion park National Park
Day 5 Bryce Canyon National Park
Day 6 Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Day 7 Capital Reef National Park
Day 8 Capital Reef National Park
Day 9 Natural Bridges NM
Day 10 Canyonlands National Park Needle
Day 11 Canyonlands National Park Needles
Day 12 Dead Horse State park
Day 13 Canyonlands Island in sky
Day 14 Arches Park
Day 15 (Mon Oct 14) Outing ends. Drive to Salt Lake for flight, or start drive to Portland . About 3 1/2 hours drive to Salt Lake.
Notes:
If you drive from Portland and do the whole trip, expect around 2600 miles round trip. If you fly to Salt Lake, then rent a car, round trip will be about 1100 miles.
