Spend seven days camping and hiking in the national parks of Utah and Arizona. This trip starts off in Arches National Park for two days of exploring various arches and trekking through the desert. The next stop is Canyon-lands National Park for hiking and camping in the Needles District, which is in the southern part of the park. The following day will be spent exploring slot canyons in the San Rafael Swell. We will camp in Escalante National Monument and the next day will be spent negotiating the extremely narrow slot canyons of the Escalante River basin. Our final stop is back in Arizona where we will camp and hike in the Sedona area, exploring secret canyons and Indian ruins.
All camping on this trip is within a national park or within the boundaries of land protected by the Bureau of Land Management. All hikes on the trip are day hikes with the longest hike being approximately 11 miles. Participants will have access to shower facilities throughout the trip. Participants should be prepared for all types of weather from night temperatures near freezing to day temperatures in the 70’s. The trip is scheduled to leave on Saturday, March 10 and return on Sunday, March 18. The cost of this trip is $550.00 and includes airfare, transportation, park access fees and food.
