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| Hiking | 10.50 Miles |
1,737 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.50 Miles | 6 Hrs 46 Mns | | 1.56 mph |
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| partners | | The syncline Loop was the hardest hike we did on this whole trip. The sign said it was 8.3 miles but both the route scout and my Garmin said 10.5. The sign said extremely strenuous but I added the park carveout to it meaning, don't do it if you are a couch potato. The sign at the one mile point was my next clue, it didn't recommend turning around it commanded "extremely strenuous, turn around". The trail drops down continuously into a canyon that dumps into Upheaval Canyon that eventually drains into the Green River. Steep rocky trail but nothing I wasn't use to. The walk along the creek bed was easy enough but when you take the trail out of the canyon that's where it gets interesting. The trail follows up a side canyon to Upheaval Canyon that is a box canyon. as you are walking up the canyon you keep wondering how are they getting me out of here (I didn't have a GPS route loaded in my Garmin). Once at the end of the canyon it becomes a boulder climb. The trail is kind of marked so it was easy enough to follow. Took a long time to maneuver the boulders. In places it was a bit unnerving for me because there were a few overhangs that I was a bit uncomfortable with especially when you are pooped. Poor Ginny she had no idea what I was getting her into. She performed like a trooper though probably better than me on the overhangs. After about an hour we got on top of the boulder field and the long trip back was what I call a well behaved trail (kind of like a well behaved function in math). Asked if I would do this again, hell ya it was a neat trail just more than I expected. I think they need to add a few expletive's before the Turn Around on the sign.
There was a little water in the creeks down below in places but I would only use it if I was desperate. I brought a quart with me and Ginny brought 2. It was enough for me but if I did it again I would bring 2 quarts also. There were 2 other hikers we saw on the trail and one park ranger from Arches. The amazing part of this hike was that Ginny was still talking to me when we got done. |
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