ESCALANTE River PACKRAFTING Adventure - Part 1 | Egypt 3 and Ringtail Slot Canyons

Escalante River Packrafting Adventure - Part 1

Join us on an 11 day adventure on the Escalante River area of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in southern Utah.

In this Part 1 video, we explore the Egypt 3 slot canyon, one of the most dramatic and narrow in the area. We also check out Neon Canyon and its spectacular Golden Cathedral. After shuttling our cars 50 miles to end of the Hole-in-the-Rock road, we then start our packrafting float down the Escalante River, all the way to Lake Powell. Along the way, we stop to explore the deep, dark and narrow Ringtail slot canyon and scramble up steep exposed slopes to access slick rock in the high country (see "big horn trail" and "Yurt Dome" in Steve Allen's book "Canyoneering 3", map 29).

The adventure continues in Part 2:    • ESCALANTE River PACKRAFTING Adventure - Pa...  

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00:00 Day 1: Egypt 3 slot canyon
02:41 Day 2: Neon Canyon, Golden Cathedral and rock art
05:03 Day 3: Car shuttle to Hole-in-the-Rock and first camp on Escalante River
05:47 Day 4: Packrafting Escalante River, Ringtail Canyon, Moody Canyon
09:20 Day 5: Packrafting Escalante River, RM58 portage
11:24 Day 6: Ascending big horn trail to Yurt Dome

Also check out the full-length video on our trip down the Egypt 3 slot canyon:
   • EGYPT 3: Canyoneering One of Utah's Best N...  

Trip beta:
Dates: March 11-18, 2022 (packrafting portion: March 13-18).
River flow measured far upstream at Escalante: 2.2 cfs dropping to 1.8 cfs.
(https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?si...)

ROUTE GUIDES:
Canyoneering 3, by Steve Allen: https://amzn.to/3rE09Nd
https://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/uta...
https://www.americansouthwest.net/slo...
https://www.americanwhitewater.org/co...

Packrafting Gear List:
My full packrafting adventure gear list https://www.bradmitchellphoto.com/my-...

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