I Found This Picture Of Ancient Ruins At Lake Powell in Utah And Tried To Find It In Person!

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Audio notes: you may need to adjust volume at 02:40 and 03:28

Video notes: You will notice that after I figured my mistake in forgetting where the ruin location was, I didn't say anything else. It was clear to me that the ruin was probably under water again or had been completely washed away.

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It's funny how you try and do something one way and then there is an unseen obstacle that makes you go another way. Has that happened to you? If this didn't happen to me on this adventure, I probably wouldn't have seen the things that I did! I guess it's kind of like life :-)

This was one of my most unexpected adventures yet! It took some planning mostly because of the water levels at Lake Powell. I knew the ruins I planned to visit had been under the lake water for a long time, so it wasn't clear what their current state would be. That's why I wanted to do this adventure!

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📷Photo Credit : "Fort Moki" Bureau of Reclamation



▶️Video Timestamps▶️
00:00 Introduction
02:54 Camping
03:28 Drive to Lake Powell
04:19 Beginning the Hike
09:25 Change in Hike Direction
12:52 Waiting Out the Storm
13:26 Surprising Find #1
17:56 Surprising Find #2
21:02 Surprising Find #3
22:22 Where Are You Fort Moki?
24:22 Drone Videos
24:59 Hiking Back to Car
26:05 Jeff Hike Hack™️
26:44 Photo Collage



🥾ADVENTURE NOTES🥾

some spoilers down below

🏞️Lake Powell was created in 1963 when the Glen Canyon Dam was completed and started filling. The dam wasn't officially dedicated until 1966 by First Lady, Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson, who was wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

It took 16 years for Lake Powell to fill up to "full pool level". Lake Powell has 1,960 miles of shoreline and covers a massive area in Southern Utah and smaller parts in Northern Arizona. It's fed by rivers and streams from the states of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

💧Lake Powell water level at the time of this video posted: 3,583.12 ft.
💧Fort Moki Elevation: 3,555-3570 ft. (my own estimate)

💧Lake Powell water level all time low: 3,519.01 ft. (April 2023)
💧Lake Powell water level all time high: 3,708 ft. (July 1983)


🛶The original Hites Crossing was at the junction of White Canyon and the Colorado River. Moki Fort was just above the very small town. Now, Hite is a launch ramp that is usually difficult to be at due to water levels at Lake Powell. The launch ramp is now a ranger station and is located about 5 miles up river from the original townsite of Hite.

More information can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/glca/planyourvisi...

🏕️Camping note: I drove about 7 hours from home to a predetermined camping spot. I chose to camp near a town so I could wake up early the next day, buy food and other things, then make the 100 mile drive to Lake Powell to begin the hike. I could have easily just drove straight to Lake Powell and found a camping spot that night. But I wanted to camp close to a town for not only better access to food options, but for safety.

🩹Safety note: I always hike with a satellite messenger/phone device. I carry plenty of water (usually close to a gallon) and have more than enough food for a few days if in an emergency.



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