Across UT - Solo Trek Across Southern Utah

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I'll begin my hike at the state line near the small town of Uvada. Get it? Nevada+Utah=Uvada.

By the second week I hope to be in the Kolob section of Zion National Park. Depending on the weather there could still be snow on the ground.

25-Mile Wash from my 2006 Hike is likely to be similar to my planned route through Harris Wash.

Golden Cathedral-- one of the coolest spots on the Colorado Plateau. I might return there in late May.

The La Sal Mountains will be my 3rd and final mountain range on my trek. If the weather cooperates, I will summit the 2 highest peaks.

My planned route will skirt to the north the Needles of Canyonlands.

Bryce National Park will be visible to the north as my planned route stays at lower elevations to the south.

Diana's Throne-- near the beginning of my 2006 hike will be about day 15 of my new trek.

If all goes well I will stand atop Zion's Cable Mountain seen here in the fall of 2005.

Capitol Reef rainbow as seen in 2006. My new route will pass farther south of this spot.

Canyonlands Overlook. I love this pic as you can see the Henry Mountain far in the distance. I plan to summit the highest peak and then be in the canyons directly below this shot. The distance in between distance represents about 1/5 of my entire hike.

Checkerboard Mesa. My planned route will take me around the icon of Zion National Park.

Yum-- granola! Freeze-dried meals will represent a big portion of my diet over the 49 days.

Sand slide in the Escalante area.

I hope to camp near Devil's Garden on about day 24.

Coyote Gulch-- my route will probably go north of one of my all-time favorite canyons.

The Dollhouse from 2007-- my route will once again go by the cool spot.

My route will go right past Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

The planned route will go up Kanab Creek.

The area near Hole-in-the-Rock Road.

I will travel through bear country-- though I've never seen a bear in Utah, only prints. This little guy was in the Sierras.

There's a chance I will see bison. In the Henry Mountains is one of the last free-roaming herds in America.

The red-rock canyons of Escalante.

My route will take me over three mountain ranges-- though not the Abajos as seen here from my 2007 hike.

As I descend into Zion Canyon I'll likely do the fun diversion of going out to Angel's Landing.

I will once again place caches of extra food, fuel and clothes along my route. I will need about 9 caches for the trip.

The Aspen are likely to be just beginning to bud at the higher elevations.

I will either travel up Choprock Canyon as seen here or Silverfalls Canyon farther north.

Though I won't visit Spooky Canyon on this trip, I will hit a few other narrow slot canyons along the way.

Wilson Arch is near where I will place my final cache.

I'm likely to see a lot of petrified wood along my journey.

The narrows of Willis Creek.

Mr. Jack Rabbit.

The Pink Cliffs-- which are actually orange.

Yellow Rock-- which is really yellow.

I will once again cross the Colorado River at Spanish Bottom.

Typical contents of one of my caches.

I will once again travel along a portion of the Paria River.

Hoping for many great sunsets along the way.

The barren Kaiparowitz Plateau. I will cross from this point to as far as the eye can see-- that's about two days in this case.

There is chance of snow once again the Bryce area unless April is a very warm month.

Dry Wash Canyon.

Pictographs in Deer Creek Canyon.

Cottonwood Valley

Harris Wash should be about day 25.

The Henry Mountains

Though I won't be in the Zion Narrows as seen here, I do hope to visit the similar feature known as The Barracks.

I will see two full Moons on my trek.

Red sand dune near Escalante.

High in the Abajo Mountains

I will descend from the West Rims seen in the top left of this photo.

A rock-filled canyon on the Kaiparowitz Plateau.

Spooky Canyon.

The Chinle rock formation is often home to petrified wood.

On the eastern end of the Moody Cliffs.

Coyote Bridge

Escalante River is one of three major rivers I will need to cross.

I will travel through Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument for almost two weeks.

Red Canyon east of Zion.

Capitol Reef