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DAY 0:
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- Fruita Campground
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- Fruita Campground
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- Pectols Pyramid
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- Hickman Bridge
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- Hickman Bridge
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- Hickman Bridge
DAY 1:
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- Sulphur Creek near Visitor Center
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- Sulphur Creek
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- lower waterfall
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- lower waterfall
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- Sulphur Creek
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- Sulphur Creek
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- Sulphur Creek
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- Sulphur Creek
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- Sulphur Creek
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- narrows in Sulphur Creek
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- 2nd Waterfall
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- 2nd Watefall
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- deep pool
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- deep pool
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- deep pool
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- more narrows
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- Upper Waterfall
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- narrows below Upper Waterfall
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- Upper Waterfall
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- Upper Waterfall
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- people at Goosenecks Overlook
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- Sulphur Creek
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- upper Sulphur Creek
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- in the Goosenecks
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- upper Sulphur Creek
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- person up at Goosenecks Overlook
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- upper Sulphur Creek
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- upper Sulphur Creek
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- Chimney Rock in view
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- Chimney Rock
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- “Chimney Rock Canyon”
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- “Chimney Rock Canyon”
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- “Chimney Rock Canyon”
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- “Chimney Rock Canyon”
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- “Chimney Rock Canyon”
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- junction with Spring Canyon
DAY 2:
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- camp area near spring
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- the “crack” route
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- the “crack” route
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- the “crack” route
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- talus near top
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- looking back to camp area
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- edge of side canyon
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- edge of side canyon
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- “Cowboy Arch”
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- “Cowboy Arch”
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- “Cowboy Arch”
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- glyph at “Cowboy Arch”
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- “Cowboy Arch”
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- my next goal is the pinnacle in the distance
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- natural bridge
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- looking back to Navajo Domes
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- looking back to Navajo Domes
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- the pinnacle
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- looking north on the Waterpocket Fold
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- Waterpocket Fold
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- looking north on the Waterpocket Fold
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- sundown on Thousand Lake Mountain
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- dinner
DAY 3:
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- inner canyon where I could see water
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- route down to inner canyon
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- water!
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- nice tank, but tricky to access
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- double rainbow
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- “Pine Tree Gully”
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- “Pine Tree Gully”
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- Mexican Spotted Owl
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- Mexican Spotted Owl
DAY 4:
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- climbing down from Capital bench
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- mini arch
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- side slot with water
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- side slot with water
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- lower canyon
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- looking back on canyon with water
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- tank spotted via Google Earth
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- tank spotted via Google Earth
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- remnants of old drilling site
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- remnants of old drilling site
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- arches on the horizon
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- log ladder
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- log ladder — trickier than it looks
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- approaching the arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- backcountry arch
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- leaving the arch
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- another pinnacle
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- crossing the canyon with water again
DAY 5:
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- wash near camp slots up
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- volcanic dike
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- the parallel canyon to Capital
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- scramble route
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- looking back up canyon and a cairn
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- over ridge looking east
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- the Capital
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- looking back to arch on skyline
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- crypto and cactus
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- sandstone
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- looking to Navajo Domes area
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- looking to Navajo Domes area
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- interesting rock
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- looking to Navajo Domes area
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- back down “Crack” route
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- back down “Crack” route
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- Andromeda Galaxy (center top)
DAY 6:
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- camp in Upper Spring Canyon
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- established camp area near slot
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- slot in Spring Canyon
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- pool at end of slot
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- bypass trail and slide crossing some find scary
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon near multi-way junction
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- the Spire in Lower Spring Canyon
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- the Spire in Lower Spring Canyon
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- the Spire in Lower Spring Canyon
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- unnamed arch in Spring Canyon
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- the lower spring in Spring Canyon
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- the lower spring in Spring Canyon
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- route up into side canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- a bat
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- unnamed arch
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Lower Spring Canyon
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- Fremont River
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- walking the road
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- looking down on Hickman Bridge parking
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- Cohab Canyon
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- Cohab Canyon
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- Cohab Canyon
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- Mr. Bighorn
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- Mr. Bighorn
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- Cohab Canyon
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- Cohab Canyon
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- overlooking Fruita
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- overlooking Fruita
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- overlooking Fruita
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- The Barn
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- Gifford House
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- Hike Complete!
