BigJ
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I'm giving serious thought to putting together a fairly epic road trip. The guys at Overland Journal inspired it in their Summer 07 issue, and a recent special on the Capitol Reef NP for the TV show "Motion" all but sealed the deal for me. Here's my thoughts...
I'm in Central California. The drive from my place to the trailhead is approximately 950miles. That would take me realistically 2 days to drive. The Comb Ridge to Elephant Hill trek can comfortably be done in 2 days. The next day I'd like to spend in Capital Reef, stopping on the side of the road and spending a lot of time on foot exploring. So that would mean...
Day 1:
From San Jose, CA to Flagstaff AZ.
Day 2:
From Flagstaff AZ to a campsite somewhere near the Comb Ridge trailhead.
Day 3:
Break camp and get to a more or less halfway point along the run, setup camp and spend the night
Day 4:
Break camp and finish up the run over Elephant Hill. The trail ends at Canyonlands National Park picnic area.
Make the 4ish hour drive from the picnic area to Capitol Reef NP and either camp for the night or find a hotel and grab a shower (yes please).
Day 5:
Spend the day exploring Capitol Reef NP. Finish the day camping or back at the hotel.
Day 6:
From the campsite/hotel to maybe Tonopah for the evening.
Day 7:
From Tonopah thru Yosemite over 120, and back home.
As for when, I'm thinking late this Nov is probably ideal; maybe leave a day or so after Thanksgiving? If not then, I don't think I'd want to try this until late next spring.
Anyone wanna join for any/all of it? If I don't have at least one other bud to go with on the offroad part, I won't go. I asked one of the guys who went on the expedition for Overland if the Raptor could handle it and the answer came back "you shouldn't have any problems, but you will want a spotter, as some of the switchbacks are very tight."
What do ya think? To ambitious? Other ideas? Better ideas?
I'm in Central California. The drive from my place to the trailhead is approximately 950miles. That would take me realistically 2 days to drive. The Comb Ridge to Elephant Hill trek can comfortably be done in 2 days. The next day I'd like to spend in Capital Reef, stopping on the side of the road and spending a lot of time on foot exploring. So that would mean...
Day 1:
From San Jose, CA to Flagstaff AZ.
Day 2:
From Flagstaff AZ to a campsite somewhere near the Comb Ridge trailhead.
Day 3:
Break camp and get to a more or less halfway point along the run, setup camp and spend the night
Day 4:
Break camp and finish up the run over Elephant Hill. The trail ends at Canyonlands National Park picnic area.
Make the 4ish hour drive from the picnic area to Capitol Reef NP and either camp for the night or find a hotel and grab a shower (yes please).
Day 5:
Spend the day exploring Capitol Reef NP. Finish the day camping or back at the hotel.
Day 6:
From the campsite/hotel to maybe Tonopah for the evening.
Day 7:
From Tonopah thru Yosemite over 120, and back home.
As for when, I'm thinking late this Nov is probably ideal; maybe leave a day or so after Thanksgiving? If not then, I don't think I'd want to try this until late next spring.
Anyone wanna join for any/all of it? If I don't have at least one other bud to go with on the offroad part, I won't go. I asked one of the guys who went on the expedition for Overland if the Raptor could handle it and the answer came back "you shouldn't have any problems, but you will want a spotter, as some of the switchbacks are very tight."
What do ya think? To ambitious? Other ideas? Better ideas?
