Martinjmpr
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- City, State
- Englewood, CO
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 96 B2300 (AKA Ranger) 2wd
Reservations have been made
(CROSS POSTED FROM EXPO)
Ok, I just got off the phone with the Ranger at Canyonlands. Most of the permits are gone (Lesson learned: White Rim permits go fast so get your requests in early!)
If you haven't done so already, go to this web site:
http://www.nps.gov/cany
And click on the button that says "View Map." This will bring up a PDF of the map so you can follow along.
OK, The only permits available were for the following campsites:
4/18/12: Airport - 2 campsites available
4/19/12: Labyrinth - 1 campsite available
4/19/12: Potato Bottom - 1 campsite available.
Labyrinth and Potato Bottom are about 6 miles apart.
Because they were going fast (only 1 permit was available for Friday the 20th on the whole WRT and no permits were available for the weekend) I jumped on it and reserved those campsites.
This means we will be running the trail South to North, or Clockwise around the rim. The Ranger explained that this was actually preferred because it meant that the cliffs would be on the driver's side for better viewing.
2 permits means 6 vehicle max.
This means we have the following confirmed:
Martin (me) with 1 vehicle
Sib (Scott's dad) with 1 vehicle
Ted with 1 vehicle
Scott with 1 vehicle
Mike (MJMacdowell) with 1 vehicle
Brian1 with 1 vehicle.
Right now if anyone besides those named above wants to come along, you will have a few options:
1. Try to get a camping permit when we get there for the 18th and 19th. Apparently the permits have to be picked up in person at the visitor center so it's possible someone may have reserved a campsite and then later on they backed out, so there could be permits available.
2. Pack into another vehicle. I will have my back seat out so I can take 1 person, however, as I sleep in the back of my 4runner you will have to make your own sleeping arrangements (tent should be fine that time of the year, though.) Not sure if any of the other guys will have extra space.
3. Skip White Rim and join us afterwards. White Rim will be the only part of the trip that requires advance reservations/planning. Everything else we should be fine just flying by the seat of our pants and picking a campsite as we go along.
I realize this throws a bit of a monkey wrench into Scott and Ted's planning, but it's the best we can do.
Airport is fairly close to the East end of WRT (about 12 miles from the start) so we don't need to rush down there on the 18th. We can leave Green River and head down towards Moab, take UT313 down to the Canyonlands visitor center to pick up our permits and then take a leisurely drive to Airport. We can probably even take a tour down Lathrop Canyon, which starts right at the Airport campground.
Next day we'll have a drive of about 47 miles to Potato Bottom and another 6 to Labyrinth. The road between Potato Bottom and Labyrinth includes a narrow and steep pass, Hardscrabble Hill. My recommendation is that we meet on the morning of the 20th at Labyrinth and continue on out of White Rim from there.
That's all I've got for now.
(CROSS POSTED FROM EXPO)
Ok, I just got off the phone with the Ranger at Canyonlands. Most of the permits are gone (Lesson learned: White Rim permits go fast so get your requests in early!)
If you haven't done so already, go to this web site:
http://www.nps.gov/cany
And click on the button that says "View Map." This will bring up a PDF of the map so you can follow along.
OK, The only permits available were for the following campsites:
4/18/12: Airport - 2 campsites available
4/19/12: Labyrinth - 1 campsite available
4/19/12: Potato Bottom - 1 campsite available.
Labyrinth and Potato Bottom are about 6 miles apart.
Because they were going fast (only 1 permit was available for Friday the 20th on the whole WRT and no permits were available for the weekend) I jumped on it and reserved those campsites.
This means we will be running the trail South to North, or Clockwise around the rim. The Ranger explained that this was actually preferred because it meant that the cliffs would be on the driver's side for better viewing.
2 permits means 6 vehicle max.
This means we have the following confirmed:
Martin (me) with 1 vehicle
Sib (Scott's dad) with 1 vehicle
Ted with 1 vehicle
Scott with 1 vehicle
Mike (MJMacdowell) with 1 vehicle
Brian1 with 1 vehicle.
Right now if anyone besides those named above wants to come along, you will have a few options:
1. Try to get a camping permit when we get there for the 18th and 19th. Apparently the permits have to be picked up in person at the visitor center so it's possible someone may have reserved a campsite and then later on they backed out, so there could be permits available.
2. Pack into another vehicle. I will have my back seat out so I can take 1 person, however, as I sleep in the back of my 4runner you will have to make your own sleeping arrangements (tent should be fine that time of the year, though.) Not sure if any of the other guys will have extra space.
3. Skip White Rim and join us afterwards. White Rim will be the only part of the trip that requires advance reservations/planning. Everything else we should be fine just flying by the seat of our pants and picking a campsite as we go along.
I realize this throws a bit of a monkey wrench into Scott and Ted's planning, but it's the best we can do.
Airport is fairly close to the East end of WRT (about 12 miles from the start) so we don't need to rush down there on the 18th. We can leave Green River and head down towards Moab, take UT313 down to the Canyonlands visitor center to pick up our permits and then take a leisurely drive to Airport. We can probably even take a tour down Lathrop Canyon, which starts right at the Airport campground.
Next day we'll have a drive of about 47 miles to Potato Bottom and another 6 to Labyrinth. The road between Potato Bottom and Labyrinth includes a narrow and steep pass, Hardscrabble Hill. My recommendation is that we meet on the morning of the 20th at Labyrinth and continue on out of White Rim from there.
That's all I've got for now.