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Kolesar

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3. Elephant Canyon to Big Spring Canyon in the "Needles District" of Canyonlands National Park

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 02:01 PM

Feb 2012

The red rock desert of Canyonlands NP is amazing. This hike takes you through two passes. Going counter clockwise from the Squaw Flat campground, you climb up one terrace after another until you climb to the top of the pass using a steel ladder.

http://www.protrails.com/trails/view/90
http://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm

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What is your favorite hike of all time? [View all] ellisonz Jan 2012 OP

Cant narrow it down to one. Here's three faves. rrneck Jan 2012 #1

The next one. bluedigger Feb 2012 #2

Elephant Canyon to Big Spring Canyon in the "Needles District" of Canyonlands National Park Kolesar Feb 2012 #3

Big Piney Trail near Ft. Leonard Wood, lastlib Apr 2012 #4

I have three gejohnston Apr 2012 #5

I like to get high Juneboarder Apr 2012 #6

An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin. MichaelMcGuire May 2012 #7

I like hikes like that, maybe a little longer. That one's going on my list. Hoyt Jun 2012 #8

Bit of a cop-out, but I'm going to say the JMT between Whitney Portal petronius Jun 2012 #9

my favorite hikes were all short Hula Popper Jun 2012 #10

Welcome to DU! ellisonz Jun 2012 #11

big bend national park johnsolaris Jul 2012 #12

Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana mokawanis Jan 2013 #13