3 – Day Escalante River Backpacking

Highlights

• Enjoy these impressive treasures in relative solitude, relishing not having to compete with numerous tourists
• Explore death hollow and swim in its pools
• Massive steps of the Grand Staircase lies an explorer’s paradise: Escalante, a red-dusted anthology of canyons and cliffs
• Enjoy lovely backcountry meals at the confluence, and take advantage of the canyons’ deep clear pools
• Opportunity to cover new territory each day, we’ll feast our eyes upon an ancient Anasazi granary, a sandstone arch, and a 130-foot high natural bridge

What's this trip about?

Southern Utah’s Escalante River winds through a magical canyon country deep in the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument. Backpack along the banks of the river, camp beneath natural sandstone arches, and wiggle through slot canyons as you explore the last mapped place in the continental United States. Spend 3 days and 2 nights camping beneath the stars, wading through the lazily flowing river, and marveling at the native tribal ruins and pictographs sprinkled left and right. Get to know some of Southern Utah’s intricate canyon hideaways including Death Hollow and the Escalante Natural Arch, and you’ll never want to leave

What's excluded

• Personal insurance and expenses
• Pre- or post-trip lodging
• Transportation to and from the meet location
• Breakfast Day 1
• Dinner Day 3
• Sleeping bag (available to rent from AOA)
• Sleeping pad (available to rent from AOA)
• Backpacking pack (available to rent from AOA)
• Backpacking tent (available to rent from AOA)
• Trekking poles (complimentary upon request)
• Gratuities to AOA Guides

Accommodation