Escalante Utah part 2, Backpacking, Hiking Coyote Gulch, Climbing Jacob Hamblin A w My Own Frontier
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Escalante Utah part 2, Backpacking Utah, Hiking Coyote Gulch, Climbing scary Jacob Hamblin Arch with My Own Frontier, A Canyon Country High Route, The Scary and dangerous Stuff in 4K
This is the second of two videos from an 8 day backpacking and canyoneering loop in the Escalante area October 2019. Me and my buddy Joey Coconato of My Own Frontier complete Steve Allens Escalante South route over a period of 8 very dry days, there has been no rain in the area for over 100 days. We follow the challenging route from Crack in the Wall, through Coyote Gulch, crossing the Escalante River, heading up Stevens Canyon and up the Baker trail to the top of the Waterpocket Fold. From there we head to Cliff Point for some amazing 360 views of Canyon Country, we could see Monument valley and Navajo Mountain in the south, Boulder Mountain and Powell Point to the north, Henry Mountains, Bears Ears, Lake Powell and even the La Sal Mountains to the east. This second video starts with a beautiful but windy sunrise at Cliff Point, and then we get into "The Scary Stuff", canyon hopping, climbing and traversing part of the trip from Cliff to Georges Camp Canyon, down the "very scary" bighorn sheep trails and across the Escalante to Ezra Mc Bench, Fools Canyon, Kings Bench and back to Coyote Gulch for the climb out by Jacob Hamblin Arch and the end of the trip. We found water, but did we fall off a cliff on the bighorn sheep trail, any of the class 4 and 5 climbs, or up the Jacob Hamblin Arch?
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Very impressive! Brave backpacking. Love that stunning red rock geology.
Yeah, it is a wonderland!
Came across your video and you have one Great Guy for a hiking partner, very knowledgeable and brave , you guys are awesome
Thank you Carolina!
Captain Go!? That's awesome. lol You are definitely the guy to have around on a backpacking trip. Nice find on the water source! I can't believe Joey took off his shoes. Growing up in the Mojave Desert, we never took off our shoes. Stickers and thorns everywhere! Not to mention the red ants (and other beasties). The tarantula was cool, and the shapes and colors of the canyons.....just stunning. Another great one Jarl. Thanks so much! 🙏☺❤
Lol, captain go it is!
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great video, we did the climb out on Jacob Hamblin Arch some years ago and there was no rope. It was horrifying to us, but we managed it at least.
Thank you! Its a fun climb, glad you made it:-)
Fabulous canyons and scenery!
It really is, miss this place now!
endless beautiful slickrock
Truly!
Great stuff, Jarl. Looks like a fun trip. So much so, that I did some quick research on doing it. The wagbag requirements for the Gulch kind of put a damper on my urge to hike there. Much more leisurely than your Glacier Peak trip. Those mileages and elevation gains were insane!
Thank you Matt! Its a pretty epic route, its actually exceptional as far as scenery goes, we didnt camp in Coyote Gulch, just passing through, so no wag bags for us:-) We took it a bit more easy than the Glacier Peak route for sure, but we carried up to 9 L of water so it was still hard with the climbing, but we had perfect weather and it was pure joy! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful part 2!
This is the first time we saw the final climb in video. We were there few days before you and the rope was still there. Congrats guys, wonderful hike! We started the same day as you and it's too bad not to meet you!
How did you study this hike?
Thank you so much! So someone must have pulled the ropes just before we got there, lol, it was a good climb without ropes for sure!
@@NorwegianXplorer I have a lot of books about Utah but I can't find where you find how to hike this. Could you tell me if you study with maps or books please?
@@LaetitiaStrhauss Yes, I recommend Steve Allens Canyoneering 2 and 3, as well as Michael Kelseys "Non-technical Canyon guide to the Colorado plateau". Allens Canyoneering 2, that this route is from, is a technical guide, so there are technical climbing on all the routes (above class 5), I think the climb out by Jacob Hamblin is considered a class 4+, but I have also seen it classified as 5.0.
Where did you start from, which trailhead? We were only in Coyote Gulch for half an hour on the 20th, crossing it to get to our campsite for the first night:-)
Thanks! I have 2 books of Kelseys but not the one!
We started from crack in the wall October 18th and we get out in Jacob Hamlin arch the same day. The day before we were backpacking in reflection canyon.
Great video. I did the Fold canyon version of this hike years ago solo. I remember the "5.2" climb up that crack feeling a lot higher than 5.2 especially being solo without a spot and big drop. I wouldn't recommend it. I'm curious how you bi-passed that. Did you have beta on that or just figure it out on the spot?
I'm also curious about the unnamed canyons on this route: first does anyone know their names, and second what are the watercourses like? Do they slot up and look challenging? Potholes and rappels and that good stuff? I'm looking forward to visiting these two canyons specifically and doing some exploration.
Hey, thanks for watching, that is awesome that you have done this route, it might not be the same climb though, there is a crack you climb down from Fold Canyon to the Escalante that I have heard is pretty sketchy, is that the one you mean, on the east side of the river? This one we did is on the west side of the river up to Ezra MC bench. Anyway, I just walked around the next bend and looked for a way up, I had heard a rumour that someone had done it before so I wanted to see if there was anything in the rumour, and there all of a sudden we were above the climb, we were happy about that, although the climb looked doable. The unnamed canyons on the trip were side canyon of Stevens Canyon going up, and then a bunch of canyons in the area between Georges Camp canyon ( I dont think Georges Camp is named on the map, but it goes up from the Escalante river from a butte marked 4677T on the map), and Fold Canyon going down from Cliff to the Escalante River, we had quite a few climbs that were in the 4+ range, and a few class 5. We did not bring any rope but we knew from experience that it would prob work. There were a lot of great pot holes everywhere, sadly dry for this trip though lol! I recommend getting Steve Allens Canyoneering 2 book, which describes this route in detail, it was quite awesome! I am happy to answer any questions you might have too:-)
@@NorwegianXplorer Thanks for the response. I do have the Allen books they're great. We're talking about the same crack its shown at 29:50 with a couple plants growing out of it. Its good to know there is another way around. I'm not a climber and that is an awkward off-width crack with exposure. I remember doing a fist jam and having to commit and being pretty sketched out.
I'm curious about those two canyons between Georges Camp and Fold. I'm hopefully going to get there this Spring. One question, Do you think this route would be reversible? If not the whole route specifically the section from the river up the East side to those unnamed canyons. Thanks again beautiful videos.
@@jwgolding My pleasure, yes, I think this would be reversible, that ledge traverse on the east side of the Escalante is a bit scary but not technical, also there is some stuff around the "veggie belay" section that is difficult to route find and figure out, but prob easier doing in reverse. I wouldn't want to do that 5,2 part alone, that must have been scary, but if you reverse that you just turn to the right when you are above it, and walk, then turn right again once you have crossed a small sadle and climb down to the cliff band you need to be on. I would highly recommend getting all the way up to Cliff, that is the most epic view I have seen in Canyon country!
@@NorwegianXplorer Thanks Man. Yeah I need to get on top of the Waterpocket Fold to Cliff. Its funny, in canyon country you really anticipate the canyons but often the overland routes are the ones that you look back at most fondly. Happy Trails.
J W G happy trails to you too! On this route both the overland stuff and the canyons were amazing, prob the best route I have done!
I would love a further description of this route! Seriously. I saw the place names at the beginning, but am unable to piece it together. Is there any chance you could provide that?
Hey David, this is a very difficult route to describe, since its all route finding and no trails. The route is described in Steve Allens Canyoneering 2 book, you need to read that to get all the ins and outs, but I will give you a shortlist of names here: Crack in the wall, Coyote Gulch, Stevens Canyon, Baker Trail, Waterpocket Fold, Cliff, un-named canyons, Georges Camp Canyon, Several un-named canyons, Escalante River, Ezra Mc bench, Fools Canyon, Kings Bench, Coyote Gulch, exit at Jacob Hamblin arch.
@@NorwegianXplorer Thank you for the reply. Now that I have watched the first video I have pieced together your entire trip with My Stephen Allen's Canyoneering 2 book in hand (or is it 3?). Anyhow, I have considered this route before. But wow - that is some exposure once you make it down to the Escalante. Wow, wow, wow! Anyhow, I am thankful that via your video I can get a greater sense of this route! Stay safe and keep the videos coming!
@@drufner8305 Thank you, that is awesome, yes, the exposure is quite brutal some places, this route is from Canyoneering 2, but there is a similar route in Canyoneering 3 that takes you all the way up Stevens Canyon and into Fold Canyon, its a few days shorter and has less exposure, but you dont get to see the views from Cliff:-)
@@NorwegianXplorer Yep, it is that route that we took!
@@drufner8305 Oh, cool, I have yet to do that one, I have heard Fold Canyon is awesome, I also want to try to climb the route up from the upper Stevenes Canyon to Cliff.
Maybe scary, but the beauty of that environment and the experience you gained outweigh the exposure you had to deal with. It's always good to be just a little scared, otherwise, it's too easy!
Totally agree with you Aaron lol!