Ashdown Gorge Wilderness backpack, Utah, July 3-4, 2015
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| High Mountain trailhead, Brianhead, Utah, elevation 9.600 ft |
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| Kona is ready for a beautiful hike through meadows |
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| many aspen groves along the mountain sides |
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| Cedar Breaks National Monument sets the background for this area |
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| Sandy pulls up the rear though the aspen |
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| Several lakes along the trail |
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| Aaron leads the way |
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| Amazing views of Cedar Breaks |
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| Gorgeous wildflowers |
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| Sandy, Kona, and Kylee in the flowers |
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| Another meadow crossing on our descent of 2.000 ft |
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| Finally at the bottom in Lake Creek, our first creek crossing--elevation 7,600 ft |
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| Crossing Rattlesnake Creek to get to our destination one mile away |
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| Destination accomplished--Ashdown Creek was a welcome relief |
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| Our camp about 8 ft above the creek on a bank |
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| Aaron filtering water to drink and Kylee exhausted from the 6 mile hike in |
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| Sunset on the cliff of Cedar Breaks, Ashdown Creek in the foreground |
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| Hiking up Ashdown creek on July 4, 2015 |
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| Ashdown Creek at normal flow--about 8 ft wide and a foot deep, view from our campsite |
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| Same view during the flash flood, around 2pm MT, flow is at top of bank--about 7 ft high and 40 ft wide |
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| Flow is going into gorge where the walls narrow to 15 ft, the water constricts and rises to 15-20 in the narrows |
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| About an hour after the initial flash flow is lower but debris is still coming down the river |
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| The hike out was a six-mile alternative route that got us to highway 14 |
