Bucket List Master of Adventures to do one day....

A few fun hikes and adventures I want to go on one day....

Ogden

• 9th Street Crag- Rappel and climb
• Causey reservoir- Ogden area- cliffs, paddleboards, Skull Crack

Layton

• Adams Canyon Waterfall

Farmington

• Patsy's Mine

SLC/Cottonwoods

• mnt van cott
• Cardiff pass 
• mount wire
• Black Mountain 8.3 miles.  5-6 hours.   3,000 elevation 
• Brighton Peaks Loop- 7.7 miles, under 4,000 feet of elevation 6 hrs to complete
• White Pine 10.2 miles, 6 hours round trip
• Wheeler, 8.7 miles, 6 hrs. 3,000 elevation,  Great Basin National Park, Nevada
• Mnt Nebo- (refer to book) 
• Kessler 
• Petes Rock- climb and Rappel
• moon rock water slide

American Fork Canyon

Midway- Hot Springs, Cascade Springs

Uintas

• Highline trail
• Shepherd Lake, Cliff Lake, Watson Lake, Clyde Lake, Three Divide Lake and Twin Lakes, Lofty Lake Loop, Lily Lake, Lambert Meadow

Vernal

• Toothbrush cave is about 20 miles north of Vernal and just east of Little Brush Creek Cave, Fantasy Canyon
• Red Fleet State Park (mini Lake Powell)

Provo

•  Buffalo Peak trail- kid-friendly summit trail
• Primrose Overlook above Sundance. mix with Horse Spring Loop
• Polar Plunge in Provo Canyon

Spanish Fork

• Dripping Rock Trail, paved trail and hike down to the waterfall area, park by a golf course, park across the street from the oaks at Spanish Fork Country Club on Powerhouse Road. 

Springville 

• Bartholomew Park, polar plunge 

Moab  

• SGR Canyon- RTR
• Corona arch and Jeep arch/culvert canyon
• Day Canyon- climbing Pocket Rocket says Ang- 5.9 overhung and pretty big moves. Rest at the second clip
• Colonnade Arch 3 miles, 240 feet in elevation, park at Keg Knoll Road, SUV most of the way, may have to walk the last little bit, 1 hr from south of the green river on dirt roads, the trail is marked with Cairns, all sun, no shade, bring water 
• Lost Springs Area
• Scratch and Sniff Canyon

Canyonlands

• Syncline loop 8.3 miles. challenging hike. most of the park rescues happen in that park. counterclockwise, including the Spur Trail
• The maze- two to three days backpacking with a permit
• Druid Arch - Great views of the Needles.  Begin at Elephant Hills Trailhead.  lots of water. Add in Chesler Park
• Joint Trail- Elephant Hill to Devil Kitchen to Joint to Chesler and out big spring

Richfield 

• Red Hill Hot Springs

San Rafael Swell

• Lower Spring Canyon- backpacking trip?
• Fire Canyon- RTR
• Cassidy Arch Canyon: 4-6 hours; seven rappels up to 132 feet; big views on top of reef; Natural Arch; great day trip.
• Zero Gravity Slot canyon
• the squeeze, potholes, 16 rappels, wetsuit
• Baptist draw Canyon- Kevin sent to me
• Buckeye Canyon- wanted to do with Ang

Bryce Canyon

• Queens Garden Trail

Capital Reef/Escalante (west of Hanksville)

• Midget Rattler and ****Sad Cow disease (burr trail area)
• Boulder Mail Trail
• Coyote Gulch in Escalante- Set up base camp, hike 3 miles up Hurricane Wash, then next day hike 6 miles down to the Escalante confluence.  "sneaker" route, Jacob Hamblin arch - refer to book
• Death Hollow- backpacking trip- 14 miles round trip, water, start at Escalante town - Refer to book
• Cosmic Ashtray 
• Sulpher creek
• chimney Rock
• Hickman bridge
• Chop Rock- canyon
• Upper Red Breaks: 4-6 hours; one rappel of 30 feet; narrow sections/neat features; avoid in summer.

• Mule Canyon- hike the north fork and south fork in one big loop. 
• Lower Muley Twist Canyon- Park at Post Trailhead and do a loop counterclockwise to get elevation gain out of the way with fresh legs. 
• Dirty Devil Slot Canyon

Goblin Valley/North of Hanksville

• Crack Canyon
• Blue John Canyon

Hanksville

• Robbers Roost- Middle Fork- RTR
• Robbers Roost- Upper Twin Corral Box- RTR
• Lost Spring Canyon- Robbers Roost RTR
• Robbers Roost- Bull Pasture Canyon RTR
• Constrychnine Canyon- RTR
• Alcatraz

Lake Powell

• Reflection canyon

North East end of Lake Powell

• Maiden Water Canyon- Ang did it
• Hogwarts: 2-3 hours; four rappels up to 90 feet; scenic arch; good length rappels.
• Morocco: 2-3 hours; four-six rappels up to 50 feet; cool arch in the route; some exposure on approach.
• Leprechaun: 3-6 hours; rappels up to 50 feet; Left/Right are easy; the middle is tight.
• Blarney Canyon
• The Black Hole of White Canyon is near the northmost port of Lake Powell. 56 miles past Hanksville Total Distance: 5 miles Strenuous     The Black Hole of White Canyon is a semi-technical canyoneering adventure. This route will require 5 to 6 hours to complete with a shuttle vehicle, adding about 45 minutes without a shuttle. A 60-foot rope is useful for handlines, lowering packs, and emergency use. Novice canyoners or those with poor downclimbing skills will need to rappel a couple of short drops, all less than 15 feet high.

West of Lake Powell

• paria river
• hackberry slot canyon
• Inchworm arch
• Wahweap hoodoos
• Buckskin Gulch/Wire Pass - it is the longest and deepest slot canyon in the southwest United States and may be the longest in the world (refer to book)
• Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs
• Toadstool hike

South End of Lake Powell

• Eat at Birdhouse- Stefani Severson

Blanding

• Hovenweep National monument
• House on Fire
• Cedar Mesa- Grand Gulch- long wonderful hikes there. 10-15 mile loop hikes tons of hike

CEDAR CITY

• Mammoth Caves on Cedar Mountain
• Navajo Lake
• Cedar Breaks
• Ice Cave
• Brianhead downhill biking- BUnker Crekk and Dark Hollow, REd mountain Trail after rain shuttle, South Hills after rain, North Guardian
• Lambs Knoll and Cave Valley
• Ashdown Gorge  and Crystal Springs up SR 14

St George

• Climbing Green Valley Gap- top roping, easy climbs- mountain project
• Silver Reef Trail  RTR. Red Reef- RTR In spring big potholes to jump in.  Good camping walk-up.  
• La Verkin Creek in Kolob Canyon - backpack. from Lee Pass or via Hop Valley- get a permit
• The Stairs at Tech Ridge.  333 stairs- Walker Wy, St George 84770
• Ivens, Hell Hole All trails
• Red Mountain Trail starts in Ivins and finishes in Diamond Valley
• By Colorado City- Mexican delicious Barrazas Mexican
• Spring Creek Canyon- go in 2.5 miles, Near Kannarville
• Portal Canyon- Virgin Gorge- cross river over a dozen rappels, cross river
• Golf Canyon
• Mayday Canyon- close to Cherry- to the right of Portal Canyon.  Cool to see airplane wreckage. 
• elephant arch
• La Verkin Creek Trail, 14 miles to Kolob Arch

Zion

East side of Zion

• Red Hollow Slot Canyon with kids- just past Mt Carmel junction in Orderville, a short one-hour
• Vermillion Cliffs- go after a rain storm to see colors and filled in potholes. 
• Red Canyon AKA peek a boo- All Trails
• Catstair Canyon- All trails
• White pocket hike
• mammoth cave
• West of Kanab- Mansard Trail.  long and hard.  leads to a cave-like overhang with petroglyphs all over the floor.  
• coral pink sand dunes

Inside Zion

• Birch Hollow -start early.  Very popular- let small groups go through.  Exit up Orderville with a car shuttle, - if permits then can go out of Orderville
• Behunin
• Orderville Canyon - rappel with wetsuits. Add on Birch Canyon to make for a long day- need a permit 
• Right Fork of North Creek
• Bridge Mountain Arch
• Hike Lava Point to Zion.  need a shuttle
• Das Boots to Subway
• Refridgerator
• Spry
• Icebox
• Emerald Pools

Oregon

• Bend Oregon- Victorian cafe 

Washington

• The enchantment hike Seattle Leavenworth 
• Devils Punchbowl at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park

Montana

• Coffin Lake- an old volcano

Idaho

• Palisades Creek Campground- great for kids
• Dierkes Lake next to Shoshone Falls- an hour before Boise

California

• Redwood Forest
• Damnation creek
• Fern Gully 10-mile round trip 
• Grove of the Titans 
• Patrick’s Point State Park- Camping
• Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek, Redwoods State Park
• Mattole Beach Get permit October 1 
• Lost Cost Trail 
• Jump Canyon and the 7 teacups, canyoneering, wetsuits, by Fresno/Death Valley

Nevada

• Ruby Mountains
• Cathedral Gorge State Park
• Lake Tahoe- clothing optional Secret Cove Beach
• Gold Strike Hot Springs Trail- hot springs, 5 miles RT, outside of Boulder City
• Valley of Fire State Park- Rainbow Vista Trail- RTRyan, Balanced Rock- RTR, Atlatl Rock and Arch Rock RTR, Fire Wave RTR, Mouses Tank RTR
• Wheeler, 8.7 miles, 6 hrs. 3,000 elevation,  Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Arizona

• Antelope Canyon -Lacey rafted down it in high water, antelope costs 90$ for an adult 
• The Wave 
• Seven falls
• Sycamore Falls, Kaibab canyon
• Grand Canyon- Rainbow Rim biking 
• Salome Creek Canyon- AKA The Jug - 5.6 miles RT.  The best time to do it is late spring.  one rappel, good shoes, dry bag, check the weather for flash flood 
• white pocket canyon by Jacob Lake

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Sedona

• Stay at: village of oak creek, Quail ridge resort, Red Rock State Park 
• Good camping near Jerome, Cottonwood Sedona or near hangover trail. 
• Mountain Biking: 
• Bike and Bean 
• See to-do list in MTB Project
• Red Rock State Park - 5 mile network of family trails. 
• Bell Rock area trails - family - 8 trails all 1 to 3 miles easy
• Big Park Loop - 3 miles
• Intro to Sedona -5.2 miles easy
• Cathedral Rock - 10 miles
• Mescal Trial - 13 miles
• Upper Dry Creek Trials - 15 system trials - 32 miles
• Hiking: Sedona Hiking App
• Other:
• Petroglyphs at Palatki Heritage Site in Coconino National Forest
• Verde Hot Springs
• Zip Lines - Predator 
• Slide Rock State Park or Grasshopper Point - play in the water
• Grasshoppers Point or Wet Beaver Creek - cliff jumping
• Subway Cave in Boynton Canyon

Colorado

• http://www.telluridemountainclub.org/via-ferrata/

Wyoming

• Wild Iris Rock Climbing
• Rock Creek Hollow
• Close by to Wild Iris is Rocky Ridge

Maine

• Bar Harbor
• Acadia National Park
• Camden Hill

Switzerland

• https://www.engadin.ch/en/bike/ . - Mnt biking for Darren

Scotland

• smoothie cave

Costa Rica

• Bajos del Toro- hidden treasure waterfall

Chili

• Patagonia- Marble caves 

Mexico

• cenote sink hole to swim in, cenote Lu'um by Cancun and Xplor adventure park,  130$ a day for a day pass. 

Belize 

• Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM cave)

France/Germany 

• at Christmas - Strasbourg