Favorite LP Pics 2022

[wayne gustaveson]

Great Picture! I just had to turn the head a bit to see the Zombie lying in wait on the shore!

 

[JFRCalifornia]

Just returned from a few days backpacking in Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch. Great trip! Cold at first, but the days warmed up nicely as the week went on. Although these photos are not Lake Powell, they are right around the corner, and these canyons have pretty much the same geology as many of the side canyons of Lake Powell. So these shots are a pretty good idea of the kinds of scenes you might encounter in the canyons along the Escalante, or perhaps West Canyon, along with some of the narrower canyons mid-lake.

 

[Tiff Mapel]

Just returned from a few days backpacking in Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch. Great trip! Cold at first, but the days warmed up nicely as the week went on. Although these photos are not Lake Powell, they are right around the corner, and these canyons have pretty much the same geology as many of the side canyons of Lake Powell. So these shots are a pretty good idea of the kinds of scenes you might encounter in the canyons along the Escalante, or perhaps West Canyon, along with some of the narrower canyons mid-lake.


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Just gorgeous!! I've always wanted to go there.. Someday! Your 3rd pic reminds me of West Canyon.
Tiff

 

[Raven Haven]

Spectacular, JFR! Not to be greedy, but will there be a trip journal for us to read?

 

[JFRCalifornia]

Spectacular, JFR! Not to be greedy, but will there be a trip journal for us to read?

Now you’re getting greedy. But greed is good.

It was too cold to write a journal. And a pen would have been too much extra weight. But I might still come up with something…

 

[Pacific Coast Mike]

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[Boatingtopgun]

Thanks JFR, beautiful pictures in a beautiful place.

 

[Bill Sampson]

Just returned from a few days backpacking in Paria Canyon and Buckskin Gulch. Great trip! Cold at first, but the days warmed up nicely as the week went on. Although these photos are not Lake Powell, they are right around the corner, and these canyons have pretty much the same geology as many of the side canyons of Lake Powell. So these shots are a pretty good idea of the kinds of scenes you might encounter in the canyons along the Escalante, or perhaps West Canyon, along with some of the narrower canyons mid-lake.


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Definite similiarities.

 

[spidarcus]

A lizard, sandstone, beauty etc.

 

[PFD]

 

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[JFRCalifornia]

Scenes from Forgotten Canyon’s past…

The first is from August 1992. This is the first houseboat site on the first houseboat trip I was ever on. This site in Forgotten Canyon is maybe 300 yards downstream from Defiance House Ruin, lake level 3626. For some reason, we didn’t go to the ruin! Rookie mistake. But check out that old houseboat!

The second shot is from October 1996, lake level 3679. This shot is taken from Defiance House Ruin itself, looking down. At that time, you could park a boat right below the ruin. Today, it’s about a mile hike to get from the nearest landing…

 

[spidarcus]

Old houseboat? Anything from the 90's is new to me! All great pictures - thanks for posting them. Can't seem to get enough of this stuff.

 

[Maverick5207]

Old houseboat? Mine is an 84.

 

[Boatingtopgun]

Thanks, JFR, brings back a lot of memories looking at that houseboat. I had a 1986 50 ft Kayot I bought new at Bullfrog Marina.

 

[desert shep]

thats the one we call the eye of god

 

[Peto]

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[Colin]

Saturday morning, May 14

 

[Colin]

Cracking Mud at the bottom of the main Bullfrog ramp and buoy field