We are out walking in the local hills and coast a fair bit most times, especially during the last two years of lockdown. But with the Hayduke in mind we have tried to do a few more miles over flatter ground during the winter. The coastline north of us from Fortrose to Rosemarkie to Cromarty offers pretty perfect terrain; sand, boulders, trail, cross country, minor roads and even some bushwacking – it also happens to be great fun!
The Hayduke Trail is a 800 approx. mile hike and scramble through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah and northern Arizona USA. The route links six stunning National Parks…. Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon and Zion and crosses great places in-between.
And hey, we went back in Spring 2022 to hike in this area again with some cool variations after a previous hike in 2014 and a few other visits to this amazing land of canyons and high desert. We started hiking direct from Moab airport into Arches National Park in the east on 22nd March through to Zion NP. Posts below and highlights YouTube video here
HIKE
2 Moab to Needles in Canyonlands NP
3 Needles to Hanksville via The Maze
4 Blistering into the Henry Mountains
5 Testing the feet around Escalante
6 Back hiking South West to Hwy 89 and Kanab
7 Into Arizona….
9 Grand Canyon part II – South to North Rim
10 Grand Canyon part III – feeling hot, hot, hot…
11 Grand finale to Zion National Park
12 Post Hayduke explorations….
PRE HIKE
Hayduke background (from 2014)
Some photos from previous hikes in the area to show what its like….
