Category: Hayduke

Hayduke training….

by aweewalk, posted in Day walks, Hayduke, scotland

We were out yesterday on our local coast from Rosiemarkie to Cromarty on a 21 mile walk. This is a very sheltered area and tends to receive better weather than the mainland to the west.Lots to see including sea birds, geology of the great glen fault, fossils and footprints from the elusive otters around here. The terrain is varied too from sand, rock hopping, some cross-country, single track, single lane road and jeep track. We can’t train for the temperatures of the Hayduke though, we had a cool 3-6 C yesterday, we are expecting temps up to 35 C out in the Grand Canyon!

Here’s a quote from Edward Abbey, the Hayduke Trail is named after a character from his fictional book ‘the Monkey Wrench Gang’ – well worth a read!

“In the first place you can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to get out of the
goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail you’ll see something, maybe.”

Edward Abbey

Off to the US to hike the ‘Hayduke’…

by aweewalk, posted in Backpacking, Hayduke

We are off again! This time we are attempting a more remote and less “official” route called the Hayduke Trail after a fictional eco-terrorist in Edward Abbey’s “The Monkey Wrench Gang”.

The trail links Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce, Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks and very roughly follows the Colorado River.

There are a lot of variants to choose from, not a lot of water and what we understand to be very challenging hiking conditions. Our tickets are booked, we leave Scotland on the 6th of April.

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Hayduke Trail 2014

by aweewalk, posted in Arizona, Backpacking, Hayduke, Utah

The Hayduke Trail is a 800 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.

The route connecting the parks stays pretty much in public lands including the wonderful Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and numerous National Forests, BLM Districts, Primitive Areas, Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas.

Pre hike

  1. Off to the US to hike the Hayduke
  2. Hayduke Planning
  3. Hayduke training
  4. Move
  5. Getting sorted to get going
  6. First Impressions

The Walk

  1. First 3 days in Arches National Park
  2. Paddling down the Colorado River
  3. The Colorado River to Hanksville
  4. The Henry mountains and Tarantula mesa
  5. Capitol Reef National Park
  6. Into the Escalante canyons
  7. Escalante!
  8. Round Valley Draw to Hackberry Canyon
  9. Paria River
  10. Into Bryce Canyon National Park
  11. We cross over to Arizona
  12. Descent down to the Grand Canyon
  13. Hiking along the Grand Canyon
  14. Exit from the Grand Canyon
  15. Final hike to Zion National Park

Post hike

  1. Normal tourists!
  2. Colorado Rockies
  3. Sangre de Cristo mountains backpack
  4. Pecos Wilderness New Mexico
  5. Watch our 5 minute video…….

HIKER INFORMATION

Our notes