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Post by kwpapke on Feb 11, 2018 15:01:12 GMT -8
I was a little apprehensive before doing both of these trails, I'd heard they were scary, etc. Definitely doable, even for a 64 yo hiker. If you haven't done them yet, they are worth your consideration. Let's have a look:
--Kurt
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Post by zeke on Feb 11, 2018 15:26:42 GMT -8
I hiked the Boucher at the tender age of 59. Didn't find it any more difficult than others, but I did it on the uphill. Most folks said it was tougher going down it. It was years before that when I first did Escalante.
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Post by comewithme on Feb 11, 2018 19:16:32 GMT -8
wow
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Post by jazzmom on Feb 18, 2018 12:31:57 GMT -8
Boucher is one of my favorite trails. Super fun.
Haven't done Escalante yet because I managed to break my ankle on Tanner on the way... still on my list!
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Post by stevet on Feb 19, 2018 17:52:57 GMT -8
Thanks for the video. Brings back many good memories. I've only gone down the Boucher, and aside from being a bone jarring descent the only sketchy sections are the contour along the cliff between Dripping Spring and Yuma Point (winter time when icy) and the first hundred feet or so on the drop from Yuma Point. Boucher to Hermit is my all time favorite Grand Canyon backpacking weekend hike.
My Escalante experience was 3 days. 1st night at Cardenas Creek, 2nd night at the Red Canyon "arsenic" spring, and then out. None of the obstacles: the drop off to 75mi, the Papago Cliffs, nor the "great terrible rockslide" seemed all that challenging. But doing it in 2 long and one short days...distance the first 2 days was challenging.
Which is tougher? I will give it to the Escalante, but a reverse Hermit to Boucher 3 day 2 nighter just might beat it.
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Post by kwpapke on Feb 24, 2018 6:36:24 GMT -8
Thanks for the video. Brings back many good memories. I've only gone down the Boucher, and aside from being a bone jarring descent the only sketchy sections are the contour along the cliff between Dripping Spring and Yuma Point (winter time when icy) and the first hundred feet or so on the drop from Yuma Point. Boucher to Hermit is my all time favorite Grand Canyon backpacking weekend hike. My Escalante experience was 3 days. 1st night at Cardenas Creek, 2nd night at the Red Canyon "arsenic" spring, and then out. None of the obstacles: the drop off to 75mi, the Papago Cliffs, nor the "great terrible rockslide" seemed all that challenging. But doing it in 2 long and one short days...distance the first 2 days was challenging. Which is tougher? I will give it to the Escalante, but a reverse Hermit to Boucher 3 day 2 nighter just might beat it. Good points. IMHO, each trail has has its own set of challenges, and I think it is impossible to say definitively that one is tougher than the other, as it depends on your strengths/weaknesses and conditions. I hiked the Boucher in good weather, so I didn't find the Dripping Spring-Yuma stretch all that scary. I am not a very good climber, so for me climbing the Papago Wall was very challenging. --Kurt |
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