Jim, Sagebrush – Page 77 – Sagebrush Trails

Coyote?

HDT 2022 Day 16, April 16, Saturday
Start Escalante River, S6 mile 40.0
End Coyote Gulch S6 mile 62.0
Miles walked:12

Continuing with yesterday’s strategy, I minimized crossing and walking in the river, and dealt with thick brush and climbing over boulders, slow going. Boulders covered about half the elevation of the cliff face, so that is a lot of rock to fall into the water channel.

By early afternoon progress was slow, as channel banks tended to become more narrow and steeper, and climbing around truck-size boulders was tricky.

Escalante?

HDT 2022 Day 15, April 15, Friday
Start Escalante River S6 mile 34.2
End Escalante River, S6 mile 49.0, more than halfway on 25.5 mile river section
Miles walked:14.8

Beginning hiking along the Escalante, the water is clear so one can see the bottom to judge depth for wet-foot river crossings.

One might need to cross when the outside bend of the river gets too close to the canyon wall.

Moody?

HDT 2022 Day 14, April 14, Thursday
Start base of Red Slide, S6 mile 17.9  
End Escalante River 34.2
Miles walked: 16.3

The Red Slide appears to be a huge pile of red rocks right up against the Capitol Reef fold, and, just guessing, is part of the same geological uplift event.

Following an old mining track on Red Slide, the next task is to climb up to the Rim of Moody Canyon cross-country, dodging pinon+juniper and washes and ridges and huge boulders.