Best Monday Ever.

Mondays. Something many of us dread...but not when you're in Escalante playing in a beautiful slot canyon!  Yesterday's crew got to help this little guy out of a real pickle.

They found him stuck deep in the canyon. Sometimes animals fall or get washed into the canyons and can't get back out and end up starving or dying of dehydration.  We like to help the animals out when we can- karma comes around!

Our canyoneers descending into the depths of this twisting, colorful canyon.  Amazing to think they are following a path carved by water through an ancient sand dune! Earth is so cool.

 Kasey, Garrick, and Judd just chillin' and bridgin'.  Did you know sandstone gets its red color from iron oxide? Each grain of sand in the rock is coated in it!

 Up close and personal with the sandstone, Kasey and Garrick show how to be smooth in a tight spot.  

Thursday's Awesome Excursion

Summer is just around the corner and the highs are in the mid 70's here in Escalante.  Just beautiful weather to be out in the canyons.  Thursday we had two wonderful families with us, check out some photos from the day!

 The light was just perfect, glowing orange walls seemed to greet us around every corner. 

 Jodie, Bobby and Heidi enjoying the canyon glow. 

 Bobby looking great on rappel! 

Andrew showing off some of his canyon skills...can anyone guess what this move is called?

Today is always a good day for Adventure!

It's early June here in Escalante, weather is beautiful- high's are in the 80's and lows in the 50's.  The sun is warm and the canyons are cool!  Here's our group from Monday, having a great day in the canyon. 

Susan on rappel and looking great!  Check out the amazing cross-bedding in the wall behind her.  These canyons are ancient sand dunes over two million years old!  What you are seeing are the layers of sand that were deposited when the sandstone was still a dune, the changes in the direction of the layers indicates a change in the direction the wind was blowing when the sand was deposited.  How cool is that?!

Our Monday crew met this little guy in the canyon, a Canyon Treefrog!  An amphibian that lives in the desert, these little guys are nocturnal, hunting insects at night and hide in rock crevices during the day or in times of drought.

Ladies Trip!

We had the pleasure of taking these rad ladies into the canyons!  Beautiful canyon, beautiful day, beautiful canyon models! Great times.

Teamwork! 

Smooth moves!

Big smiles!

Friday Fun!

What a beautiful day and wonderful canyon model!  Some pics from Friday's tour. Check out that canyon glow!

Morgaine...canyon model extraordinaire!

Stunning light in the canyon!

Spring 2014

The 2014 Season has been off to a great start.  We had the awesome family below for 3 days of canyoneering.  We hope they have a fun and safe summer and we look forward to seeing them again!

Throwback Thursday!

It's a beautiful Thursday in Escalante. The sun is shining and the weather is perfect for sitting out on the patio.  Speaking of patios, remember when ours looked like this? Circa 2007.

Forget patio time- this weather calls for canyon time! Here's a favorite family of ours demonstrating some great canyon skills.  A seated bridging protege!  Circa 2008.

We love canyons, yes we do!  Amie and her sister Katie rocking some canyon moves on her Utah visit.  Circa 2006.