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Hiking across Canyonlands National Park during our 800 mile thru hike of the Hayduke Trail! We entered the Needles District, and will walk through the absolute most amazing scenery high up on rock ledges above canyons in what feels like an adult playground. Down into deep valleys in youngs canyon and dark canyon. My partner said this is the single best day of hiking she has ever done.
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We enter Canyonlands National Park after taking a little detour to do the Loop Overlook Alternate, a spectacular little trail which takes the hiker to a view similar view as Horseshoe Bend! It's not long from there to Canyonlands and the Needles district where we will be hiking through.
Picked up a resupply package at the Needles Outpost, a hiker friendly convenience store. It would be difficult to do a full resupply here, but they do accept packages if sent via UPS or Fedex (NOT USPS). They have showers, the owners are nice, a hiker box is there full of food other hikers didn't want. Highly recommend stopping! I also recommend stopping at the Canyonlands NP visitor center on your walk in to maybe get a permit to camp within the park. It wouldn't be too difficult, and would save you the trouble of a very strenuous 24 mile hike to get through the park in a single day. The Park Rangers also have updates on water availability on whichever trail you plan on taking.
We chose to take the Peekaboo Trail Alternate through the park, as we heard it is the absolute best option for scenery. This is what my partner has said is the greatest day of hiking she has ever done, so I really don't know how anything could be better? The trail takes ladders up to the tops of rock domes where you hike slick rock ledges above canyons, down into those valleys for water, and back up and over towering rock cathedrals. It really is extremely fun. Sometimes squeezing through caves, and once on the Joint Trail you're walking through a slot canyon. We saw a bunch of day hikers through the park, and yet it still felt remote and wild.
Leaving canyonlands we hike through fable valley canyon, where there are tons of unique obstacles and challenges. Since we are traveling up canyon there are quite a few big dryfalls to climb up, some as high as 100 feet tall! We either need to navigate around these, or do a rock climb and scamble up. It's super fun navigating these long drops! I typically would choose the rock climb, which is difficult with a full pack of food and gear, while my partner would try to find a way around them that was less technical.
Youngs canyon was not much different. To get down into it involved a very challenging and steep descent on loose rocks and scree. And then we converge with Dark Canyon, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been! Flowing water carving through the rock, swimming holes, fun navigating, and amazing in everyway.
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