Spring into Summer: Packrafts, Backpacking, and Dad's Moab Visit

July 4th 2015 - Dani with her new packraft "Bluebell" on the Snake River in Grand Teton NP.

We floated Pacific Creek to Deadman's Bar as a roadside adventure to make sure the boats would float before going into the real destination - The "Buffalo Fork".

Soda Springs - this is where our trip down the Buffalo would start. Soda Springs is about a 5 mile hike from the Turpin Meadow campground. From this location it is 5 miles on the North Fork of the Buffalo to the confluence with the South Fork - then 5 more miles back to Turpin Meadow.

We took a break so Dani could do some reading and I could fish.

View from our backcountry campsite. We spent one night camping before floating.

Nice easy meadow section of the North Fork - the closest gage on the Buffalo was running at 650 cfs. There were plenty of tricky low water maneuvers at this level on the North Fork. There is an incredible gorge section on the main Buffalo - with great Class III water.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wy/nwis/uv/?site_no=13011900&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060

 Tetons at sunset - last night before we returned to SLC.

 Over the last weekend of June - Tyler, Shane and I went backpacking in the Uintas. Link here for a better write-up of the trip:

https://kandtadventurizing.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/uintas-east-fork-bear-river/

We hiked to Priord Lake and did some fishing.

The trail crossed the river multiple times. It was about 9 miles from the TH to Priord.

On Day 3 - we hiked over "Yard Pass" into Allsop Basin back to the TH.

Lower Allsop Basin on the left fork of the East Fork of the Bear River.

My Dad finally got the pictures from Spring Break! which we spent together skiing in CO and biking and sightseeing in Moab. We took a aerial tour of Canyonlands NP - definitely worth it! and an incredible way to see the area.

Corona Arch

Arches National Park near the Window Arch.