Hiking 36mi Without Water - Hayduke Trail Thru Hike 2

Описание: Our 800 mile thru hike of the Hayduke Trail continues out of Moab Utah! We have left Arches National Park, and now enter some remote canyons to the west which are unfortunately waterless. In this section we have to hike 36 miles, nearly two full days, without seeing any water. We also take some really exciting alternate routes which involve some scrambling and rock climbing! The Hayduke lives up to the hype.

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Hiking out of Moab we follow the road past the new Kane Creek Development, an unfortunate thing to see such a pretty area devastated by what will become luxury homes. Little security cameras are everywhere to protect the construction equipment, as this is not a popular new neighborhood among Moab locals. There's even some petroglyphs right along the road where homes will go.

We hike up the Amasa back alternate, over a ridgeline popular with mountain bikers and OHV traffic. The navigation at first is straight forward, but when it came to going down the other side into a canyon things got tricky. There are no trail signs, there are no cairns, and there's hardly any path to follow down this steep rock chute.

Along the Hayduke trail you won't find many trail angels like you would on other thru hikes like the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, or Arizona Trail. On the Hayduke you are mostly alone, sometimes for many days not seeing anyone else, and even in towns people hardly know what you're doing. Fortunately there is at least one trail angel on this hike, Tom of Moab Basecamp Adventure Lodge, which is located near Hurrah Pass. It's an off grid resort outside of Moab, offering a disc golf course, off roading, canyoneering, hiking in canyons, paddling in the Colorado River, or anything else you want. Tom is a really cool guy and welcomes Hayduke thru hikers to come get some water. He has up to date information on water reports from up ahead, and really was pivotal for us!

We found out that from Moab Basecamp Adventure Lodge it would be 36 miles until the next reliable water source. This is typically not the case, and for hikers who started just two weeks ahead of us it was much better. Normally there are a couple streams, and likely potholes in between here and there, but those have since dried up. Some water does remain in the canyons ahead, but it's all alkaline, or tastes like salt and will make us sick.

We filled up 6 liters of water each for the 36 miles, even though we should have upwards of 8 or even 10 to play it safe. Fortunately we got lucky with weather and it would be cold and windy, cloudy, with intermittent rain all day. That made our lives a lot easier. If it was a normal desert temperature, we would have been toast with just 6 liters here.

The next section takes us past chicken corner and into Lockhart Canyon and cliffs on our way to canyonlands national park. Excited for the Needles District to come!

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