Last year, we got our first taste of Grand Gulch, and even before we returned home, I knew I wanted to hike the whole thing. Not all at once - I'm insane, but not that insane - but over the course of several trips.
Almost immediately we knocked out a big chunk of the route when we took @mini.turbodb on her first ever - and still only - backpacking trip, putting a serious dent in the northern half of the Gulch in the process. Note: she has not - to date - requested a repeat performance. She does still speak to us, though, which by the established rubric of traveling with a teenager is basically a five-star review.
And now, we're headed back. We'll enter the gash in the Earth via Collins Canyon and make our way north to the Government Trail - the previous start of our long trek north - enjoying the towering sandstone walls, slickrock surfaces, and ancient artwork along the way.
Or at least, that's the plan.
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