Exploring with Doc--Trip Menu

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Below are the post-links that showcase each trip, with photos, and my opinion of the level of difficulty for each trip. Seasons in red are approximate--All Trips subject to Weather and trail conditions.

*Adventure Scale: Easy, Easy-Mod, Moderate, Moderate-Diff, Difficult, Advanced

Day Trips: $200 plus fuel (under 30 miles, no fuel charge)

ChuckWalla Rating--Easy, 2-3 hours (October to April)

Haslem Trail (here or here) Rating--Difficult to Advanced (for heights, ledges), 3 hours (October to April)

Virgin River Gorge Rating--Moderate (for length and river crossings) 4-6 hours (October to April)

East Fork of the Virgin Rating--Easy to Moderate (for river crossings) (September to May)

Cassidy Trail Rating--Easy to Moderate (depends on length) (April to November)

Bear Trap Falls via Kolob Rating--Moderate to Difficult (1st half to Kolob Arch--easy trail, Moderate length; 2nd half Difficult for river crossings and technical spots. Full trail 20 miles round trip) (March to December)

Bear Trap Falls via Hop Valley Rating--Moderate to Difficult (Hop Valley Moderate; into Laverkin Creek and Bear Trap Falls Difficult) (March to December)

Zion's Petrified Forest Rating--One Easy route, One Difficult route (September to April)

Short Creek Rating--Easy-Mod (some Difficult if you want to ride to Amphitheatre) (September to April)

Snow Canyon Kayenta/Hells Canyon overlooks (and here) Rating--Easy to Moderate (The pics in the blog posting show mules scrambling up ledges, but aren't part of the normal trail.) (October to April)

Pine Valley Mountain trails Rating--varies from Moderate to Advanced (Summer)

Overnighters: $400 plus fuel

Cassidy Trail Rating--Easy to Moderate (20 miles round trip) (April to November)

East Fork of the Virgin Rating--Easy to Moderate (for river crossings) (September to May)

Bear Trap Falls via Hop Valley Rating--Moderate to Difficult (Hop Valley Moderate; into Laverkin Creek and Bear Trap Falls Difficult) (March to December)

Hop Valley (and here) Rating--Easy to Moderate (March to December)

Short Creek Rating--Easy-Mod (some Difficult if you want to ride to Amphitheatre) (September to April)

Pine Valley Mountain trails Rating--varies from Moderate to Advanced (Summer)

Escalante Canyon Rating--Difficult to Advanced (for tricky river crossings) (All year, except during high water)

Nebo Rating--Difficult to Advanced (for steep trail, technical in places) (July to October)

Wilderness Experiences: Not Rated. These 5-7 day trips follow good trails with a Moderate rating, but are in a class by themselves because of the way we pack and care for the Stock for such an extended time. Wilderness trips are rugged, primitive and filled with the possibility for discomfort--just you against nature, but are once in a lifetime--spectacular! Only 2 to 4 spots available per season. $1500 plus fuel

Utah's Uintas (end of July)
Wyoming's WindRivers (and here) (end of August)