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"What shoes do you recommend?" This is a question
we often hear as people are preparing for a trip.
My typical answer is, "Bring them all; it's a
hiking trip!" That's the short answer. The long
answer is that you'll need a little of everything:
comfortable, lightweight hiking boots for the dry
ground and slickrock, wading shoes for hiking in the
canyon bottom and maybe a pair of sandals for
kicking around camp.
The most important part of selecting shoes for
your trip is that they be well worn and comfortable.
Breaking in a new pair of sandals or hiking boots
on a hiking trip is a mistake. Bring the ones that
you know and love, or
buy a pair well before the trip and be committed to
breaking them in.
In the spring and fall, wading on our trips is at a
minimum and you can get away with wearing a pair of
sandals. Both Grant and I have Chaco sandals and
wear these extensively. We wade in them for short
periods and wear them around camp.
In the summer we wade more and suggest a closed
shoe. We also recommend a closed wading shoe on the
Glen Canyon One trip. On this trip the streams in
which we wade have pea-sized gravel. Some
sort of ankle high amphibious shoe with a wool blend
sock is the best. A functional and affordable
option made by Converse is a canvas hightop (called
Chuck Taylors). We have used these
successfully with a pair of wool blend socks. It is a
good combination; the wool sock is comfortable when
wet, the canvas shoe drains easily and usually dries
over night and you have some protection from
stubbing your toes.
One high tech option is the the Canyoneer by 5.10.
Grant has worn these for years.
The Canyoneer is a great amphibious shoe, clearly
made for just this sort of hiking.
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Below is a list of trip departure dates and
availability. Trips that are on our schedule and
are not listed here are either sold out or
unconfirmed (meaning that they lack the 4 people
necessary to confirm a departure).
This is availability as of March 15. Since
this can and does change almost daily, we recommend
that you call for the most current information.
We do offer a 10% discount to groups of 4 - 6 and
15% for groups of 7 - 9 people. Our total group
size is limited to 12. A full trip consists of 9
guests and 3 guides.
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With spring just around the corner, businesses in
Boulder that have been closed for the winter are
gearing up to open. For us locals who are tired of
our own cooking, this is exciting news!
Both the Burr Trail Grill and the Hell's Backbone
Grill plan to be open the weekend of March 18th.
Pole's Place Motel will be open in the later part of
March. Boulder Mountain Lodge, Boulder Mesa
Restaurant and the Boulder Mountain Ranch are open
all year.
Thanks to Sam Camp of Camp Photo for the beautiful
image of Boulder. To see more of his work, please
click on the photo.
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Again, thank you for opting into our newsletter. Please let us know if there is something you'd like to read about in the future. If you have any questions about our trips, please feel free to call. I am happy to answer your questions.
Regards,
Sue Fearon
Escalante Canyon Outfitters
email:
info@ecohike.com
phone:
888-326-4453
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