We flew north about 30 miles through a flat, empty valley to reach the San Raphael River. We followed the river downstream to reach the aptly named Little Grand Canyon.
...re the Lower Black Box of the San Raphael narrows to 10-12 ft. At this spot cowboy Sid Swazy, according to the legend, jumped his horse across the canyon. Swazy’s Leap is zoomed...
We turned north to pick up and follow the Little Colorado River for a while. The canyon is very steeply walled and runs for a hundred of miles, like some sort of maze.
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...the background is Ladron Peak. This would be my most ambitious XC trip ever. Our first day would be a long one, all the way to Marble Canyon Airstrip, with stops at Meteo...
...left the hangar. This ended up being my longest non-stop flight ever at 5.3 hours. My old record was a round trip to Chaco Canyon at 5.1 hrs back in 2005. ...
...orado and Green Rivers, then headed upstream along the Green to Mineral Canyon. As I turned to base an...ving our camp set up worked great. We were able to tour the Canyonland area in calm winds in lig...