Kris and I spent the night in Green River. He left the following morning and I met up with Brian, Katie, and a few of her friends to do Buck Canyon in the Roost.
This was a one and done canyon for me! It was a 9.2 mile hike, and we were done with the pretty section within the first hour of hiking. The narrows were beautiful, and even the open canyon that we hiked through was nice, but it wasn't a fun hike. It was crazy windy, and we were hiking through soft sand. There was sand in my eyes, mouth, and ears. When it wasn't sand, we were bushwhacking through weeds that were as tall as we are. When we finally made it back to ground level, we still had two side canyons to cross to get back to the car.
But there were a lot of things I loved about this canyon.
The scenery.
The company.
The "Happy Birthday" serenade.
The one really cool downclimb of the canyon (which was really difficult to get a picture of).
Two arches on the hike out.
(Katie named this one "Bramscher's Basic Arch" because it was unnamed on the map)
Using a topo map and GPS for the first time.
We had a big dinner back in Green River, and Katie treated me to an ice cream sundae for my birthday. It was the perfect way to celebrate turning 35.
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