Utah/Colorado 2014
Moab/Arches N.P., Utah; Durango, Colorado
Saturday January 25 through Saturday February 1
Stu & I drove (actually, I did all the driving) in my 2004 Subaru Forester to Arches National Park, Natural Bridges National Park (Utah), the Four Corners area, Durango, Colorado (and we took the Durango/Silverton train halfway to Silverton), and Chaco Culture National Historic Monument (New Mexico). We also visited a former coworker in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the return trip, our left-front tire went flat well to the northwest of Cuba, New Mexico, and Stu replaced the flat tire with the spare (in 18 minutes!). The driving portion of the trip was tracked by a Garmin nüvi 3790 GPS, and the hiking/train part by a Garmin Monterra.
The GPX files have been edited only to remove extraneous points and obvious errors.
Overview
- Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank U.S. states map, with the states we visited highlighted in yellow.
- All Monterra tracks (hiking, train) / view map—This is the collection of all tracks recorded by the Garmin Monterra on this trip. Note: there are several stray lines connecting separate tracks.
- All nüvi tracks (driving) / view map—This is the collection of all tracks recorded by the Garmin nüvi 3790 on this trip.
Saturday, January 25
- GPX / view map—Our drive from Oklahoma City OK to Albuquerque NM. This includes a lunch/shopping stop west of El Reno OK.
Sunday, January 26
- GPX / view map—Our drive from Albuquerque NM to Moab UT. We stopped for a few minutes at the CO/UT border (among other places) to take pictures.
Monday, January 27
- GPX / view map—Driving in the Moab/Arches National Park area.
- GPX / view map—Hiking the Delicate Arch Viewpoint trail (Arches National Park). This trail is south of the arch, and the view is upward to the north. (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking the Delicate Arch Trail, which climbs to a location northwest of the arch, looking down on its base (but up to most of the arch!). (Arches National Park) (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking the short distance to the North Window in the Windows area (Arches National Park). (Arches National Park) (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking the short distance to the North Window in the Windows area (again). (Topo)
Tuesday, January 28
- GPX / view map—Driving in the Moab/Arches National Park area.
- GPX / view map—Hiking (very briefly) in the Park Avenue area of Arches National Park.
- GPX / view map—Hiking in the South Window area of Arches National Park. There appears to be a data loss toward the end of the hike (about 18 minutes' worth). (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking partway to Double Arch. We went a short distance, decided we needed something from the car, and went back to the car (Arches National Park).
- GPX / view map—Hiking to Double Arch, after moving the car a bit closer to the arch (Arches National Park). (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking in the Cove of Caves area (Arches National Park). (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking, in a futile attempt to get to the "Marching Men" (Arches National Park). The trail indicated by our maps apparently doesn't exist anymore, and the actual trail was steep, and ice-covered. We didn't get very far. (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Hiking at Devil's Garden (Arches National Park), including Pine Tree Arch and Landscape Arch. (Topo)
Wednesday, January 29
- GPX / view map—Driving from Moab/Arches National Park to Durango CO, including Natural Bridges National Monument, the Moki Dugway, Four Corners area, and dinner in Cortez CO.
- GPX / view map—Hiking to Owachomo Bridge in Natural Bridges National Monument. (Topo)
Thursday, January 30
- GPX / view map—Driving in Durango CO.
- GPX / view map—Train ride: Durango & Siverton Railroad, from Durango CO to Cascade Canyon (halfway to Silverton). (Topo-overview, Topo-24K-Durango, Topo-100K (south), Topo-100K (middle), Topo-100K (north), Topo-24K-Cascade Canyon)
- GPX / view map—Hiking (briefly) at the Cascade Canyon stop on the train ride, including the bridge over the Animas River. (Topo)
- GPX / view map—Train ride: returning to Durango CO from Cascade Canyon. (Topo maps for this are essentially identical to northbound, above.)
Friday, January 31
- GPX / view map—Driving from Durango CO to Albuquerque NM, including Chaco Culture National Historic Monument.
- GPX / view map—Hiking at the Chaco Culture National Historic Monument. (Topo)
Saturday, February 1
