HAPPY HOLIDAYS
OAUSA wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season and a happy and prosperous new year.
Our schedule of events for the new year are posted to the right and we hope to see many of you there.
Featured Outdoor Vehicle Adventure
Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument
The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument , sometimes referred to as the Arizona Strip or North Rim country, covers a vast area that is seamlessly connected to both the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon National Park. Combined, there are thousands of miles of off pavement roads to explore.
Our travels allowed us to visit, Gold Butte, the Tassi Ranch, the Grand Wash Cliffs, the Pakoon Basin, Hidden Canyon, , the Townsite of Trumbull, Twin Point, Kelly Point, Mt Logan, Mt Logan Wilderness, the Colorado River, Nampaweep Rock Art Site, the Witches Water Pocket and Toroweep.
All the campsites were spectacular but those that were on the rim of the Grand Canyon were some of the best.
One of the greatest thrills was being able to find a road that went to within one tenth of a mile of the Colorado River. Reaching the water did require a bit of a hike, dropping over 800 feet to the bottom of the Canyon. Three of us made it to the bottom and were rewarded with the cold refreshing water of the Colorado.
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Featured Outdoor Hiking Adventure
Mt. Langley
Mt Langley is a 14,052 ft summit near Mt Whitney. As the crow flies, from peak to peak, Langley is only about 4 or 5 miles from Whitney. Outside of Marine Corps boot camp, physically, this was probably one of the most difficult tests I’ve put my body through. We started conditioning for this trip over eight months in advance. We did treadmill training with backpacks, hiked up and down Cowles Mtn and hill 533 in San Diego, and did several summits of smaller elevations working up to Langley to get used to the altitude effects.
Upon getting into Horseshoe Meadows Campground we set up camp for the night. After getting set up, we all decided to take a hike to Horseshoe Meadows proper to take some pictures and do some trout fishing in the small streams that run through the meadows. Horseshoe Meadows is a rather large meadows in the shape of a horseshoe (I wonder where it gets its name?). It’s large and open and offers a great view of all the vast peaks around it. It gave us a good view of the Langley peak which we were headed for.
Mt. Langley from Horseshoe Meadows
View from the summit.
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