rev Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 3 Part 1 from Nautiloid Camp to Carbon Camp RM64.7
Day 3 – 05:50 we wake up at sun rise and get ready to go (make breakfast, eat, pack, load the boat)
0550WeWakeUpAtDawnAndGetReadyToGo_gc9s_006907.jpg
06:33 packing is no slam dunk – everything has to fit in the dry bag and then we have to squeeze the air out
0633BreakingCampChore_MakingEverythingFitInDryBagAndGettingTheAirOut_gc9s_006910.jpg
08:00 we are on the river and soon the Muav appears
0800MuavAppears_gc9i_002849.jpg
08:13 river mile 36 we see the Bridge Of Sighs – photo of area below – video clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPi8J-vxntE
0813BridgeOfSighs_gc9i_002899.jpg
08:38 around river mile 38 on river left our first photo of Temple Butte Limestone
The Temple Butte limestone was deposited on top of the Muav but eroded away except for a few protected deposits.
The Muav marks an erosional boundary and where river channels were incised into the top of the Muav we see deposits of Temple Butte Limestone.
Here is a Wikipedia photo of Temple Butte (taken on S Kaibab trail in fact). I recognized it from my own hikes and photos of the same spot.
0838TempleButte_gc9i_002940.jpg
08:39 Another lens of Temple Butte in the classic smiley face – this one is on river right just down from the first one we spotted
0839TempleButteLens2_gc9i_002948.jpg
08:40 Here we see the top cliff forming member of the Muav with a slope forming member below it
0840MuavCliffFormerAndSlopeFormerMembers_gc9i_002958.jpg
08:50 near RM40 we spot a mine adit in the Muav – this is from a dam study done in the early 1950s – it is fortunate the dam was not built else one of the great sections of the grand canyon would be a lake and most of hwat we have seen so far would be under hundreds of feet of water – for info on the proposed dam from Arizona Highways in March 1951 see this article link – this dam almost happened
0850AditInMuav_gc9i_002997.jpg
08:51 more remains from the dam project
0851MineRemainsDamStudy_gc9i_003002.jpg
09:07 Royal Arches appears at RM41.5
0907RoyalArchesRM41.5r_gc9i_003027.jpg
A nice view (one of many on the river – this one was chosen for the early AM reflection)
0915NiceViewReflections_gc9i_003034.jpg
And another view a few hundred yards later
0919View_gc9i_003037.jpg
09:21 as we proceed down the river we see above us the Anasazi Bridge
0920AnasaziBridge_gc9i_003040.jpg
After last years river trip I made a wish list – the reason I brought a long telephoto for just this shot and –
09:22 here is a zoom of the Anasazi Bridge – it is over 1100 years old and this foot bridge is believed to be part of an ancient rim to rim route
(the bridge has been stabilized but otherwise is in the state of ruin it was found in)
0922AnasaziBridgeZoom_gc9a_005286.jpg
End of Day 3 Part 1 – onward to Part 2 which is the Eminence Break Hike
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 3 Part 2 Eminence Break Hike (Sept 15 from Nauteloid Camp to Carbon Camp)
Day 3 – Part 2 Eminence Break Hike at river mile 44
(one photo in the below is from the web – it is identified)
(Mark Combs provided another photo looking up at the last half of the hike – that is also identified below)
09:25 looking ahead at President Harding Rapid – note the broken rock of the megaslide visible beyond the rapid – this will be our big hike for today
0925PresidentHardingRapid_gc9i_003051.jpg
09:31 we are at the middle of a deep incised meander with Point Hansbrough above it – below photo from the web (in below referenced article) shows the incised meander as viewed from Tatahatso Point
0582-incised_meander_bend_from_eminence_breaks_trail(tatahatso_point)-sharpenedresize.jpg
09:00 we see the Eminence Break megaslide which is to be our next hike (below is a panorama of the lower part of the slide – our diagonal route up to the Redwall extends from lower right to upper left)
0900EBMegaSlide_Pan3068-72.jpg
detail of ramp
Here is an article on the Eminence Break slide from a study done in 2005 (the photo above came from this article)
We grab snacks and water and start the hike at around 09:30
10:07 The first leg is not too bad – here is a look down at the boat when we are 1/3 of the way up
1007InitialLegOfClimbIsEasy_gc9i_003081.jpg
At this point, Mark Combs took this photo looking up at the rest of the climb ahead
1055AtStartOfRealClimbMarkCombsPhoto_P9150247.jpg
The rest of our route up is not up to typical grand canyon river access trail “standards” (it is directly UP) but is fun and fairly fast – below you see the group spread out in the last part of the climb
1012EBClimb_gc9s_006920.jpg
we quickly reach the top and find great views –
10:25 here the river below with our raft at the beach where we started
1025EBViewDOwnToBoat_gc9i_003112.jpg
another view
10:26 looking upriver – up the meander we came down to reach the fault near Point Hansbrough
1026LookingUpriver_gc9i_003114crop.jpg
10:2x panorama of the valley below us as we topped out at the Redwall
Pan3110-11.jpg
10:27 View of jumbled material from megaslide directly above the point we use for a break
1027JumbledMaterialFromMegaSlide_gc9i_003117.jpg
10:37 Group photos – number 1
1037IDEBGroup1_gc9s_006924.jpg
10:39 group photo 2
1039IDEBGroup2_gc9i_003147.jpg
10:46 it is snack time
1046SnackTime_gc9i_003160.jpg
One big limestone boulder from the hike down – yes that is a “trail” below it
1102BoulderFromHikeDown_gc9s_006929.jpg
We hike down by 11:30 then bath in the river and finally have lunch at around 12:00 (the hike was a great excuse for a meal)
1226Lunch_gc9s_006934.jpg
End of Part 2 of Day 3 – next we board the boat and head on down river
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 3 Part 3 From Eminence Break to Carbon Camp (Sept 15 from Nauteloid Camp to Carbon Camp)
This is part 3 of Day 3 – we completed the Eminence Break hike and ate before proceeding down the river.
One last photo from our Eminence Break stop –
While we were eating lunch (at around 12:10) the Stand Up Paddle Board passed us – we would see the SUPer again several times on the trip as we leap frogged
1209SUPPassesUs_gc9i_003178.jpg
12:40 we are back on the river – here a photo of our boat buddies/mascots taking the sun
1240BoatBuddiesTakingTheSun_gc9s_006937.jpg
13:31 Mile 51.8 looking back upriver to where BA shale appears
1331Mile 51.8 looking back upriver to where BA shale appears_gc9i_003278.jpg
Detail of BA Shale (taken at 13:30 as we passed it – along center river edge in photo above)
1330BAShaleDetail_gc9i_003274.jpg
13:47 Nankoweap Granary - note person at entrance to granary - some other river trip (this is not us – we did not stop as beaches were full)
1347NankoweapGranaryResize_gc9a_005333.jpg
14:09 one of many fly bys – lots of birds posing for photos on this trip – great fauna every day
1409OneOfManyBirdsFlyingBy_gc9i_003313.jpg
14:37 Tapeats Sandstone appears around river mile 59
1437TapeatsAppearsMile59_gc9i_003344.jpg
14:37 Nice detail of Tapeats – note the characteristic fins – these can make hiking along the river on Tapeats “interesting”
1437NiceDetailOfTapeats_gc9i_003341.jpg
14:48 we pass an especially nice exposure of BA shale
1448BAShaleEspeciallyFineExposure_gc9i_003347.jpg
Here is a photo of the same area taken in 2008 with bright sunlight – note the color difference – this is common in the canyon and illustrates why it is “new” each time you travel it
1029BAShaleNiceExposure_20080915_3075resize.jpg
15:01 We see the Little Colorado River (LCR) is running red – this means we will not be doing a stop and swim/float on a turquoise LCR
1501LCRConfluenceRunningRed_gc9i_003366.jpg
15:01 Detail of the mixing of the LCR waters with the Colorado – this means we will be on a red river for the rest of this raft trip. Two years in a row for me washing in silty water. Oh well, it is pretty .
1501LCRConfluenceWaterMixing_gc9i_003370.jpg
15:33 We getting ready to tie up at Carbon Camp for the night
1533TiedUpAtCarbobCamp_gc9i_003386.jpg
18:57 after our dinner of BBQ Chicken we use the dish cleaning line – nice sunsets come standard with all Grand Canyon trips
1857DishCleaningLineCarbonCamp_gc9i_003398.jpg
End of Part 3 of Day 3 – end of Day 3
Day 3 – 05:50 we wake up at sun rise and get ready to go (make breakfast, eat, pack, load the boat)
0550WeWakeUpAtDawnAndGetReadyToGo_gc9s_006907.jpg
06:33 packing is no slam dunk – everything has to fit in the dry bag and then we have to squeeze the air out
0633BreakingCampChore_MakingEverythingFitInDryBagAndGettingTheAirOut_gc9s_006910.jpg
08:00 we are on the river and soon the Muav appears
0800MuavAppears_gc9i_002849.jpg
08:13 river mile 36 we see the Bridge Of Sighs – photo of area below – video clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPi8J-vxntE
0813BridgeOfSighs_gc9i_002899.jpg
08:38 around river mile 38 on river left our first photo of Temple Butte Limestone
The Temple Butte limestone was deposited on top of the Muav but eroded away except for a few protected deposits.
The Muav marks an erosional boundary and where river channels were incised into the top of the Muav we see deposits of Temple Butte Limestone.
Here is a Wikipedia photo of Temple Butte (taken on S Kaibab trail in fact). I recognized it from my own hikes and photos of the same spot.
0838TempleButte_gc9i_002940.jpg
08:39 Another lens of Temple Butte in the classic smiley face – this one is on river right just down from the first one we spotted
0839TempleButteLens2_gc9i_002948.jpg
08:40 Here we see the top cliff forming member of the Muav with a slope forming member below it
0840MuavCliffFormerAndSlopeFormerMembers_gc9i_002958.jpg
08:50 near RM40 we spot a mine adit in the Muav – this is from a dam study done in the early 1950s – it is fortunate the dam was not built else one of the great sections of the grand canyon would be a lake and most of hwat we have seen so far would be under hundreds of feet of water – for info on the proposed dam from Arizona Highways in March 1951 see this article link – this dam almost happened
0850AditInMuav_gc9i_002997.jpg
08:51 more remains from the dam project
0851MineRemainsDamStudy_gc9i_003002.jpg
09:07 Royal Arches appears at RM41.5
0907RoyalArchesRM41.5r_gc9i_003027.jpg
A nice view (one of many on the river – this one was chosen for the early AM reflection)
0915NiceViewReflections_gc9i_003034.jpg
And another view a few hundred yards later
0919View_gc9i_003037.jpg
09:21 as we proceed down the river we see above us the Anasazi Bridge
0920AnasaziBridge_gc9i_003040.jpg
After last years river trip I made a wish list – the reason I brought a long telephoto for just this shot and –
09:22 here is a zoom of the Anasazi Bridge – it is over 1100 years old and this foot bridge is believed to be part of an ancient rim to rim route
(the bridge has been stabilized but otherwise is in the state of ruin it was found in)
0922AnasaziBridgeZoom_gc9a_005286.jpg
End of Day 3 Part 1 – onward to Part 2 which is the Eminence Break Hike
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 3 Part 2 Eminence Break Hike (Sept 15 from Nauteloid Camp to Carbon Camp)
Day 3 – Part 2 Eminence Break Hike at river mile 44
(one photo in the below is from the web – it is identified)
(Mark Combs provided another photo looking up at the last half of the hike – that is also identified below)
09:25 looking ahead at President Harding Rapid – note the broken rock of the megaslide visible beyond the rapid – this will be our big hike for today
0925PresidentHardingRapid_gc9i_003051.jpg
09:31 we are at the middle of a deep incised meander with Point Hansbrough above it – below photo from the web (in below referenced article) shows the incised meander as viewed from Tatahatso Point
0582-incised_meander_bend_from_eminence_breaks_trail(tatahatso_point)-sharpenedresize.jpg
09:00 we see the Eminence Break megaslide which is to be our next hike (below is a panorama of the lower part of the slide – our diagonal route up to the Redwall extends from lower right to upper left)
0900EBMegaSlide_Pan3068-72.jpg
detail of ramp
Here is an article on the Eminence Break slide from a study done in 2005 (the photo above came from this article)
We grab snacks and water and start the hike at around 09:30
10:07 The first leg is not too bad – here is a look down at the boat when we are 1/3 of the way up
1007InitialLegOfClimbIsEasy_gc9i_003081.jpg
At this point, Mark Combs took this photo looking up at the rest of the climb ahead
1055AtStartOfRealClimbMarkCombsPhoto_P9150247.jpg
The rest of our route up is not up to typical grand canyon river access trail “standards” (it is directly UP) but is fun and fairly fast – below you see the group spread out in the last part of the climb
1012EBClimb_gc9s_006920.jpg
we quickly reach the top and find great views –
10:25 here the river below with our raft at the beach where we started
1025EBViewDOwnToBoat_gc9i_003112.jpg
another view
10:26 looking upriver – up the meander we came down to reach the fault near Point Hansbrough
1026LookingUpriver_gc9i_003114crop.jpg
10:2x panorama of the valley below us as we topped out at the Redwall
Pan3110-11.jpg
10:27 View of jumbled material from megaslide directly above the point we use for a break
1027JumbledMaterialFromMegaSlide_gc9i_003117.jpg
10:37 Group photos – number 1
1037IDEBGroup1_gc9s_006924.jpg
10:39 group photo 2
1039IDEBGroup2_gc9i_003147.jpg
10:46 it is snack time
1046SnackTime_gc9i_003160.jpg
One big limestone boulder from the hike down – yes that is a “trail” below it
1102BoulderFromHikeDown_gc9s_006929.jpg
We hike down by 11:30 then bath in the river and finally have lunch at around 12:00 (the hike was a great excuse for a meal)
1226Lunch_gc9s_006934.jpg
End of Part 2 of Day 3 – next we board the boat and head on down river
Subject: Sept 2009 Geology River Trip - Day 3 Part 3 From Eminence Break to Carbon Camp (Sept 15 from Nauteloid Camp to Carbon Camp)
This is part 3 of Day 3 – we completed the Eminence Break hike and ate before proceeding down the river.
One last photo from our Eminence Break stop –
While we were eating lunch (at around 12:10) the Stand Up Paddle Board passed us – we would see the SUPer again several times on the trip as we leap frogged
1209SUPPassesUs_gc9i_003178.jpg
12:40 we are back on the river – here a photo of our boat buddies/mascots taking the sun
1240BoatBuddiesTakingTheSun_gc9s_006937.jpg
13:31 Mile 51.8 looking back upriver to where BA shale appears
1331Mile 51.8 looking back upriver to where BA shale appears_gc9i_003278.jpg
Detail of BA Shale (taken at 13:30 as we passed it – along center river edge in photo above)
1330BAShaleDetail_gc9i_003274.jpg
13:47 Nankoweap Granary - note person at entrance to granary - some other river trip (this is not us – we did not stop as beaches were full)
1347NankoweapGranaryResize_gc9a_005333.jpg
14:09 one of many fly bys – lots of birds posing for photos on this trip – great fauna every day
1409OneOfManyBirdsFlyingBy_gc9i_003313.jpg
14:37 Tapeats Sandstone appears around river mile 59
1437TapeatsAppearsMile59_gc9i_003344.jpg
14:37 Nice detail of Tapeats – note the characteristic fins – these can make hiking along the river on Tapeats “interesting”
1437NiceDetailOfTapeats_gc9i_003341.jpg
14:48 we pass an especially nice exposure of BA shale
1448BAShaleEspeciallyFineExposure_gc9i_003347.jpg
Here is a photo of the same area taken in 2008 with bright sunlight – note the color difference – this is common in the canyon and illustrates why it is “new” each time you travel it
1029BAShaleNiceExposure_20080915_3075resize.jpg
15:01 We see the Little Colorado River (LCR) is running red – this means we will not be doing a stop and swim/float on a turquoise LCR
1501LCRConfluenceRunningRed_gc9i_003366.jpg
15:01 Detail of the mixing of the LCR waters with the Colorado – this means we will be on a red river for the rest of this raft trip. Two years in a row for me washing in silty water. Oh well, it is pretty .
1501LCRConfluenceWaterMixing_gc9i_003370.jpg
15:33 We getting ready to tie up at Carbon Camp for the night
1533TiedUpAtCarbobCamp_gc9i_003386.jpg
18:57 after our dinner of BBQ Chicken we use the dish cleaning line – nice sunsets come standard with all Grand Canyon trips
1857DishCleaningLineCarbonCamp_gc9i_003398.jpg
End of Part 3 of Day 3 – end of Day 3
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