Day 4 - From Cardenas Camp to Salt mile 71.5-85
06:25 Moon sets as we pack up
07:44 river deposits on top of supergroup across from our camp
08:20 we leave our camp and soon stop at Unkar delta- image is of park service camp
08:27 we stop at Unkar delta where Ranger Mandi Toy explains the arch site analysis and stabilization work we will see- this is the last opportunity as tomorrow the site is to be reburied
08:40 Mandy passes around pottery shards and discusses them
08:55 we observe the arch site team at work
09:21 as we leave we see a survey team recording the findings - the site is to be reburied the next day (this will protect the site and its finds)
09:52 Mile 74.5 we see the Shinumo Quartzite rise out of the water (it is actually a mix of cliff forming sandstones and quartzite). It is under the Dox and above the forthcoming Hakatai Shale.
Mile 75 the red Hakatai Shale become visible around the next bend
10:02 RM76.2 here is a great view of the Hakatai Shale (the slopes under the Shinumo Quartzite) - hiking on Hakatai Shale can be like walking on ball bearings
Mile 76.8 Hotauta Conglomerate Member of Bass Limestone appears at water level
Mile 77 Inner Gorge first appears under the Bass Limestone Hotauta Conglomerate Member
06:25 Moon sets as we pack up
07:44 river deposits on top of supergroup across from our camp
08:20 we leave our camp and soon stop at Unkar delta- image is of park service camp
08:27 we stop at Unkar delta where Ranger Mandi Toy explains the arch site analysis and stabilization work we will see- this is the last opportunity as tomorrow the site is to be reburied
08:40 Mandy passes around pottery shards and discusses them
08:55 we observe the arch site team at work
09:21 as we leave we see a survey team recording the findings - the site is to be reburied the next day (this will protect the site and its finds)
09:52 Mile 74.5 we see the Shinumo Quartzite rise out of the water (it is actually a mix of cliff forming sandstones and quartzite). It is under the Dox and above the forthcoming Hakatai Shale.
Mile 75 the red Hakatai Shale become visible around the next bend
10:02 RM76.2 here is a great view of the Hakatai Shale (the slopes under the Shinumo Quartzite) - hiking on Hakatai Shale can be like walking on ball bearings
Mile 76.8 Hotauta Conglomerate Member of Bass Limestone appears at water level
Mile 77 Inner Gorge first appears under the Bass Limestone Hotauta Conglomerate Member
Mile 77.x Granite Gorge rapidly rises - the dark rock is the Vishnu Schist and the pink is Zoroaster Granite
Rob ties up to the Vishnu Schist at Just Below Clear Creek Camp
We climb up and over the fins of Vishnu Schist into Clear Creek drainage
We walk up to creek
To the waterfall - nice Zoroaster Granite exposure
We walk back and climb back to where we left the boat (hot and "interesting" climb over the fins in the Vishnu Schist)
Mile 85 we proceed downriver, stopping at Phantom and camping at Salt
end of Day 4
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