Vegas Caravan, to Red Rocks Classic in Torrey Options

[VegasRacer]

The *official* Vegas to Red Rocks caravan is a long standing tradition. Please come join us on Thurs. 9/19. This year the meeting location will be in Mesquite Nevada. 12 o'clock, high noon, at the main valet front entrance of whichever Casino Kent decides to stay at.
Who's in? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)

[VegasRacer]

Hwy 12 to Torrey is a fabulous road. In fact, it is the exact road for our group drive on Friday. I was thinking of a different route. I also wanted to avoid the slow traffic in Zion.
My original plan was I-15 to Cedar City. Then over to 89. Take 89 north and drop in to Torrey from the top side on 24.

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[76-914]

Hwy 12 to Torrey is a fabulous road. In fact, it is the exact road for our group drive on Friday. I was thinking of a different route. I also wanted to avoid the slow traffic in Zion.
My original plan was I-15 to Cedar City. Then over to 89. Take 89 north and drop in to Torrey from the top side on 24.

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I'm good with that. We can keep the original meet up time then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[ejm]

Hwy 12 to Torrey is a fabulous road. In fact, it is the exact road for our group drive on Friday. I was thinking of a different route. I also wanted to avoid the slow traffic in Zion.
My original plan was I-15 to Cedar City. Then over to 89. Take 89 north and drop in to Torrey from the top side on 24.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I'm good with that. We can keep the original meet up time then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I'm planning to hike Angels Landing in the morning get on the road around 2. See you guys in Torrey! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[JamesM]

Hwy 12 to Torrey is a fabulous road. In fact, it is the exact road for our group drive on Friday. I was thinking of a different route. I also wanted to avoid the slow traffic in Zion.
My original plan was I-15 to Cedar City. Then over to 89. Take 89 north and drop in to Torrey from the top side on 24.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I'm good with that. We can keep the original meet up time then. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I'm planning to hike Angels Landing in the morning get on the road around 2. See you guys in Torrey! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Plan to get up really early if you want that to happen. Crowds have been getting out of hand in Zion lately and with rockfalls having closed most of the other popular hikes over the last year everyone in the park winds up on the Angles Landing trail. I was there back in April before peak season and it was already pretty bad, and then this happened shutting down Stop 7 completely...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtCcKHCXj2s



Route 9 through the east entrance is easily one of the best roads in Utah if not the whole US, I always take the long way just to come in on that road whenever I can! Sunset is best!

[ejm]

I'm planning to hike Angels Landing in the morning get on the road around 2. See you guys in Torrey! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Plan to get up really early if you want that to happen.

Having done AL before I know to get to Reefer Canyon before the sun gets over the eastern wall. I'm staying in Watchman and up every day at 5 eastern which is before O dark thirty mountain. I'll be waiting for the first shuttle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)