Back to what must be my favorite state based on the time I’ve spent here, and my favorite national park, Capitol Reef. Highlights include:

-scrambling up Moss Back Butte, a peak I’d been drawn to on a previous trip. I was able to scramble up to its lofty summit without any info beforehand, a fun adventure.

-more time in Capitol Reef, including a backpack to a very seldom visited summit, Bitter Point, and scrambling up North Caineville Mesa

-getting to the top of 3 ultra-prominence peaks – Flat Top, Deseret, and Ibapah. Ibapah is one of the best climbs I’ve done in recent memory. And one very isolated mountain, Delano. April 25th I crossed into Nevada and stayed hiking around the border there, and swung back into Utah for Ibapah Peak in the remote Deep Creek Range.

5-Apr       Drive to Mexican Hat
6-Apr       John’s Canyon
7-Apr       Bears Ears
8-Apr       Moss Back Butte / N. Wash
9-Apr       Mt. Pennell
10-Apr     Capitol Reef (Strike valley overlook, HQ canyon)
11-Apr     Capitol Reef  (Oak Creek, Cathedral Valley)
12-Apr     N. Caineville Mesa
13-Apr     Rest Day
14-Apr     Hanksville
15-Apr     N. Caineville Mesa
16-Apr     Capitol Reef (Bitter Point backpacking)
17-Apr     Capitol Reef (Bitter Point backpacking)
18-Apr     Rest Day
19-Apr     Delano Peak (12169′)
20-Apr     Rest Day
21-Apr     SLC
22-Apr     Flat Top (10620′)
23-Apr     Antelope Island, Frary Peak
24-Apr     Deseret Peak (11031′)
1-May     Ibapah Peak (12087′)