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′)