tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:12:49 +0000raftingtrip reportSan Juan Rivercoaldolores riverslickrockyampahttp://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scott)Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-7180170068185169436Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:04:00 +00002010-04-08T22:12:18.961-06:00This last weekend I met Karen in Green River and her old roommate from Oakland, Peter, and his girlfriend.  We got off toward camp later than planned and bumbled our way off I-70 along the Hatt Ranch cutoff road and camped along the San Rafael Reef.   Here's some pics from that morning, which was the best weather of the day. Karen makes breakfast After the http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2010/04/kicking-around-swell-green-river.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-6426986886665189222Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:41:00 +00002010-03-29T18:41:23.194-06:00I love pictures of old, rusting stuff!  This place is probably a Superfund site and I couldn't believe it was just sitting there in the middle of nowhere with its chain link gate hanging alluringly ajar.  The whole time I was there I kept waiting for someone to show up and kick me out, but nobody ever came.  The place has an air of quiet toxicity. http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2010/03/abandoned-factory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-6389985666802581229Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:44:00 +00002010-03-29T11:44:10.851-06:00Luckily it seems like the first commercial scale tar sands project in Utah is still quite a few hurdles from being a done deal.  Economic uncertainty and an unproven technology leave significant doubt that this project has legs. Company seeks first U.S. oil sands project, in Utah - Salt Lake Tribune I went to the demonstration site for this project a couple of years ago on a tour of the http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2010/03/machinery-of-magical-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-2281919579573448553Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:52:00 +00002010-03-21T22:56:23.248-06:00After a week of work I was ready for my first foray into my new back yard - Utah's portion of the Great Basin. I was struck by the vast silence of the place.  The occasional truck and a few herds of sheep were all that I saw.  This was a solo recon trip to get to know the lay of the land and identify places I want to come back to for a closer inspection. Simpson Range Keg Mountains http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2010/03/west-desert-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-1655953238614895781Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:27:00 +00002010-03-16T12:51:50.222-06:00coalyampaLike many river lovers I was relieved when Shell Oil announced that they were abandoning their plans to secure water rights to divert water from the Yampa River to use for oilshale development.  But it got me thinking about some of the existing diversions from the Yampa.  There are two large coal-fired power plants drawing water from the river to cool the steam that drives their http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2010/03/like-many-river-lovers-i-was-relieved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-5119694267048026361Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:46:00 +00002010-03-16T13:08:57.104-06:00So here are the photos from our recent Yampa River trip. An incredible trip that I am not yet ready to blog about at length. The river was pumping at 22,300 cfs at put in. More details to come! http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-here-are-photos-from-our-recent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-1305346997281587181Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:25:00 +00002010-03-16T13:08:57.111-06:00raftingSan Juan Rivertrip reportI know that I am finding my balance in life when I find myself on the river two weekends in a row. The opportunity presented to paddle the upper San Juan River, between Bluff and Mexican Hat, with my housemate Franklin, his girlfriend K-rissy and our friend Matt Gross (a Moabite in diaspora living in North Carolina. I didn't have to think long before accepting this invitation. We rigged on http://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2008/04/trip-report-san-juan-river-i-know-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522828.post-3027448835488720967Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:04:00 +00002010-03-16T13:08:57.119-06:00dolores riverraftingslickrocktrip report I decided that this was going to be the year to see all of the Dolores River, at least the sections that are most typically run. Two years ago I ran the upper section from Bradfield (just below McPhee Reservoir) to Slickrock, a beautiful stretch combining the best of the desert and the higher country -- Ponderosa pines towering over the river. This upper section contains the most storied rapidhttp://greenriverscott.blogspot.com/2008/04/trip-report-dolores-river-slickrock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)2