This trip is the first level of our Spring Break adventures for first or second year Scouts. This does not mean that it's an easy trip! We do 2 nights of car camping and day hikes through slot canyons, followed by 4 days of backpacking with frequent stream crossings.  Not a place for a first backpacking trip. 

Micro Adventure experience is required. Harris Wash is a great first step towards future desert adventures. Scouts and adult must attend planning meetings and trip shakedowns before the trip.

• Trip Location: Near Escalante, UT, along the Hole in the Rock Road

• Day Trips: Spooky Gulch and Peek-A-Boo Gulch

• Backpacking: Harris Wash

  • Distance: 20 miles round trip

• Trip Requirements: 

  • Micro Adventure backpack or other multi-day backpacking experience 

  • Second Class rank or above 

  • At least 3 nights of troop campouts

Navigate over 35 miles of slot canyons starting in UT and ending in AZ.  This is a premier backpacking trip experience! It's also one that is highly weather dependent.  In case water levels are too high, we will shift to a different destination in Utah. 

Scouts and adults wanting to go need to have completed both a Micro Adventure backpacking trip and a Mini Adventure backpacking trip. Scouts and adult must attend planning meetings and trip shakedowns before the trip.

• Trip Location: Starts near Kanab, UT and ends at Lees Ferry, AZ

• Distance: 35 miles point-to-point

• Trip Requirements: 

  • Micro Adventure backpacking trip and a Mini Adventure backpacking trip

  • Star Rank or above and advanced within the 12 months prior to this trip

  • Age 14 and above or w/ trip leader permission

This trip is the top level of our Spring Break trips, a true high adventure experience, exploring slot canyons in southern UT.  These are highly technical canyons requiring multiple rappels ranging from 10ft to over 80ft in length, including water landings.  You will learn canyoneering techinques.  Rappel stations are unconventional requiring confidence in both technique and skills.  This is a premier trip and an experience not likely to be had anywhere else outside of NOLS.  

This trip may include extended time spent in narrow spaces. It includes technical rappels inside of deep, narrow canyons.  Anyone going on this trip must have the proper gear and the experience to safely meet these challenges.

Scouts and adults must have prior experience, including Mini and Micro desert adventures and other multi-day backpacking trips. Scouts and adult must attend climbing practices and trip shakedown before the trip. Scouts who have done Paria OR another High Adventure will be given priority.

• Trip Location: Near Hanksville, UT

• Slot Canyon: To be determined by the crew

• Backpacking Distance: Varies depending on the style of the trip. Can be basecamp with day hikes or longer backpack.

• Trip Requirements (full high adventure requirements): 

  • Micro Adventure backpacking trip and a Mini Adventure backpacking trip

  • Star Rank or above and advanced within the 12 months prior to this trip

  • Age 14 and above or w/ trip leader permission