Drove from Muscat to Al Hajar then onto a gravel road and hiked into the canyons off the Wadi. Then drove back to Mutrah and hiked up into the ophiolite.

A trek from the trailhead down to Skeleton Point and back. Unfortunately, I left my camera on a ledge at Skeleton Point where we had lunch. I remembered it on our way up (I was wondering why the ascent seemed so light!) just above Cedar Ridge and booked it back down asking every hiker I saw on the way up if they'd seen it. Unfortunately it was gone when I got down. Someone probably took it on down to Phantom Ranch. I filled out a report at the Visitors Center in the Village and hopefully it will surface. The ranger said it would probably take a week for it to come back to the canyon rim from the Ranch.

But you'll notice 4 lines from Cedar Ridge to Skeleton Point. Considering this extra travel I expect we could have gone to Phantom Ranch and back though the Parks Service doesn't advise it. I traveled about the same distance and elevation change.

A trek from the trail head down to Plateau Point and back. It was somewhat icy on the first few switchbacks but soon became packed snow then totally clear. We saw beautiful new purple cacti and a friendly mule deer herd feeding on the plateau.