Trail can be a bit confusing, once the trail starts to fade it’s kind of choose your own adventure, at least in my experience. I’m sure it was easier than I made it.
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Unloaded at the cattle collection pens, rode to Sheep Creek and followed it to Willis Creek Canyon entrance. Rode up Willis Creek Canyon to just past waterfall then returned. Beautiful views, easy ride.
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Fairly flat in to the slot canyon. Easy trail to follow. Slot had 5.5 ft of water throughout. Lots of scrambling and climbing involed
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Strenuous but in the best way, so very incredible when you arrive at the falls.
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Incredible ancient history at glass eye ruin and inch worm arch is its own kind of natural beauty
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Glass Eye Ruins
Kane County Utah
May 1, 2023
I FOUND IT!
Finding archeological sites such as rock art and ruins are easy to find if you begin in the right Canyon. 😏
We received a bogus gpx track that led us to believe we would find this site elsewhere. We had given up after several failed attempts.
After leaving the Kanab area I obtained much better beta and determined we were searching in the wrong area. Fortunately our next scheduled stop was St George and we were advised our space was occupied for the weekend so we landed in a park near Moccasin mountain.
Today on my final day in the area I gave it one more try. Hurrah, finally found the ruins.
Very impressive site with pottery shards, hand prints (positive and negative prints), great and interesting pictographs and the cool ruins.
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Great and easy canyon hike, a tough entrance at the North End and a rock slide blocks river 1/4 mile from south end. Once past slippery entrance at north no issues and there is a path around the rock slide hikers left going down canyon. So do it.
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Mid July 2022. Very nice hike with a spectacular waterfall at the end. In the summer, start early and bring plenty of water. Highly recommend this destination
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Difficult approach and difficult to find, but it is mind blowing. I did not do red breaks and this is the v-road approach from the high side. The north approach will arrive on the low side with the moki steps if you want to climb in. If you do, do not do it alone.
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this is only difficult in summer, when it’s like walking through a sandbox in an oven - there’s minimal elevation change but with 100° heat and no available treated water along the trail it’s a serious hazard for the unprepared and has resulted in multiple cases of heat exhaustion - in cooler weather especially after a rainfall to pack the sand, it’s much easier
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nobody does this hike as drawn, that’d miss the best parts - try parking at the Mail Trail trailhead near the Boulder UT airport (the route shown here is the old Boulder Mail Trail, start at the east end), walk west to Death Hollow, south down Death to the Escalante River (watch for poison ivy, which is abundant), then east to UT-12 and hitchhike back to the airport - this is a two or possibly three day hike, Death is the prettiest part (but again, lots of poison ivy)
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Stunning views. Road is easily possible. The color are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to return and hike for a few days.
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This was a great route. Lots of great rock formations on the upper half. Howling Wolf was awesome to see. Stone Donkey canyon has a great slot. Very little water in the first half. Second half is all water walking mostly in creek. Several great spots to camp along the entire route.
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Really beautiful but the soft sand makes some sections more difficult.
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Awesome trail to drive. Very quiet, scenic, and literally no one else on this trail.
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Fun easy hike along the wash to the canyon. No signs or direction to it but if you follow foot prints and this map you’ll be fine. Starting point isn’t where it says and you can drive out to where the wash is. 4WD recommended and watch out for cows
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Awesome drive up BLM 300 or 200?
Nice camp spot for the night. Hitting hole in the rock tomorrow
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Out and back in deep sand... short hike at the end of the trail! Air’d down to 20lbs with no bead locks (Jeep JL 2.0t rubi)
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Incredible. Lots of exposure to the sun. Take plenty of water. Beautiful falls. Take your swim suit.
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SUPER FUN and totally worth it!!! There weren’t many people but we started at 8am during the week. very glad we brought sturdy hiking boots instead of our chacos. we took our boots off and carried them when we hiked through the water. also glad we left our backpack in the beginning of the canyon.
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Amazing 4x4 OHV Trail. One of the most insane trails I’ve seen to date. My only warnings are to make sure you have water and food for a day or two just Incase you get stuck in a downpour or break down it is extremely remote. The dirt when wet turns to clay and even a modded Jeep Wrangler with 4x4 capability will seize there axels. You’d have to wait the rain out and let things dry up. Overall, just be safe and you’ll be amazed by the scenery.
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I hiked this loop in the beginning of December and it was so pretty and also completely empty. I was the only person on the trail and pretty much had the canyons to myself. Totally unreal and beautiful. Not that difficult of a hike though, only took a a couple hours. Definitely recommend!!
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Although the hike on the road isn’t exciting, there are some good views along the way. But once we reached the destination, this was such a unique feature that I had to give it 5 stars. This was so different than anything we had ever seen before and we spent a long time just sitting and staring at it. The sand inside looked very fine and appeared to have a different color than the sand in other areas nearby. Amazing!
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Sandy cow and river willow trail. Aug 30, hot and very little water, mostly contaminated with cow poo. Easier to walk in dry river bed than designated trail. Typical rocks of the area have seen better canyons in the area. Did see a few large petrified wood pieces in the dry river bed. Trail ends at nothing in particular. Blah, there are much better hikes to do in the Grand Escalante than this one.
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Beautiful hike with 3 knee deep river crossings and some very challenging navigation at the end to actually get up the butte to reach the arch. The "trail" on GAIA is only a generic route, it will not direct you to the only way up the butte. My track shows how we searched and finally found the one way to ascend the butte.
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