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Muddy Creek cuts an impressive canyon through the San Rafael Reef.
We were several times there and now I found some pictures - 11 years old! We will be in the area again later the year and may have a chance to visit it again. Walking through is not so bad even on a hot summer day. Its relatively shady and most of the time there is water - at least some.
Enjoy the pics from 2004:
We startet at UT 24 using the road on Factory Bench.
North Caineville Reef near UT 24
Majestic Factory Butte
Southwestern Reef
Ford through Muddy Creek south of the reef
Entering Muddy Creek Gorge from the south
Walls, ascending layers of rock, erosion horizons - at this time Muddy Creek is not a continuous stream in its channel
Muddy Creek Grorge
Precious little things
Beautiful cliffs
North of the "Big Bend"
You always can get - a flat!
Very special place to us
This place is really special to us. We got stuck here 6 years earlier in sand and gravel and needed nearly 24 hours to free the car. Six years later the stream channel has completely changed.
Buildings of Vernon Pick`s Hidden Splendor Mine - aka as Hidden Blunder
View down from the old air strip at the northern end of the gorge.
The trip by car is no longer possible due to the fact that the road is blocked now by BLM rules. Hiking through the gorge is a wonderful experience too but beware of flash floods!
We were several times there and now I found some pictures - 11 years old! We will be in the area again later the year and may have a chance to visit it again. Walking through is not so bad even on a hot summer day. Its relatively shady and most of the time there is water - at least some.
Enjoy the pics from 2004:
We startet at UT 24 using the road on Factory Bench.

North Caineville Reef near UT 24

Majestic Factory Butte

Southwestern Reef

Ford through Muddy Creek south of the reef

Entering Muddy Creek Gorge from the south

Walls, ascending layers of rock, erosion horizons - at this time Muddy Creek is not a continuous stream in its channel

Muddy Creek Grorge

Precious little things

Beautiful cliffs

North of the "Big Bend"

You always can get - a flat!

Very special place to us
This place is really special to us. We got stuck here 6 years earlier in sand and gravel and needed nearly 24 hours to free the car. Six years later the stream channel has completely changed.

Buildings of Vernon Pick`s Hidden Splendor Mine - aka as Hidden Blunder

View down from the old air strip at the northern end of the gorge.
The trip by car is no longer possible due to the fact that the road is blocked now by BLM rules. Hiking through the gorge is a wonderful experience too but beware of flash floods!