4 days and 200 miles of Utah Trail
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olympiccop2002
Explorer
Awesome pictures and area! I have to visit there someday...
toyota_jon
Adventurer
great pics can't wait to head out that way!
Backwoods Rambler
Explorer
Very cool. I can't wait to see some of the more remote areas of Utah.
I am interested as well- Thinking about heading out there this spring.
LilKJ
Adventurer
Hmmmm... if you're heading into that area a couple things to keep in mind:
1. Unfortunately, you need to get your permits from the Hans Flat Ranger Station regardless of where you actually wanted to enter the Maze District. This can create a long day if you are coming from the Moab area.
2. Utilize BLM land as much as you can. The camping is free and there are some prime locations.
3. If I were to run the same route again I would start the trail in Green River and take airport road south into the San Rafael Swell. This road gets you off pavement sooner and ends at the Hans Flat Station. (on google maps its airport road, green river, ut.... follow it south to flint trail, lower sanfael rd, and finally hans flat rd.) This is MUUUCH more interesting than the highway by Hanksville.
4. *removed* Ignore
5. Bring fuel... my Diesel did the whole thing on 11 gallons total. The wrangler with us has a tank 5 gallons bigger than stock and had to empty one 5 gallon can.
6. If it rains, this place would be NASTY!!! Most of the dirt would just turn to slime from the looks of it.
7. As a reference point... it took 6 hours of driving time to get from Panorama Point to the Dollhouse. It was about a 10 hour day but 6 of it was rolling.
8. The trails are very well marked so taking a wrong turn isn't much of a worry.
9. If you're going to arrive at Hans Flat after about 3pm call the rangers that morning and they can do their speech over the phone and leave your permits outside the station. They have to get the vibe that you know what you're doing though.
10. Make sure you bring a toilet that: a)uses the little bags or b)is made to be flushed out at an RV dump site.
11. Of the campsites I saw, I would recommend Panorama Point and Dollhouse #2. Flint seep is blah. The Wall, standing rock, and chimney rock are very exposed (views are good though). Dollhouse 1 is buried in the rocks and Dollhouse 3 is more in the open. Dollhouse 2 is a perfect blend of the 2. Do not camp at Teapot Rock!!! It's right in the middle of everything and practically on one of the busiest parts of the trail. Those were the only sites I got to check out.
12. There is gas and diesel at Hite. (they could be out so be ready for 50-60 miles of hwy)
I think that's about it... it'll be awesome!!
1. Unfortunately, you need to get your permits from the Hans Flat Ranger Station regardless of where you actually wanted to enter the Maze District. This can create a long day if you are coming from the Moab area.
2. Utilize BLM land as much as you can. The camping is free and there are some prime locations.
3. If I were to run the same route again I would start the trail in Green River and take airport road south into the San Rafael Swell. This road gets you off pavement sooner and ends at the Hans Flat Station. (on google maps its airport road, green river, ut.... follow it south to flint trail, lower sanfael rd, and finally hans flat rd.) This is MUUUCH more interesting than the highway by Hanksville.
4. *removed* Ignore
5. Bring fuel... my Diesel did the whole thing on 11 gallons total. The wrangler with us has a tank 5 gallons bigger than stock and had to empty one 5 gallon can.
6. If it rains, this place would be NASTY!!! Most of the dirt would just turn to slime from the looks of it.
7. As a reference point... it took 6 hours of driving time to get from Panorama Point to the Dollhouse. It was about a 10 hour day but 6 of it was rolling.
8. The trails are very well marked so taking a wrong turn isn't much of a worry.
9. If you're going to arrive at Hans Flat after about 3pm call the rangers that morning and they can do their speech over the phone and leave your permits outside the station. They have to get the vibe that you know what you're doing though.
10. Make sure you bring a toilet that: a)uses the little bags or b)is made to be flushed out at an RV dump site.
11. Of the campsites I saw, I would recommend Panorama Point and Dollhouse #2. Flint seep is blah. The Wall, standing rock, and chimney rock are very exposed (views are good though). Dollhouse 1 is buried in the rocks and Dollhouse 3 is more in the open. Dollhouse 2 is a perfect blend of the 2. Do not camp at Teapot Rock!!! It's right in the middle of everything and practically on one of the busiest parts of the trail. Those were the only sites I got to check out.
12. There is gas and diesel at Hite. (they could be out so be ready for 50-60 miles of hwy)
I think that's about it... it'll be awesome!!
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James86004
Expedition Leader
I can confirm that. We went there a decade or so ago, and when we were on the trail it started raining. Harder and harder, until we couldn't see. We were on a long section of shelf road, so it was scary, even though we had stopped. The areas of bentonite clay get extremely slick. We decided the weather was just too bad so we retreated to flatter BLM land, and we missed a lot of this scenery.
We need to get back.
LilKJ
Adventurer
Hmmm... I didn't look into it but just assumed there was one... everyone's cell phones jumped an hour near Green River and we had to all agree to go off of watch time as opposed to cell phone time. The phones were back with the watches when I checked again by Monticello. I assumed that part of Utah did somethign wierd like AZ's general lack of Daylight Savings time...
Who knows, the cell towers by Green River may have just been off or something. It threw us for a loop though.:Wow1: I'll edit it out.
Who knows, the cell towers by Green River may have just been off or something. It threw us for a loop though.:Wow1: I'll edit it out.
No worries...I was just curious. Your guess on the cell phone towers going crazy sounds pretty plauseable to me...
Great trip...By the way, did you hike down to the ruins outside of the doll house area? Pretty amazing! The granaries...FYI...check out the Fins area located south of the road...we accessed it via the Standing Rock campsite...there is some real cool stuff in there...believe it or not...there is a white-man made ruin in there...the rangers dated it back to the 70s...someone had some time...even put a juniper log roof on it...
Anyway, the Maze is the ticket!
Great trip...By the way, did you hike down to the ruins outside of the doll house area? Pretty amazing! The granaries...FYI...check out the Fins area located south of the road...we accessed it via the Standing Rock campsite...there is some real cool stuff in there...believe it or not...there is a white-man made ruin in there...the rangers dated it back to the 70s...someone had some time...even put a juniper log roof on it...
Anyway, the Maze is the ticket!