YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
JD.....thanks.....we have plenty more to share.....Tanner is living a dogs dream life.....
So first off I should clarify the words "we made plans to return soon" as I am referring to the Paria River and that amazing canyon.....but not at Lees Ferry again.....our plan is to access the river & the canyon from the north next time (which we did).....
We left the campground the next morning and connected with Highway 89A which was about 5 miles down the road.....a right hand turn at the intersection (Marble Canyon) and the highway took us southwesterly as we drove along the stunning 3,000' high Vermillion Cliifs. We must have been on that highway for maybe an hour or so, and then we took another right hand turn and it was north again up a washboard filled gravel road known as House Rock Valley Road.....
.....where we passed the Condor Viewing Site.....and where we stopped and didn't see a thing.....
Now the condition of this road pretty much sucked so after 10 miles of driving on washboard, we stopped when I said I'd had enough for that day.....it turns out that the spot we picked was right at the entrance to White Pocket, a place known for its spectacular beauty. The following morning we unhitched the Jeep and took it up yet another horribly maintained gravel road as we passed through Corral Valley on our way to explore White Pocket.....
Eventually this road turned into a sandy single track road. We took it for a good ways and when we were five miles from White Pocket I decided to leave the Jeep on the side of the road and hike the rest of the way in.....I'll pretty much always pick hiking over driving if that is something that I can reasonably do.....mas tranquilo.....
After maybe an hour and a half of hiking in sand we finally arrived at our destination.....this place was unreal.....
Once again I had not researched this place so much, so we began exploring these massive rock formations to the east of the road.....and apparently the White Pocket Trail was to the west (at least that's where we eventually found the trailhead).....
But these massive rock formations on the eastern side of the road were absolutely incredible so Tanner & I spent a few hours exploring there.....
So first off I should clarify the words "we made plans to return soon" as I am referring to the Paria River and that amazing canyon.....but not at Lees Ferry again.....our plan is to access the river & the canyon from the north next time (which we did).....
We left the campground the next morning and connected with Highway 89A which was about 5 miles down the road.....a right hand turn at the intersection (Marble Canyon) and the highway took us southwesterly as we drove along the stunning 3,000' high Vermillion Cliifs. We must have been on that highway for maybe an hour or so, and then we took another right hand turn and it was north again up a washboard filled gravel road known as House Rock Valley Road.....
.....where we passed the Condor Viewing Site.....and where we stopped and didn't see a thing.....
Now the condition of this road pretty much sucked so after 10 miles of driving on washboard, we stopped when I said I'd had enough for that day.....it turns out that the spot we picked was right at the entrance to White Pocket, a place known for its spectacular beauty. The following morning we unhitched the Jeep and took it up yet another horribly maintained gravel road as we passed through Corral Valley on our way to explore White Pocket.....
Eventually this road turned into a sandy single track road. We took it for a good ways and when we were five miles from White Pocket I decided to leave the Jeep on the side of the road and hike the rest of the way in.....I'll pretty much always pick hiking over driving if that is something that I can reasonably do.....mas tranquilo.....
After maybe an hour and a half of hiking in sand we finally arrived at our destination.....this place was unreal.....
Once again I had not researched this place so much, so we began exploring these massive rock formations to the east of the road.....and apparently the White Pocket Trail was to the west (at least that's where we eventually found the trailhead).....
But these massive rock formations on the eastern side of the road were absolutely incredible so Tanner & I spent a few hours exploring there.....
