Canyonlands N.P. Maze District, Cathedral Valley, Bryce N.P.
Monday, June 19
| Cathedral Valley - a new-to-me area. I'm traveling solo (cell phone
backup via Starlink, FRS/GMRS radio, CB Radio) |
| Name |
Miles |
Elapsed
Time |
Speed Average |
Speed Maximum |
| Highway - Hanksville to
Cathedral Valley trailhead on SR-24 |
17.8 |
40 min |
25 mph |
54 mph |
| Trails - Cathedral Valley
exploring |
72.8 |
10h 40m |
7 mph |
40 mph |
| Highway - I-70 to Salina UT |
34.3 |
47 min |
44 mph |
70 mph |
| The washed out water diversion dam. |
| Start of Cathedral Valley / SR-24 |
| Info Sign (Click for a larger size) |
| Cattle camp |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| I'm think this is glass mountain. |
| Temple of the Sun I'm here at the correct time of day! |
| The area seems fairly void of good grazing - but yet we have cattle paths and cattle camps around. |
| Gypsum Sinkhole |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Yes, 30 miles from the nearest asphalt. Kinda
rare in the lower 48... |
| I suppose this is the Baker Ranch |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Little used two-tracks catch my eye. I'm in search of a camp spot. The shadows are growing. At each spot I stop at I get out for a minute or two... and wait. Do the no-see-um / gnats appear? At each spot - they appear. They ate me up at the first night's camp and I'm in no way repeating the event. A hotel is likely. |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| A faint mark of the road across the valley we just drove |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
| The site of the Willow Springs Camp DG-158, Company 529 |
| Info Sign (Click for a larger size) Willow Springs Camp DG-158, Company 529 |
| Info Sign (Click for a larger size) |
| Panorama (Click for a larger size) |
