The Grand Gulch area, located within the Bears Ears region of Utah, holds one of the richest concentrations of ancestral sites in the American Southwest Towering canyon walls and alcoves have thousands of years of human history preserved in cliff dwellings, rock art, and pottery shards This is a place I had wanted to visit for years When I finally visited, I found it to be one of the most incredible places I've visited on the Colorado Plateau The hike described here is a brief introduction to Grand Gulch: hiking do...

Thanks for the info: We drove by there today on the way back from Capitol Reef taking the "scenic" route The canyon looked promising but we had not time to search and just stopped at that trailhead to see what was there Never even heard of the "Queen" before, even though we have been to hundreds of sites in the southwest We just got home and I wanted to look it up for a future trip You have my email, drop me a line if I can return the favor Capitol Reef did not have much but got a few good tips on the way h...

Disagree that the Boars Tusk is closed to climbing Not sure why someone would take liberties with the JMHCAP ROD but the language pertaining to surface disturbing activities is with regard to minerals management, and, not recreationClimbing is allowed As per below: "Recreational activities, opportunities, and uses will be maintained"APPENDIX 3GREEN RIVER LAND USE PLANS OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONSAPPLICABLE TO THE JMH PROJECT AREA ON BLM-ADMINISTERED PUBLIC LANDSREC-14 Surface disturbing activities are prohibited with...

Thanks for the feedback This one is promoted as beginner friendly by many sites and books I'd hate to see anchors made more difficult, as it is likely to get people in trouble Last time I was though with a group of beginners, everyone was happy to rappel that drop!

The Zion rangers guard this location like it is the Crown Jewels of England We finally found them a couple years ago While we love all ruins and art it was kind of a let down after all the research and hunting to find the petroglyphs are OK, not phenomenal We wondered why this site was called Petroglyph Canyon thinking there must be better sites in Zion/ The hike is short and sweet and there is nothing further up that canyon except a dead end Don't get me wrong, If you are in the area it is an EZ must see The...

A couple of good petroglyphs but pretty much what I expected When the visitor center talks about sites they usually are not the top of the line But any petroglyph is a good petroglyph We learned of a canyon a couple miles south of there near a water tank we could see the tank from the Hidden Valley hike But unfortunately have not received the details Quite a number of petros is the claim

This was one of the first petroglyph panels I had seen and helped get me hooked on ancient cultural sites  Great opportunity to stretch your legs, some good views and only takes a few minutes

We did this one last year and loved it Like many of the hikes in this region we did not see a single person the whole time This is not to be confused with the Tower ruins on the South side of 95 on Utah School Trust lands The over all view there is much better, but the tower ruin and petroglyph sites this trip is about are far superior

Got a back injury just after I posted the earlier comment All better now and finally made this trip a couple days ago WELL worth the hike but the bugs were Awful at all the sites in the area the first week in June They laughed at the Cutters we used Thanks again for the information

Awesome canyon! Hike up stairmaster and follow the jeep road for awhile We turned off a bit early but we were in the same drainage and made it to the rappel The first bolt encountered by the deep pool has some webbing handline on it and it was easy to climb down The first actual rappel is just as big as described and a bit awkward at the anchor as the webbing is extended quite a bit Lots of webbing up there too so make sure you evaluate it and the quicklink is going through all masterpoints Would recommend two 70m ...