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Nov 1, 2024
Fantastic trip that also included Bryce and Zion NPs. Great hiking every day. Escalante and Hwy 12 were an unexpected and beautiful surprise. Incredible, untouched landscape. Let's keep it that way!Full review by Cindy K
Jun 1, 2024
We took the Burr Head Road, a kind of back door into the National Monument and the Burr Switchbacks across to Boulder (recommended versus the other direction). A very technical road with dramatic vie…Full review by D L
May 27, 2024
We’re so glad we rode through parts of this monument. The views were amazing and there are numerous places to pull off the road. We drove Route 12 all the way from Capitol Reef NP to Bryce Canyon. It…Full review by Robert B
How long is the drive through Grand Staircase Escalante? Are there steep cliffs along the road? I will be with someone who is afraid of heights.
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Highway 12 is the major paved road in that area. Driving straight through from Long Junction to Torrey will take several hours, assuming there is no rain or snow. There is one section, …
Highway 12 is the major paved road in that area. Driving straight through from Long Junction to Torrey will take several hours, assuming there is no rain or snow. There is one section, known as the Hogsback, that was built on a thin spine and one can see very steep drop-offs on BOTH sides. At the ends of this stretch, one can pull off and possibly even turn around, but not in the middle. This is what makes this stretch of Hwy. 12 exciting to some people. Elsewhere on Hwy. 12, there are places where one can pull over and get out to look down into canyons as well. There are many roads in Utah that are steep and partly exposed, such as portions of the Burr Trail in Grand Staircase-Escalante NM, or the Moki Dugway that drops into the Valley of the Gods in SE Utah.
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