The Duffel Bag: The Burr Trail

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

If you play Free Bird at 11:55:05PM on New Years Eve, you'll go into the new year blasting the best guitar solo of all time

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Burr Trail

This is a 68 mile backcountry drive in south central Utah that starts in Boulder Utah and comes out near Capital Reef National Park (the variation we drove). In hind sight, we should have taken more time to drive this because there are several attractions along the way we missed because of time restraints. I would suggest to start this route early in the morning and plan on spending the night somewhere along the way so one has two full days to explore.

I lost all GoPro pictures on one memory card when it crashed during the download, so here is what I have. You can also see the post for Lower Muley Twist Canyon for a hike on this route.