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.

 

More Info... https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/driving-the-burr-trail.htm 

Red Canyon Hoodoos

Hiking the Red Canyon (Highway 12, Utah) area behind the visitor's center. This was three trails we linked up for a 3+ mile loop. 

 

We disbursed camp in a great place off Tom's Best Spring Road a few miles east of Red Canyon on highway 12. 

 

 

 

Gold Butte National Monument

March 19, 2025 - We did an overnight-er out to Gold Butte in Southern Nevada just to have a look around. It's a long drive out there so next time we will have a 3-4 trip planned to better explore the area. It's beautiful out there and very remote. Dispersed camping allowed.

 

Candy Cliffs

March 18, 2025 - North of St. George, Utah in the Yant's Flat area.

 

We dispersed camped near the trailhead, which gave us an early start the next morning so we could get to the Candy Cliffs area as the sun came up. It wasn't a very large area and we were able to hike through and explore the whole thing in about two hours.