Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Road Report
Strassenzustandsbericht - GSENM
Monday, April 23, 2012
 

All road conditions can change due to weather.
Please contact the nearest visitor center for the most current conditions.

In courtsy of Bureau of Land Management Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Cannonville Visitor Center

The report may not reflect the most current conditions.
DO NOT DRIVE OFF-ROAD AROUND MUDDY SECTIONS! – If you can’t get through by staying on the road, then turn around!!

 

Roads to the East

Name

Date

Road

Comments

Burr Trail

4/19/2012

2WD

2WD down switchbacks - Per Capitol Reef Road Report as of 4/19/12.

Notom-Bullfrog

4/20/2012

2WD

Per Capitol Reef Road Report as of 4/19/2012.
Wayne County road crew installing culverts through July. Still pass -able to 2WD.

Road to Bullfrog Marina

4/19/2012

2WD-HC

Some water at the bottom. Per Capitol Reef Road Report as of 4/19/12.

Wolverine Loop

3/13/2012

2WD

Road is in good shape.

Cedar Wash

3/29/2012

2WD

Good condition recently graded.

Hole in the Rock

4/12/2012

2WD-HC

Dry and dust starting to get washboards. Recommend 4WD-HC for last 7 miles.

Spencer Flat

2/23/2012

2WD

None.

 

Roads to the North

Name

Date

Road

Comments

Hells Backbone

4/21/2012

2WD

None.

Posey Lake to Loa

4/6/2012

Impassable

2WD up to Posey Lake; Impassable beyond.

  Whites Flat (FR #142)

4/5/2012

2WD

None.

Griffin Top

3/19/2012

Impassable

Impassable due to snow.

North Creek (FR #149)

4/5/2012

2WD

Open to island in the sky turnoff.

Main Canyon

4/13/2012

4WD

Snow over summit, 2WD to corn creek..

 

Roads to the Central Areas

Name

Date

Road

Comments

Smoky Mountain - Alvey Wash

4/11/2012

2WD-HC

Rough in a few places watch for rutts and washboards.

Left Hand Collet

4/11/2012

4WD-HC

Rough but passable watch for soft spots in the creek still wet.

Croton

3/8/2012

Impassable

2WD south of the Grand Bench junction, impassable north of that.

Smoky Hollow

3/30/2012

2WD-HC

A few sandy areas.

 

Roads to the West

Name

Date

Road

Comments

Cottonwood

4/22/2012

Impassable

Kane County has closed the road due to impassable conditions 15 miles south of Kodachrome and 19.7 miles north of Hwy 89. (Road is passable to Cottonwood Narrows trailhead from the north and Lower Hackberry trailhead from the south.)

Skutumpah

4/21/2012

2WD

Rough, rutted.

Glendale Bench

4/1/2012

2WD

Road was dry, good condition.

Paria Movie Set

4/20/2012

2WD

Road in good shape.

House Rock Valley

3/24/2012

2WD

Rough, rutted areas.

White House

4/6/2012

2WD

2WD.

Comment:

2WD: car /w two wheel drive (Fahrzeug mit Zweiradantrieb)
4WD: car /w four wheel drive (Fahrzeug mit Vierradantrieb)
HC: High Clearance (Hohe Bodenfreiheit)

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