Sunday Drive; Henry Mountains & the Burr Trail switchbacks

[Greg]

So a few weeks ago we headed out for a Sunday drive, I've been wanting to see more of the Henry Mountains so we headed West. Topped of the fuel tank in Green River, passed Goblin Valley and headed up Bull Creek Pass.

We took the road over the Southern end of the mountains and I was expecting a lot of moisture, so we opted to stay at a lower elevation. The road was easy going, rocky at parts but we never used 4WD. The pass topped out and surprisingly it was totally dry, hardly any moisture! We worked our way back down into the desert and over to the Burr Trail and the Switchbacks.

After driving out of Capitol Reef NP, we came across a massive amount of Deer... and even a good sized flock of Turkey's, all staying safe on private farmland!

 

[GAR]

looks like a fun trip. that twisty road looks epic!

 

[Paudrhound]

Well at least we now know where all the deer are. Nice pics, like the stance of your rig!!

 

[Tonkaman]

Good pics of those twisty roads. Looks like a great Sunday

 

[roverrocks]

Great pictures!! Thanks.

 

[Kevin B.]

That truck is looking great. I'm glad you kept it.

 

[DAA]

Very nice!

- DAA

 

[Greg]

Glad you guys enjoyed it, I want to spend more time camping & hiking around the Burr Trail switchbacks... really want to check out Upper & Lower Muley Twist canyons! Would love to take the dual sport out there too.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Thanks for sharing. We were just there (upper muley twist and burr switchbacks) yesterday. Beautiful area. I really want to go back and explore the Henry Mtns soon. They were covered in about 12" of snow this past weekend, so we passed on it.

 

[DAA]

I was up there while it was snowing last weekend. Got my Jeep stuck three times, spent half the day by myself shoveling and winching... Lot of fun though. Picture of camp.

- DAA

 

[Greg]

Wow, Dave!

Yeah with the recent storm last weekend I figured the Henry's got pounded... sounds like they did! I wish we would have taken a higher pass, after we had seen how dry it was when we were there. Oh well, gives me an excuse to go back again soon.

 

[sawtooth4x4]

Nice. I just have to keep adding places to go see.