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- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
We rolled out of Green River on Thur. morning with three rigs – me and my son Logan in my LJ, Steve and Jenn is Steve’s JKU and Pete in his Tacoma. I chose the more relaxed, scenic route to Hans Flat taking the dirt Green River road south out of town.
We stopped at the old Chaffin ranch to see if the geyser would spout for us, but it didn’t.
You can see in the picture above just how threatening the skies were at that point. Soon after getting back underway, the rain started to pour and the wind began to howl. A pretty heavy storm, that would not let up before we reached the ranger station at Hans Flat.
Predictably enough, the rangers at Hans Flat informed us that we would not be able to reach our intended campsite at Millard because the Flint trail switchbacks were impassable due to the heavy rain of the past few days. I asked very specifically whether the switchbacks were washed out, or just too dangerous because they would be mud. The answer was just basically not to try them or we would die. Soooo, we proceeded to the switchbacks, which we then descended effortlessly, without any drama whatsoever.
We caught a break in the rain and were able to stop for lunch without getting wet, before continuing on towards the Millard camp site along the Green River. The rain started pouring again as we went and would continue off and on throughout the day, leaving all the washes running with chocolate milk.
E.T. Wolverton’s old boiler at Big Water
The drive out to Millard is long and bumpy, but very scenic. I enjoyed it, but I don’t think my travelling companions did as much, I think it was more of just a long day of driving for them. But, I was loving every second of it myself.
Buttes of the Cross
- DAA
We stopped at the old Chaffin ranch to see if the geyser would spout for us, but it didn’t.
You can see in the picture above just how threatening the skies were at that point. Soon after getting back underway, the rain started to pour and the wind began to howl. A pretty heavy storm, that would not let up before we reached the ranger station at Hans Flat.
Predictably enough, the rangers at Hans Flat informed us that we would not be able to reach our intended campsite at Millard because the Flint trail switchbacks were impassable due to the heavy rain of the past few days. I asked very specifically whether the switchbacks were washed out, or just too dangerous because they would be mud. The answer was just basically not to try them or we would die. Soooo, we proceeded to the switchbacks, which we then descended effortlessly, without any drama whatsoever.
We caught a break in the rain and were able to stop for lunch without getting wet, before continuing on towards the Millard camp site along the Green River. The rain started pouring again as we went and would continue off and on throughout the day, leaving all the washes running with chocolate milk.
E.T. Wolverton’s old boiler at Big Water
The drive out to Millard is long and bumpy, but very scenic. I enjoyed it, but I don’t think my travelling companions did as much, I think it was more of just a long day of driving for them. But, I was loving every second of it myself.
Buttes of the Cross
- DAA
