Bolder (Utah) Escalante, Cottonwood Canyon, Rock House Valley, Jacob Lake

From Boulder, Utah, a short pedal along hwy 12 to camp and visit the falls at Calf Creek before another short day to beers in Escalante. Turning south for two nights at Kodachrome (and a day of trail riding and hiking), next tackling a washed out (and closed) Cottonwood Canyon road past a silty Paria River for a ranger station with water about 42 miles in. Leaving the balmy White House CG (4,300) for Jacob Lake (7,900), a hellishly washboarded road through Rock House Valley, passing along the west side of Vermillion Cliffs before hitting 89A for a 12 mile, 3,000 ft end-of-day climb up the Kaibab Plateau to Jacob Lake. After a night of rain, a lift from good folks drops me into some dope digs on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

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Room with a view; the few hike-in sites directly along the north rim. if you're eating edibles from colorado, better set down ;)
Room with a view; the few hike-in sites directly along the north rim. if you’re eating edibles from colorado, better set down 😉