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The Great Traverse Part 7 Two and a half mile north of Bull Bottom Road crosses the road San Rafael River. North of the river bridge runs a trail east to the old Chaffin Ranch. Once there was a (drilled) cold water geyser but it is said that there are noc longer any acivities. Here the road...

The Great Traverse Part 6 Sure, the road from Hans Flat Ranger Station to Green River is not a highlight by its own. The same is true if you prefer to take the other route to UT 24 where this road ends not far away from the beginning of the Road to Goblin Valley. We take this one to the north...

The Great Traverse Supplement Found this picture from the beginning of Poison Spring Road not far away from the UT 95 pavement.Date: mid June 2015. Sign on Poison Spring Road The sign reads "Poison Springs" but the USGS Topo Quads have the name "Poison Spring". And wow - road no 15000! The...

After 5-6 miles down the canyon where the springs are it is becoming difficult most of the time. (shortly before the place where we freed the green Grand Cherokee) I do never recommend something like a sedan except für the first mile from UT95. From UT 95 to the river is about 15 miles. Sorry...

The Great Traverse Part 5: On the eastern end of North Hatch Canyon the Big Ridge Cliffs are the main obstacle for any traffic. The road winds over a - as far as we know - nameless pass into South Hatch Canyon. The elevation difference is less that 400 feet but the road is in Chinle and that...

Most of the land is BLM-land, only the stretch from the very eastern end of North Hatch up to the top of Flint Trail and from there 2.5 miles to the north is within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. A primitive camping area lies on top of Sunset Pass within GCNRA. Don't know about rules and...

The Great Traverse Part 4: North Hatch Canyon Where is the name "Hatch Canyon" coming from? Seems that it has nothing to do with a trap door. In Navajo "atchee" means a red color or high cliffs and it is said that the Diné called the canyon "atchee atchee". Quite appropriate. (from Steve...

The Great Traverse - Part 3 Dirty Devil River Canyon Fording Dirty Devil River comes from easy to impossible. In May 2013 it was a snap. At least with our Wrangler. Sandstone outcrop on the east side of the river This is White Rim Sandstone. We are now in the Cutler Formation. But not for...

The Great Traverse - Part 2 Lower Poison Spring Canyon The name Poison Spring Canyon has its own story. Locals say that the real historic name is "Pissing Spring Canyon" but this one was inappropriate for the USGS. So they modified the name on their maps. The road within the canyon seems to...

It is not really the Maze Distict but it goes along Hans Flat Ranger Station and Flint Trail.

Poison Spring Road starts on UT 95 17 miles south of Hanksville and runs eastward to the Dirty Devil River.

There is a pretty long unpaved stretch of roads and trails from Green River to near mile post 17 on Utah Highway 95 south of Hanksville. The length is about 130 miles. We call it The Great Traverse. The last time we run it was in May 2013 under pretty good conditions. This was not always so...

Read the story right now! I'm impressed and found a lot of "good ol' buddies" in it. Croton Road - on picture exacly at the place where I ripped off the front bumper of a Chevrolet Trailblazer, Poison Spring Canyon where we hat to dig and North Hatch Canyon too. All of these can be easy or can...

A second look to my maps showed me that we were on Sweet Alice Road maybe 18 years ago. We made it to Fable Valley. At first I have mistaken this name as a location near or in Sweet Alice Canyon behind Tea Pot Rock in the Maze and I wondered about the remains of a village. Now I know better.

Thanks for the explanations!