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| Hiking | 5.50 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 5.50 Miles | 2 Hrs 33 Mns | | 2.32 mph |
| 1,350 ft AEG | 11 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | The Honaker Trail came onto my radar in March 2017 when staying at Goosenecks State Park. I returned home and did some research and thought it looked like a fun route with some history. It was originally developed by miners to access the San Juan River in the early part of the 1900’s. I expected the route to be in bad shape but was pleasantly surprised at the good trail conditions overall.
Chumley and I spent four days exploring Canyonlands and stayed at Goosenecks on our final night. We woke early on Monday and drove over to the Honaker Trailhead. The dirt road is in good condition with a short hairy section roughly a mile from the TH. If you don’t like this, you can walk that final mile. We continued on and parked at the upper parking area. There is a fire ring for anyone that wants to camp here.
The trail immediately drops off the rim and has several switchbacks as you descend. We were surprised to find good overall trail conditions. The route appears to get regular use. We continued down and the trail makes a long traverse before descending through a break with amazing trail construction. Once below the break the trail makes a long traverse before looping back and making the final push to the bottom of the canyon. Once Chumley and I were down below we walked to a bend and then took a short break. From there, we started the hike up and worked our way out of the canyon.
This was a great hike and I’m really glad we spent the time to see it for ourselves. This is a great option for people making a layover to Utah.
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