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| Hiking | 8.50 Miles |
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| no partners | | this hike has been on my radar for a few years and i made sure it fit into the trip this time
drove from torrey to hanksville and then to the trailhead friday morning
both parking lots were almost full mid-morning, numbers enhanced by a group of students from utah state on a backpack trip
we got going ahead of them, fortunately
set out down a wash approaching canyon walls
the trail splits, with bell canyon to the left and little wild horse to the right
we chose to do the loop clockwise - as others have mentioned, saving the best for last
there were a few little obstacles, all manageable, as the canyon tightened up
fun going through here, and we saw very few people until emerging at the jeep road
the road walk was enjoyable - more like a trail than a road
the exit from bell and the entrance to little wild horse were signed
we started seeing more people once in little wild horse canyon
very scenic with a few little obstacles, then walls rose and the canyon became much narrower
there was one downclimb that we got help with after pointing out the bypass to a group
we ran into the backpacking group
then we started running into the people who did an out & back in little wild horse
estimating 95% of the crowd did just that
one annoying traffic jam due to a group of boy scouts that were taking photos at a dead stop
i stopped taking photos at that point
all those people are not my favorite thing
but, things started moving and traffic thinned out
lots of families, kid and dogs
we hit the intersection with bell canyon and exited
the way to do this would be to go early morning and go through little wild horse before it gets jammed up
the rest of the loop is well worth doing and is not nearly as busy
the hike lived up to the hype
this was sue's favorite of the trip
now i can put some of the escalante slot canyons on our list  |
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