Boulder Mail Trail, Death Hollow and Escalante River loop

  • Date:
    2018/04/03 to 2018/04/05
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    Round-trip distance:
    30 miles
    Elevation gain:
    2,000 feet
    Trip type:
    hike
    In:
    Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

    • Day 1: Boulder Mail Trail

  • The Escalante River Trailhead near Escalante city
    The Escalante River Trailhead near Escalante city
  • The Boulder Mail Trail
    The Boulder Mail Trail
  • A ponderosa in a tough spot
    A ponderosa in a tough spot
  • Antone Flat
    Antone Flat
  • Telegraph wire
    Telegraph wire
  • Telegraph wire
    Telegraph wire
  • Yucca
    Yucca
  • Looking down on Death Hollow
    Looking down on Death Hollow
  • The Boulder Mail Trail dropping into Death Hollow
    The Boulder Mail Trail dropping into Death Hollow
  • Death Hollow Creek
    Death Hollow Creek

    • Day 2: Death Hollow and Escalante River

  • Beaver Dam
    Beaver Dam
  • The start of the narrows
    The start of the narrows
  • The only tricky part we encountered
    The only tricky part we encountered
  • In the Escalante River valley
    In the Escalante River valley
  • The Escalante River
    The Escalante River
  • Cottonwood
    Cottonwood
  • Pebble pocket in sandstone
    Pebble pocket in sandstone
  • Camp by the Escalante River
    Camp by the Escalante River

    • Day 3: Escalante River

  • Downy woodpecker
    Downy woodpecker
  • Cottonwood flowers
    Cottonwood flowers
  • Pictographs
    Pictographs
  • Petroglyphs
    Petroglyphs
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