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Canyoneering the northern San Rafael Swell / Steve Allen and Joe Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Steve, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canyoneering--Utah--San Rafael Swell--Guidebooks.
- Canyoneering.
- San Rafael Swell (Utah)--Guidebooks.
- San Rafael Swell (Utah).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The San Rafael Swell is a seemingly endless expanse of slickrock, reefs, rivers, narrow canyons, mesas, towers, and pinnacles.It is the wilderness home of coyotes, eagles, mountain lions, and bighorn sheep.Steve Allen's Canyoneering: The San Rafael Swell has long been the standard for exploring this remarkable area.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Access and Information; Protecting the San Rafael Swell; Low-impact Camping Techniques; The Geology of the San Rafael Swell; The Strata; Humans in the San Rafael Swell; The Old Spanish Trail; How to Use the Guide; 1) Cedar Mountain and the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry; EM206/Cedar Mountain and EM216/Dinosaur Quarry Road Section; Dinosaur Quarry Scenic Backway; Cedar Overlook Scenic Backway; Hike #1: Humbug Canyon; Part 1; Part 2; Hike #2: Bull Hollow; 2) The Northern Reef and Mexican Mountain; EM1029/Buckmaster Draw Road Section
- Tidwell Draw-South Road SectionHike #3: Acer's Arch and Horse Thief Trail Canyon; Alternate 1; Alternate 2; Hike #4: Sheep Cave and Archtower Canyons; B6809/Tidwell Draw-North Road Section; Hike #5: Pinnacle Canyon; Hike #6: Cottonwood Wash; Hike #7: Grotto Canyon; Part 1; Part 2; EM401/Green River Cutoff Road Section; B6767/Fuller Bottom Road; Wedge Spur Road; EM410/Big Flat Road; Side road; EM332/Buckhorn Draw Road Section; Hike #8: Little Holes Canyon; Hike #9: Calf, Cow, and Pine Canyons; EM320/Mexican Mountain Road Section; Hike #10: Red Canyon-West Fork to East Fork
- Hike #11: Upper Black BoxHike #12: Mexican Mountain Ascent; Hike #13: Mexican Bend and the Horse Thief Trail; Hike #14: Spring Canyon to Sulphur Canyon; EM332/Cottonwood Wash Road Section; B6757/Sinkhole Flat and B6755/Jackass Bench Road Section; Left on loop; Right on loop; Hike #15: Drowned Hole Draw; Hike #16: Lower Black Box; TR647/Black Dragon Wash Road Section; Hike #17: Box Spring, Double Arch, and PetroglyphFork Canyons; Part 1; Part 2; Hike #18: Black Dragon Wash and theSan Rafael River; Part 1; Part 2; 3) Sids Mountain; Hike #19: San Rafael River and Cane Wash; Part 1; Part 2
- Hike #20: Virgin Springs CanyonB7183/Oil Well Flat/Saddle Horse Canyon Road Section; Hike #21: Pinnacle #1 Ascent; Dutch Flat Road to Fuller Bottom Road Section; Hike #22: Sids Mountain and Saddle Horse Canyon; Part 1; Part 2; Hike #23: San Rafael River, Virgin Springs Canyon, Sids Mountain, and North Salt Wash; EM803/Moore Cutoff Road Section; TR637; Hike #24: Rochester Petroglyphs; Hike #25: Eagle Canyon-North and Forgotten Canyon; Part 1; Part 2; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-239-8
- OCLC:
- 932314736
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