Arizona

This is just a short report about our trial to reach a region, called Bonal Springs, on the Paria Plateau. Darlene, Ken, Emily and Bob suggested this trail to us and we tried to make it this year in march. This is just to show, that you…

Coyote Buttes North und South and White Pocket are known all over the world. But there are a lot more of interesting spots in the Vermilion Cliff NM. One of this locations we visited this year is Hole-In-The-Rock, an arch, not far…

Since a long time we saw on the topographic maps of the Vermillion Cliffs NM the two landmarks Powells Monument und Paria Needle. This year we thought, lets try it. Most of the people are doing this as a two day trip with a camp at…

In September 2011 I met some friends in Phoenix, AZ to drive Box Canyon trail. From Phoenix we went to Florence Junction, AZ on US60. From there we drove to the south on US79. At 12S 46469X 365784X (UTM/NAD27) we turned left on a gravel…

As we tried last year to reach the rim region above Bonal Springs on the Paria Plateau and were not successful, we wanted to try it this year again. We luckily had perfect weather conditions for this trip and there was no snow on the…

When driving from Kanab, UT towards the House Rock Valley Road, Delorme Topo always suggested to take a shortcut via Five Mile Mountain Road. In 2008 we thought, we will give it a try. Five Mile Mountain Road is an easy gravel road, which…