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Hatchcanyon
12-22-2008, 06:21 AM
Coal canyon in the Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Area is a wonderful place to be - as long as the wash does not shift the large amounts of sand available again. Then you may need some extra time.

But Slipper Arch is a destination worthwile some effort.





http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon05.jpg
Coal canyon east of Ferron

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon06.jpg
A nice sandy wash ride

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon16.jpg
Immense Slipper Arch

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon15.jpg
Huge!

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon23.jpg
Fix it-Pass

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon22.jpg
Fix it is easy for ATV`s but not that easy for SUVs.

http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/CoalCanyon24.jpg
Saddle Horse Canyon

The whole story: http://hatchcanyon.eu/Inhalt/San_Rafael_Swell/Fix_it/fix_it.html

Udink
12-22-2008, 10:02 AM
Very awesome! I went there for the first time last month on my ATV. I love seeing your reports lately of you taking stock SUVs through all of these places where most people only use ATVs or seriously built 4x4s. :2thumbs:

Hatchcanyon
12-23-2008, 07:19 AM
We visited Coal canyon 3 times.

At first we came down from I 70 along Eva Conover Road, the second time from Ferron the same year. North fork was quite easy to do this time.

A year later thunderstorms hat relocated a lot of sand. In some places the trail was completely altered, much more difficult.

Manybe we have a chance to visit it again next year.

Merry Christmas!

Sombeech
12-23-2008, 07:23 AM
Thanks for the trip report!