Dark Canyon trip mid April 2017
Greetings. I'll be hiking for 6 days in dark canyon in about 2 weeks. I fly into SLC and will have a rental 2wd, and plan to enter at sundance trailhead. blm said that Road 209 would get me most of the way to the trailhead, but might be rough the last couple miles. Does anyone have any opinions or advice about the roads to that trailhead?
I have a bit of kiva fever, and so I'm drawn to some of the sections higher in the canyon with ruins, such as in/around Trail, Woodenshoe, Horse Pasture, and Peavine canyons. Given the distances, I may not get to all these. Any nominations for favorites? Does anyone have directions they would be willing to share with me about the Dolls House ruin in upper W?
Several bogleyans have mentioned that their favorite parts of Dark Canyon were the lower sections, from the Colorado river to Youngs. Why is that?
Thanks in advance for your ideas and advice. Jonathan