January Highway 89 Trip

[Dayhiker]

Last week I did a quick trip over to Kanab to explorer parts of Highway 89 that always seem too hot to me whan I have been there is the past. The morning of the firt day was spent getting a walk in permit for North Coyote Buttes. After that I headed down to check on House Rock Valley Road's condition and then to Rim Rock Hoodoos. I had wanted to go check out Cobra Arch but they said the road was washed out at about 1.5 miles from the trailhead
Rim Rock Hoodoos







From there I went down to Page for lunch and to check out Horseshoe Bend. Even though I have been in and through Page more than a dozen times I never knew that this was here.


After Horseshoe Bend I headed up to Stud Horse Point for the late afternoon sun. The sun was so low that lens flair was a constant problem.







From there I headed back to Kanab.

End of Day 1

[Dayhiker]

Day 2 was all about North Coyote Buttes and the Wave
















From there I headed back to Vegas.

[gnwatts]

Nice shots

[tanya]

Wow! Love them! Highway 89 Rocks!

[ibenick]

Very cool.

[jdgibney]

Awesome! Glad to see I made a cameo in there :) Great shots, I am still trying to whittle my shots down to a managable few from my trip.
Thanks for sharing, and good to talk to you out there!

[accadacca]

Nice TR!

[Dayhiker]

Wow! Love them! Highway 89 Rocks!

It seems like every time I explorer something along it I fine something new and I've been through there at least a dozen times since the early 80's.

[Dayhiker]

Awesome! Glad to see I made a cameo in there :) Great shots, I am still trying to whittle my shots down to a managable few from my trip.
Thanks for sharing, and good to talk to you out there!

It was good to talk to you. Too bad we didn't know that we were both on the forum. It's a good shot of the wave that you are in, too bad we can't tag people in the images.

[Dayhiker]

Thanks for the comments.

[Cosmic Kid]

Great pics...I've never been to the Rimrocks, but it looks amazingly similar to areas of the Bisti Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico

[peakbaggers]

How hard was it to get the Wave walk-in permit? About how many people were vying for one when you entered the drawing? How was the the Round House Valley road down to the Wire Pass trailhead?

[jdgibney]

I can't speak for the permits, but the road was fine, dry that day, though pretty rutted in spots. It hadn't rained in over a week, I believe, at that point, but it was 2 weeks ago...

[peakbaggers]

Thanks for the road info. Was thinking about trying to get into the Wave area around President's Day on a walk-in permit. Anybody else have any info on what the competition is like for permits recently? Don't really want to drive 400 miles for nothing.

[Dayhiker]

For this trip I was there on a Monday and there was just two of were there for the permits, but it was also off season. Just remember that if you want a permit for Saturday, Sunday or Monday you need to be there on Friday Morning and since you are looking at around President's Day I'd call them (435) 644-4600 about their hours.

[Dayhiker]

Great pics...I've never been to the Rimrocks, but it looks amazingly similar to areas of the Bisti Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico

Although its been about 5 years ago that I was at Bisti Badlands and De-Na-Zin Wilderness I don't remember the Hoodoos being that tall. Also Rim Rock is a very small area compared to Bisti.

[wes242]

Nice shots! Funny I wouldn't have thought there would have been that many people at the wave the sameday, unplanned together that are all on this site. I might have said more then just a HI as we walked by you and your dogs :)

[peakbaggers]

Thanks for that info. On that Friday before President's day, they should also be drawing for the following Tuesday because they're closed Monday, so you have a shot for 4 days altogether. Improves the odds a little as long as 100 people don't show up. We've had online permits twice before but could not get in because of weather conditions. Doesn't do much good when you have to reserve 4 months in advance. Don't know anyone who can predict the weather that far out, so decided to try to get in off season on a walk in. Also tried walk in during busier season one time & failed to get a permit three days in a row. The last day, there were only 16 people, but still didn't get in.

[Cosmic Kid]

Although its been about 5 years ago that I was at Bisti Badlands and De-Na-Zin Wilderness I don't remember the Hoodoos being that tall. Also Rim Rock is a very small area compared to Bisti.

The first two times I was at Bisti I only saw hoodoos that were no more than a foot or two tall. When I went two years ago, I went much further into the badlands and saw hoodoos on the order of ten feet and many very long petrified logs. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me on that trip. Now that I know where the Rimrocks are, I will definitely hit them up the next time through Page. Did you check out Angel Peak badlands on your trip to DeNaZin? They are easily the tallest badlands I have seen anywhere.

[PhotoHound]

Beautiful work!