This year she's traveling with Edmond and they're on their way to pick up their new trailer in Durango. They stopped in Bluff for a day of rest and sightseeing.
The east side is Butler Wash and has rolling hummocks of white slick rock; the west is a sheer, 300' face of red rock interspersed w thin layers of white. The "road" is doable from highway 95 SW of Blanding.
If you can find Butler Wash Interpretive Site on MAPS you can see where 95 cuts through the ridge. It's pretty sandy in spots, a bit much for me, but Subaru Foresters and the like made it okay.
Kristen's blog has some nice pictures and the geology.
I've been to Bluff, but I don't remember this....what road were you on? Dramatic!
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DeleteIt's 163, about 10 miles west of Bluff and about 3 miles west of where 191 makes the 90° turn to the south to Mexican Water. I'll add a screenshot from MAPS.
Well, shoot. Seems like I should remember that. We did go on the road to Mexican Hat. Or maybe we were going the other way, so just went the opposite direction from the above. Whatever, it is a glorious road and wonderful area.
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