Sid and Charlie

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 1 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5720 - 5748 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Sid and Charlie
Fee: none
Attractions: Pictographs, granary

Sid and Charlie is a rock formation in the San Rafael Swell a little east of Moore, Utah. The scenic twin spires occasionally draw the attention of a few rock climbers. Just across the wash on a cliff to the north of Sid and Charlie are a couple of pictograph panels and a granary and that is the main purpose for this visit.

Eardley Pools

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 4.7 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 4406 - 4671 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 4 hrs.
Trailhead: Eardley Pools
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic wash/canyon, rock art

The Eardly Pools hike is located in the San Rafael Swell between Green River and Hanksville, Utah. The trail follows Straight Wash for 2.9 miles to the mouth of Eardley Canyon where there is the first of two pools of water. A second pool can be reached by scrambling over and around the large boulders that clog the canyon. While the pools are popular with some people as swimming holes during the hot summer months the canyon itself is frequented by others that like hiking up along side of the canyon and repelling down its various spillovers.

Dellenbaugh Tunnel

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 3.6 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 4887 - 5103 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 2 hrs.
Trailhead: Dellenbaugh
Fee: none
Attractions: Natural tunnel

The Dellenbaugh Tunnel trail is located northwest of Moab, Utah in the Dubinky Well area. Beginning near Tombstone Butte the trail follows a hiking only route that wraps around the upper end of Spring Canyon to get to a natural tunnel arch that is believed to be named after Frederick S. Dellenbaugh who was a member of the Powell expedition. The tunnel can also be accessed via a short trail that leads over from the Dellenbaugh Trail section of the Secret Spire Jeep Safari Route.

Leprechaun Canyon

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4412 - 4462 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 2 hrs.
Trailhead: Leprechaun
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic canyon and slot

Leprechaun Canyon is part of the Irish Canyons group of canyons in the North Wash area south of Hanksville, Utah. The canyon is very popular with rock climbers that typically drop into one of the upper forks of the canyon. The first mile of the lower part of the canyon is very hikeable and has a nice section of narrows that ends in a slot. This post is for just that portion of the canyon that can be done without any gear or rock climbing skills.

Comet Thrower

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 2.8 - 8.5 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
Elevation: 4525 - 5073 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 5 hrs. 45 mins.
Trailhead: Dubinky Wash
Fee: none
Attractions: pictographs

The Comet Thrower is a pictograph site that is located in Hell Roaring Canyon near Moab, Utah. The panel of pictographs is on a south facing cliff across the canyon from a rock formation known as the Kachina Spires. Access into the canyon can be made by descending an old cattle trail into Dubinky Wash and then hiking up Hell Roaring Canyon or by descending a Class III+ climbers access trail that is across from the Kachina Spires. The route through Dubinky Wash is about 5 miles one-way while the route via the climbers trail is only 1.4 miles one-way. For this post we wanted to check out both routes so we left our mountain bikes at the Kachina Spires end of the canyon and began hiking at Dubinky Wash. The total round trip distance ended up being about 8.5 miles with 2 of that being an easy bike ride along the road.