All Points WestExpedition Journal

Expeditions

You will find information on the places that we have gone as well as information on how to get there.

Remote roads, memorable landscapes, and the stories behind the routes.

  • Lockhart Basin

    On my list of to do’s in Canyonlands has always been a drive of the Lockhart Basin road. After cruise Moab 2011 I had a chance to make this drive, Alan had time in his schedule to accompany my for part of the drive. We left Moab an headed west from town on the Kane…

  • A Swell Trip

    As part of the 2011 Cruise Moab there we two overnight runs. One along the Kokopelli and the second to the San Rafael Swell. When I registered for CM 2011 I was placed on the waiting list for the Swell overnight run. Two days before the start of the event I received a call that…

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    Procession Panel Hike

    The Procession panel is another must hike in SE Utah. The hike starts in Butler Wash and ends at the top of Comb Ridge. The rock art panel depicts 179 figures in a procession across the panel. The hike traverses up the sandstone slope on the Butler Wash side of Comb Ridge. There are cairns…

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    Desert Citadel

    Cedar Mesa houses some fantastic and remote ruins from the time of the Ancestral Pueblo Peoples. Two of the ruins we visited out our last trip were Seven Kivas and the Citadel. Both ruins require a hike from the same trail head. We camped at the trail head for these hikes. We started the day…