Mountain Biking: Escalante Canyons Region

Grand Staircase	Kaiparowits Plateau	Escalante Canyons
Cottonwood Canyon Johnson Canyon Sand Gulch	Cedar Wash Loop Nipple Loop Smoky Mountain	Fifty-Mile Bench Egypt Wolverine

Route: Fifty-Mile Bench

7.5' Maps: Big Hollow Wash, Blackburn Canyon, and Sooner Bench

Distance: About 27 miles round trip; strenuous elevation gain of 2,300 feet

Description: Begin from Hole-in-the-Rock Road at Willow Tank, 34.2 miles south of Highway 12. This route heads up Willow Tank slide to Fifty-Mile Bench, south along the bench, and descends Sooner Slide to Hole-in-the-Rock Road. Return north to Willow Tank. This route follows the Straight Cliffs high above the desert floor

Attractions: Views of the Escalante River Canyons, Henry Mountains, and Glen Canyon country

For additional information about GSENM visit: 

• Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners 
• Glen Canyon Natural History Association