Flat Iron Mesa Trail

Don & Karen Cravens, Leaders SPLIT STARTING TIMES

Big Saturday, 4/16

Flat Iron Mesa is south of Moab, bound by Kane Springs Canyon on the north, Hatch Wash Canyon on the west, West Coyote Canyon on the south, and US191 on the east. A main road sports a BLM sign, but our trail leaves the highway earlier and it quickly gets 4WD status on numerous old trails that reach fi ne canyon overlooks and interesting 4 wheeling. There are multiple obstacles that provide the rating number; some have bypasses, some don’t. If the Easter Egg Rock section is elected, once the excitement of squeezing past the rock has subsided, there is a harrowingly narrow section on a cliff edge that must be negotiated. Approximate mileages: 55 total, 17 off road.

Scenery: There are views of the towering La Sal Mountains, local cliff s, and diff erent canyons throughout the trail. The cliff s and canyon walls near Kane Springs and Muleshoe Canyons are especially beautiful. Hatch Canyon is about 700 feet deep at the overlook where West Coyote Creek joins it in a series of cascades.

Road Surface: Much of the trail is sandy dirt two track that is occasionally dusty and is always inlaid with bedrock. There are sections of slickrock, a gravel hill, and numerous rocky ledges.

To be used:

Sunday 4/10 8:00am 4/10 10:00am Wednesday 4/13 8:00am 4/13 10:00am and Big Saturday 4/16

Photo by Audrey Byrd

Associate Leaders:

Herb Amick, Bruce Bryant, Scott Jensen, Davy Jones, Jeff Lancaster, Don Mackay, Leon Olson, Dale Reynolds, Robert Spading, Dick Stone, Scott Stone, Paul Suitor, Don G Williams, Kevin Williams.

TRAIL SPONSOR

Wednesday April 13

Justin Williams Sunday 4/10 8:00am Scott & Chris Lyon Sunday 4/10 10:00am

Don & Karen Cravens Wednesday 4/13 8:00am

Don Mackay Wednesday 4/13 10:00am

Highlights: This trail off ers such a wide variety of scenery and four wheeling challenges that is diffi cult to pinpoint individual spots. Of course the “Tilt A Whirl” and “Easter Egg Rock” obviously earned names for the four wheeling excitement, but there are many more unnamed spots sprinkled all along the trail that always keep it interesting.