Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Archives

Down Sand Creek and Up Death Hollow – a Boulder Mail Trail Fastpack Loop

The Boulder Mail Trail (BMT) has become one of my favorite corners of the Grand Staircase area providing fast, easy access to the middle of several upper Escalante Canyons that beg for exploring. My first trip down Death Hollow twenty

Lost in Grand Staircase: Deer Creek to Boulder Creek Loop (and over Duffrey Mesa)

With a tight window of opportunity I ran south to Grand Staircase in hopes of getting lost in sandstone. I had a couple of ‘running’ routes in mind but somehow settled on a Deer Creek to Boulder Creek loop