Capitol Reef National Park Climber's Log

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Scott M.

Scott M. - Apr 30, 2023 3:14 pm Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2023

Capitol Reef  Sucess!

Great hikes: Grand Wash Trail, Cassidy Arch, Sulphur Creek, Fremont Creek, and Hickman Bridge. Well worth a visit!

Rocky Alps

Rocky Alps - Nov 30, 2019 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2019

Capitol Gorge & Grand Wash  Sucess!

Did a couple easy family hikes of Capitol Gorge and Grand Wash after picking up some yummy pies at the Gifford Homestead. The scenery is top-notch (very similar to Zion Canyon), but without all of the crowds.

Hotoven

Hotoven - Sep 8, 2019 12:54 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2019

family camping trip  Sucess!

Took the young family here for a car camping trip. Did some small hikes, hung out in the Fruita campground, great little park.

MTfred19

MTfred19 - May 18, 2019 3:26 pm

Capitol Reef

It wasn't part of the original plan, but ended up stopping in and hiking the Upper Muley Twist loop. Thats fun- good views! A week later ended up driving through part of Cathedral Valley. Nice park

Fleshj27

Fleshj27 - May 6, 2019 10:52 am Date Climbed: May 4, 2019

Step to the Spare  Sucess!

Ran out of things to do in Goblin Valley, realized Capitol Reef was an hour down the road. Did the trip ad-hoc and on the fly without map or internet. It was great right up until I got heat exhaustion and hallucinations . Then it was just okay.

Couple of quick notes: Camping fills up early but there is a buttload of dispersed BLM sites immediately outside (east) on Notam road. Seriously. Found a site in under 4 minutes.

Visitor center Closes early.

Didn't see anyone charging anything to get into the park

Hikes are great. Just pick one.

Bring water. Yeah. That's a biggie.

mdp1342

mdp1342 - Dec 27, 2018 4:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2011

Capitol Reef  Sucess!

Hiked Cottonwood Wash, and Burrow Wash

reboyles

reboyles - Nov 11, 2018 9:55 am Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2018

Been here three times...  Sucess!

And will be back for more.

nader

nader - Jun 16, 2018 8:34 pm

Capitol Reef National park

Six days of hiking in 2018. In 1993 hiked to Hickman Bridge.

Foxy Long Bottoms

Foxy Long Bottoms - Oct 2, 2017 2:22 pm Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2017

Various  Sucess!

Cassidy Canyon 10/1/17

BKiser90

BKiser90 - Jun 2, 2017 6:45 pm

Wonderful Spring Hiking  Sucess!

My wife and I headed down here after Memorial Day. Since it was our first trip, we stuck to the Fruita area. Many great vistas. A hidden gem is the viewpoint on the Old Wagon Road Trail. Great panorama of the Waterpocket Fold.

Clubbox42

Clubbox42 - Jan 23, 2017 4:27 pm Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2017

Underappreciated Marvel  Sucess!

Went down to the Field Station with an educational group and mostly just hiked around. We arrived then hiked to some petroglyphs and water tanks at night on Mon., then to Hickman Bridge and the Rim Overlook on Tues., then the Fremont River trail and to a some petroglyphs and Pleasant Creek in the valley below the station on Wed., then packed up and left Thurs. morning. This is an amazing and magical place, with some of the best scenery anywhere, and the stars are simply indescribable. Would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for solitude and unparalleled natural beauty.

tonyo

tonyo - May 7, 2016 9:27 pm

Beautiful

So much to see in this area. Like a couple of other Utah parks, if you've been to all the places listed in the park literature, you've only scratched the surface.

dino61111

dino61111 - May 1, 2015 7:40 pm

Seldom visited secret place  Sucess!

Plenty to do here. Favorite areas include Wolverine Petrified Wood area, the main southbound road in the park, and most especially the magnificent Burr Trail road running from near Ticaboo Resort over Waterpocket Fold and on to Boulder, Utah.

Jimmy Rivers

Jimmy Rivers - Jan 14, 2014 4:12 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 1997

Utah scenery!  Sucess!

Another beautiful Utah Nat'l Park, which is often overlooked in favor of Bryce and Zion. I was here as a kid with the family. We visited every Nat'l Park in the four corner region, and it shaped my view of the Nat'l Park system in general. I will visit again sometime soon.

forgues9999

forgues9999 - Nov 12, 2013 5:14 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2013

Amazing geological formation

Camped at Fruita, which was a bit of a surprise for me. But on the following day, had to high-tail it from there due to diluvian rain. I was one of the last ones out on Utah HWY 12 before they shut it down in both directions. Water was storming out of the mountains

reboyles

reboyles - May 20, 2013 4:34 pm Date Climbed: Nov 25, 1995

The Reef  Sucess!

I've made numerous trips to Capitol Reef, this being my favorite of all the red rock parks in Utah because it is the least visited. I have been north, south, east and west in the park and have done several of the hikes and a some of the slot canyons and yet I feel like I've hardly seen the place. A friend and colleague of mine is the great grandson of Elijah Behunin, one of the first settlers in the region and the builder of the Behunin cabin that still sits in the park.

dstevenson0204

dstevenson0204 - May 8, 2013 10:29 pm Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2013

Beautiful  Sucess!

Hiked around the park for a few days! Incredible. Check out Sulpher canyon!!

Matt Lemke

Matt Lemke - Mar 2, 2013 6:44 pm

Many times...

Done a lot of things here...George Benchmark, Halls Creek Narrows, Brimhall Bridge, Muley Twist Canyons, Sheets Gulch, Capitol Gorge, Hickman Bridge, Cohab Canon, Cathedral Valley and more. Still need to do Poe Canyon, Burro and Cottonwood Washes, Ferns Nipple, The Castle, EPH Hanks Tower and Chimney Rock!

colinr

colinr - Feb 1, 2013 12:46 pm

Hike next time!

Driven through twice. Next time backcountry and/or hiking is a must.

pyerger

pyerger - Dec 13, 2012 2:40 pm

Capitol Reef  Sucess!

Driven- through many years ago.

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