Scenic Hikes in the Four Corners

The Arches National Park is an amazing place which everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime. It can be a nice idea to take a Utah vacation if only to visit the amazing arches in this park. Here are 4 reasons why you simply have to visit this park. Extremely Beautiful Rock Formations The National Park is known for its beautiful sandstone structures. These large arches are truly one of the most interesting wonders on the entire planet and show just how interesting nature can be. The most interesting part about this phenomenon is that they occur naturally through erosion. It can ... Read Full Story

The Ridge Point Lookout Trail is the road in the McPhee Reservoir Recreation Area that leads to the campground, boat ramp and a lookout point. The McPhee Reservoir is Dolores River water in southwest Colorado, a little downstream of the town of Dolores. In winter, when the normal trails are muddy or snow covered, the paved road provides a hard surface to hike on. The road may be closed to vehicles or it will have very little traffic. It is a 4.2 mile round trip to the lookout point, with the option to continue down to the lake by the boat ramp. At the ... Read Full Story

The River House Ruins Trail follows a sandy 4WD road along the southwest side of Comb Ridge for 4 miles to the San Juan River in southeast Utah about 7 miles west of the town of Bluff. Besides the River House Ancestral Pueblo Ruins there are several historic sites along the trail associated with early pioneers and settlers. About 1.5 miles east of the Ruins site is the Butler Wash Petroglyph Panel. The Trail Head is just to the west of Comb Ridge along Utah Route 163. There is an interpretive sign at the turnoff that introduces the difficulties that Mormon pioneers had in ... Read Full Story

The Deep Creek Trail travels for about 13 miles along the north side of the Telluride Valley in southwest Colorado. The east trail connection is along the western loop of the Jeb Wiebe Trail . The Deep Creek Trail is part of a large trail system that offers several hiking options. I started my hike from the free parking area on the southwest end of town and walked a few blocks through the pleasant streets of Telluride to the Jeb Wiebe Trail Head at the north end of Aspen Street. There doesn’t appear to be any parking in the trail head area. At the ... Read Full Story

The Chicken Creek Trail has a Trail Head in Mancos State Park in southwest Colorado near the north shore of Jackson Gulch Reservoir. It runs north for about 8 miles before merging with the Morrison Trail. It can also be accessed from the Rim Trail near the Transfer Campground. I started my hike at the point where the Rim Trail crosses Forest Road 561, about 1 mile south of Transfer campground . This point can also be used to start two other loop hikes on the network of trails in this area. Following the Rim Trail southwest for about 1 mile down into the ... Read Full Story