Trip Report from the San Rafael Swell

Nice! thanks for sharing.

Off The Path sure beats going on the Resort Path. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool trip!

Were you able to climb down into the missle launch complex?

Thanks guys.

We were able to go into the launch complex. We will do a separate article on the launch complex and Giles Ghost town in the next week or two going into the history of both.

Keeping checking offthepathadventures.com for updates.

Ben

For those interested the posting for the Giles Ghost town is up at HEREat offthepathadventures.com

Info on the ghost town and the picture gallery can be found there.

Some pictures...!

Awesome, thanks for the pics!

We posted the final installment from this trip were we explore the cold war missile launch complex, The Green River Station, that test fired missiles from Utah that landed in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. There was some amazing pieces of history.....

See all the pictures and read the full report HERE or at offthepathadventures.com







Thanks!

While having grown up in 11 states, I spent two years as a elementary aged kid in Southern Utah. On a couple of occasions we went and watched them fire those missiles from the green river complex to white sands. They would have a canopy setup for spectators with refreshments. Of course back then there were virtually no people in the area to come and watch. It wasn't crowded like it is now. You can still see one of the old missles that is stuck in the sand near an ATV track northwest of Monticello. Lot's of history in the area if you get out and explore.

For your next adventure you'll have to find the site where they did some of the data gathering and blew up explosives above a tunnel gathering information needed prior to building the Cheyenne mountain complex.

Searching_Ut wrote:
While having grown up in 11 states, I spent two years as a elementary aged kid in Southern Utah. On a couple of occasions we went and watched them fire those missiles from the green river complex to white sands. They would have a canopy setup for spectators with refreshments. Of course back then there were virtually no people in the area to come and watch. It wasn't crowded like it is now. You can still see one of the old missles that is stuck in the sand near an ATV track northwest of Monticello. Lot's of history in the area if you get out and explore.

For your next adventure you'll have to find the site where they did some of the data gathering and blew up explosives above a tunnel gathering information needed prior to building the Cheyenne mountain complex.

That's really cool! So can you tell me more about where the missile is near Monticello?

I'm assuming your talking about the MK tunnels on the north side of Buckhorn Wash.....we go to the Swell several times a year and love Utah.