Canyonland of Capitol reef
I am going from Sedona to Vancouver BC and love hiking and scenery and have seen all the big parks but not these two...which would you choose and which route..thanks les
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Depends on your vehicle. Capitol Reef has excellent hiking and some good driving trails. The scenery is excellent too and the in park CG is better than most. In Torrey there are a couple of good FHU CG. There are a couple of great back country dirt roads, the Burr Trail for one. And there are supposed to be slot canyons in the area, tho we didn't get to any of them. The rocks in Capitol Reef are different than the red rock found in most of the other national parks in southern Utah. They are darker.
To see Canyonlands you really need a vehicle that can at least drive on back country dirt roads far from any assistance. Some of the roads require a 4WD vehicle capable of rock crawling. Not a big 4WD pickup as we found out this last summer.
To see Canyonlands you really need a vehicle that can at least drive on back country dirt roads far from any assistance. Some of the roads require a 4WD vehicle capable of rock crawling. Not a big 4WD pickup as we found out this last summer.
