Our best trip yet... southern Utah!
Just returned from a 9 day trip to the canyons of southern Utah and WOW! We broke the 575 miles from Tucson to Moab into two legs stopping in Tuba City both coming and going. Spent 3 days and night...
Forum Discussion
lbrjet wrote:
There is no 4 miles of 18 per cent grade on rt 12. Where are you talking about?
You are dead wrong my friend unless they have moved that section of SR12 since last Friday morning. The sign that warns of the upcoming "18 percent grade next 4 miles with tight curves" is precisely what and where I described.
While I was way too busy safely transiting this section of SR12 to take any photos I did find a nice shot on line. Go to: www.dreamyourride.com/2014/10/utah-state-route-12.html
and look at the second shot which was taken at the top of the grade in question. As you can see from this shot the road drops off the chart on both sides as well as just ahead before dropping all the way down to Escalante State Park.
While this section is clearly the most challenging, dangerous stretch of all of SR12 there is also an additional stretch a few miles up the road that is marked as 14 percent grade. The climb up and over from Torrey to Boulder is steep and tight but nothing like the section we are discussing.
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