5th November 2007
The Maze

I wandered around Brimhall Point for a while taking lots of pictures but all the turns in a maze look the same.

So it was time to head back, the sun was getting low anyway. This rock face would prove interesting for a long vehicle like a Tundra.

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But the sun's not completely down - so I turned off on a side route that looked interesting. It skirted along the north fork of Horse Canyon which came up close to the cliffs up to the next level, at some points the road was cut into the cliff face.

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I didn't really know how far this road went and after a while it became obvious there was a lot of country out there, this is as far as I got, looking out on the unexplored territory.

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That's the way back.

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Bagpipe Butte

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By the time I got to the top of the Flint Trail the sun was well low, it was still several miles back to the truck and it was almost dark by the time I got there.

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In the dark it took me an hour to cover the first few miles out from Frenchman's Cabin, the road is very rough and I really didn't want to launch the CRF out of the back of the truck, it was after 9pm when I got home, long day but well worth it. There is still a lot of country to explore in the Maze, the intriguingly named Doll's House for instance.

The Route

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