SUBSCRIBE | NEWSLETTERS | MAPS | VIDEOS | BLOGS | MARKETPLACE | CONTESTS
TRY BACKPACKER FREE!
SUBSCRIBE NOW and get
2 Free Issues and 3 Free Gifts!
Full Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Email: (required)
If I like it and decide to continue, I'll pay just $12.00, and receive a full one-year subscription (9 issues in all), a 73% savings off the newsstand price! If for any reason I decide not to continue, I'll write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing.
Your subscription includes 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
Or click here to pay now and get 2 extra issues
Offer valid in US only.
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH FULL SCREEN MAP

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Davis Gulch

ut

Star Star Star Star Star

Distance: 14.4 miles


Discover arches, rock art, and clues to the mystery of Everett Ruess on a 14.5-mile hike along the Escalante River.
  • LaGorce Arch from below
  • Walking the creek
  • Bement Arch
  • Petroglyphs
  • Kris Wagner's filthy pants after going knee-deep into a beaver hole in upper Davis Gulch
  • Glen Canyon Mud Pants #2
  • LaGorce Arch #2
  • LaGorce Arch #1
  • LaGorce Arch #3
  • Davis Gulch Waterfall
  • Cottonwoods #1
  • Cottonwoods #2
  • Stump
  • Overhang #1
  • Overhang #2
  • Davis Gulch Petroglyphs #1
  • Davis Gulch Petroglyphs #2
  • Davis Gulch Petroglyphs #3
  • Davis Gulch Petroglyphs #4
  • Alcove and Lake Powell high-water mark
  • View into Davis Gulch #6
  • View from rim into Davis Gulch #1
  • View into Davis Gulch #2
  • View into Davis Gulch #3
  • View into Davis Gulch #4
  • View into Davis Gulch #5
  • View into Davis Gulch #6
  • Approach hike and 50 Mile Bench
  • Reedy Bushwhack
  • Bushwhacking injury
  • Remnants of Everett Ruess's horse corral
  • Pourover
  • LaGorce Arch in shadow

Journeys in Glen Canyon National Recreational Area should be measured by jaw-dropping moments, not quad-busting elevation—which is to say this 14.5-mile trek will keep your mouth hanging open for days. The trail descends through Navajo sandstone domes and open slickrock before entering Davis Gulch proper via chiseled steps and following a lush wash filled with sagebrush, yucca, and snakeweed.

You'll camp in stunning alcoves that were once at the heart of a thriving Native American civilization (they abandoned the area about 700 years ago), fill a memory card with pictures of LaGorce and Bement Arches, and get a taste of last known camp of Everett Ruess, an enigmatic writer and painter who disappeared here in 1934.

-Mapped by Kris Wagner

Post a comment

ADD A COMMENT

Your rating:
Your Name:

Comment:

Get 2 FREE Trial Issues and 3 FREE GIFTS
Survival Skills 101 • Eat Better
The Best Trails in America
YES! Please send me my FREE trial issues of Backpacker
and my 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
Full Name:
City:
Address 1:
Zip Code:
State:
Address 2:
Email (required):
Free trial offer valid for US subscribers only. Canadian subscriptions | International subscriptions