Overview

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The backpacking trek from Burr Trail Road to Millers Creek is the best approach for many of the canyons located along the southern portion of the Waterpocket Fold.

Trail Condition: Class 4 (Trail may have sections where a fall could result in death. A rope is often used for safety.)

Time: 3-5 hours

Length: 5.8 miles one way

Elevation Gain: 1,100 ft gain, 1,400 ft loss

Fees: None

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Getting There

Navigate to 37.616173, -110.798772.

Route

There is no established trail, just route finding across the desert. This trail starts at a pullout on the Burr Trail Road southwest of Ticaboo and goes southwest until it reaches a nearly-vertical cliff dropping down to Halls Creek. There is a section of the cliff affectionately known as the "rubble pile" where you can carefully negotiate your way down. Once down at Halls Creek, the trail ends at the confluence of Millers Creek, where we camped.

Maps

Closest City or Region: Ticaboo, Utah

Coordinates: 37.616173, -110.798772

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April 18, 2024 Trip Report

By Tara Dye

Trip Members

Tara Dye, Anthony Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Luke Galyan, Tracy Kwan, Mark Burnham,

Story

Thursday, April 18 - Tara left for her Poe trip first thing in the morning. They drove down to the trailhead and got there about 11 am. They met up with the rest of the group and then started the grueling hike across the hot desert with heavy packs. They took it slow and made it down to their camping spot around 6 pm. They ate dinner and hung out at camp for the rest of the evening. Tanner hiked down and met up with them a little bit later that evening.

Friday, April 19 - Tara and the rest of the group started hiking around 6 to do the daunting Poe canyon. Tara struggled a lot on the approach since it is basically just hiking straight up slickrock. They did Jimminy Cricket instead of going to the top of Poe. It was a lot of fun and a bit of a romp to go through before dropping into the main canyon around 1. Poe was a challenge even without Tara doing the hard parts. They made it to the crux of the canyon, the pit of despair, around 4. After a couple of attempted throws, Anthony and Mark worked together to throw to pot shot. As soon as they did this technique, they got the 5 potshots across in 7 throws. It took 2 hours to get past this area and they made it to the exit around 6:30 pm. They headed back to camp to eat dinner and then went to sleep.

Saturday, April 20 - Tara and crew did another canyon. The approach was still really hard for Tara and she trailed behind the rest of the crew. They finished this canyon around 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Anthony and Luke went to do a second canyon while the rest of the crew headed back to camp to chill for the evening.

Sunday, April 21 - Tara and group got up early, packed up camp, and backpacked back to the trailhead. Tara said that the hike out wasn't as bad as I made it sound. Not to discount her effort, but when she got to the car and weighed her pack, it was only 26 pounds because Anthony and others caried most of the gear. They stopped at Stan's for lunch and drove home.

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April 23, 2018 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Anthony Dye, Kevin Christensen, Jared Robertson, Ken McCarthy, Mark Burnham,

Story

We got an early start on the hike out. We left at 7:30 and got back to the cars a few minutes before 10:00.

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April 19, 2018 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Anthony Dye, Kevin Christensen, Jared Robertson,

Story

This past Thursday we embarked to descend "The Animal Kingdom" canyons in Halls Creek. Jeremy Dye, Kevin Christensen, Jared Robertson and I met in Springville at 3:00pm to drive down. Leaving the Cars on the Burr Trail at 7:45 and started the extremely windy hike just as the sun was going down. We reached the top of the rubble pile (cliff ha ha) in total darkness. None of us had ever been there, and finding our way down to Halls Creek in the dark was an adventure of it's own. We were not on the obvious route that we found while exiting and at one point we lowered our packs with a rope so we could traverse a difficult section. We got to camp a few minutes before midnight and met up with Ken McCarthy and Mark Burnham who had hiked in a few hours ahead of us. They were both last minute additions to the team on a recommendation from an extremely competent friend, and they proved to be excellent teammates and fun companions, full of useful nature and mapping information, and riveting past adventure stories.

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