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| Side View of Upper Calf Creek Falls Escalante, Utah |
UPPER CALF CREEK FALLS
ESCALANTE, UTAH
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| Front View of Upper Calf Creek Falls Escalante, Utah |
HOW TO GET TO UPPER CALF CREEK FALLS.
This hike is a little tricky to find for it is not well marked on the road. I was lucky and went into Boulder and put it into my Google maps, and even then it said you have arrived and I looked around to see no signs or anything, just a little side road that was easy to miss. You have to take that side road for a little ways and then you see signs for the Upper Calf Creek Falls. I do know it is about 10 miles outside Boulder close by the Hells Backbone road. The hike heads down a steep huge Boulder where the trail is only marked by Cairns. The trail varies from being a very distinctive path, to having to pay very close attention to the Cairns to stay on the path. Pay super close attention to the Cairns for it is so easy to get off the path and in scary situations. If you loose Cairns turn around quickly until you find those Cairns. The waterfall here is beautiful. I read that the Upper Calf Creek is preferable over the Lower for there is less traffic and less Poison Ivy and just as pretty of a waterfall. I took this in January, so this waterfall can look more stunning if you visit here in the spring. The hike is only about a mile in and a mile back, unless you loose those Cairns and then it can add quite a bit of distance on your hike. Stay close together as a group. I thought I was good at keeping my eye out for those Cairns but many get lost easily so be careful. I got myself in a scary situation after loosing the trail, and would highly advise others to be cautious and vigilant about making sure they don't loose site of those Cairns.
Below is 360 Degree Street View Google Earth Trail Close By Upper Calf Creek Waterfall.
TRAIL SIGNS AT UPPER CALF CREEK FALLS
Below is a 360 Degree Google Earth Street View Trail at the beginning of the hike. You can see that the hike starts down a pretty steep grade down a slick rock. I was nervous when I started, but the hint is to make sure you don't lean forward or back. If you slip, you don't want any forward force. You Can see here why it is so trick to keep your look out for Cairns, for a trail is hard to see when you are just walking over a huge rock mountain.
In the 360 Google Earth Street View Trail you can see there is this contrast between the white mountain rock, and what looks like black lava stones. Made me curious if there is a volcano close by.
In the 360 Degree Google Earth Trail below, there is a canyon in front of me. It is hard to see from the above 360, but there is a cool arch or cave forming on the mountain right in front of me.
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| Cool Cave or Arch on Upper Cave Creek Falls Trail Escalante |
ESCALANTE NATIONAL FOREST STRUGGLES FOR THE COMMUNITY
Before heading into Escalante, I had a real interesting conversation with a local that was very enlightening. Escalante is a National Forest. That means they get less money from the government. The community has struggled, for he said the local government has little to work with and much demands out of such a small amount. They have to share a machine to fix the dirt roads with somewhere that was a great distance away, and they have to deal with a lot of search and rescue here on the local dime. I don't understand all the issues here, but I did listen to the locals view that there is a challenge here to keep up such a huge amount of land for the public on such little funds. |
| First View of Upper Calf Creek Falls in Escalante in the Top Right |
Above is 360 Degree Google Earth Trail Going Under a Overhang to Get to Upper Calf Creek Falls. You Can see the Falls just ahead.
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| Coming Around an Overhang and Seeing Upper Calf Creek Falls Escalante |
LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CARIN'S HIKING UPPER CALF CREEK FALLS IN ESCALANTE
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| Cairns To Lead You Along Calf Creek Falls Trail Escalante National Forest Utah |
I went home with a determination to find ways to have more support on a trail. I discovered an amazing system for me to keep me out of situations like that above. I first bought me an External GPS Receiver. I think EVERYONE should have one. They keep me out of danger like above. If I remember right, the Global Sat Receiver works for Android. The Dual Electronics works for Apple. The Garmin one works for both. I am currently using the
Garmin GLO 2 Bluetooth GPS Receiver $99 one, and I really like it, but they have been having a harder time keeping them in stock for I tell everyone they really need one of these.
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| Cairns To Lead You Along Calf Creek Falls Trail Escalante National Forest Utah |
If you want to see more of this area, click on the Google Earth Link, then the little dude in the bottom corner, then any blue line or dot where you want to see more.
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If you liked this hike, you should pair it with some of my other
FAVORITE HIKES IN ESCALANTE
TUNNEL SLOT ESCALANTE
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WAH WEEP HOO DOOS ESCALANTE
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DEVILS GARDEN ESCALANTE
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ZEBRA SLOT ESCALANTE
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DRY FORK SLOT CANYON ESCALANTE
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and PEEK A BOO and SPOOKY GULCH
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