{"id":12568,"date":"2021-02-14T06:40:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T06:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=12568"},"modified":"2021-02-27T00:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T00:35:37","slug":"hayduke-cottonwood-road","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.acrossutah.com\/wordpress\/hayduke-cottonwood-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayduke: Cottonwood Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For thru-hikers on the Hayduke Route<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or similar trek, walking\u00a0Cottonwood Road<\/strong>\u00a0south of Grosvenor Arch<\/strong> is not as lame of an alternate as it might sound at first. Sure — it’s a road and I personally try to avoid roads whenever possible, but this backroad is actually quite scenic, doesn’t see that<\/em> much traffic, and would definitely be faster to walk than the official route down Round Valley Draw and\u00a0Hackberry Canyon<\/strong><\/a>. Skipping the amazing Round Valley Draw would be a bummer, but in some ways it might be best to do that as a day hike as some hikers have had difficultly climbing down into that slot canyon and it’s not a place one wants to be after\/during\/before a big storm. Along the road alternate one could visit Cottonwood Canyon Narrows<\/strong> — not nearly as impressive, but still a decent substitute. Also on the plus side of the equation would be skipping the sand slog that comprises much of upper Hackberry. So I sum it up like this:<\/p>\n

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