Joe Parks
Alstrom Point
Grand Canyon to Page, Arizona, East from Big Water, Utah on backcountry roads to Alstrom Point.
This is a stunning drive through a corner of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and some of the most epic scenery around. It can be mostly completed with a standard vehicle in dry conditions, but the final couple miles get significantly more dicey, over tenuously cairn-marked slickrock, and require high clearance.
I'm sure the local folks are used to places like this, but for someone not used to driving in these conditions, getting all the way out here felt like a legit accomplishment.
I'd had this place on my list for years. I was stoked we made it. A highlight of our whirlwind tour of the American Southwest.
Alstrom Point
Grand Canyon to Page, Arizona, East from Big Water, Utah on backcountry roads to Alstrom Point.
This is a stunning drive through a corner of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and some of the most epic scenery around. It can be mostly completed with a standard vehicle in dry conditions, but the final couple miles get significantly more dicey, over tenuously cairn-marked slickrock, and require high clearance.
I'm sure the local folks are used to places like this, but for someone not used to driving in these conditions, getting all the way out here felt like a legit accomplishment.
I'd had this place on my list for years. I was stoked we made it. A highlight of our whirlwind tour of the American Southwest.