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The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument tour |
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State:
Utah
Submitted
By: Roger Jellison
Date Submitted: Feb 07
Motorcycle Type: 06 BMW 1200GT
Motorcycle Road Length: 130 Miles
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Road Scenery: 
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Unbelievable
views of Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Grand
Staircase Escalante National Monument. The Staircase
is an incredible collection of multicolored cliffs, buttes,
plateaus, mesas, and canyons. Bring a camera with plenty
of memory space/film for this one!!! You'll also be passing
through the Dixie
National Forest.
Overall,
it's a fantastic ride with many opportunities to stop
hike and enjoy panoramic views. Overall, you need
to plan a day of this trip to have enough time to take
in all the great views which you really need to stop at!
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Motorcycle
Road Quality:
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Plenty
of open road with hills, woods and canyons.
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Roadside Amenities: 
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A
few small town along the way to enjoy and fill up at. I
particularly recommend checking out Red Canyon and getting
lunch at Ruby's Inn (see directions below).
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Written directions:
Start
in Panguitch, Utah and head south on US-89
and in about 8-10 miles you'll want to take
the turn towards Bryce Canyon on Rte 12.
Then just head east on Rte 12 the whole
way to Torrey, UT which will be over 100
miles. I suggest you make sure you first
enjoy Red Canyon with brilliant red cliffs
then continue another 25 miles before turning
right onto Bryce Canyon road and be sure
to get lunch at Ruby's Inn. Get back onto
Rte 12 and continue east for an about 3
hours through Dixie National Forest to Torrey,
Utah. There are a few hotels there and you
will be near Capital Reef National Park.
It's a must do in the west.
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Additional
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We mad a loop down to Bryce, Zion, Canyon Land, MOAB back to SLC. The ride through Escalante was fabulas. We must go back.