Town residents upset as popular road from Bluff into Bears Ears faces closure

San Juan County has a right-of-way claim to the hiking route, but commissioners now may abandon the route through South Cottonwood Wash because it crosses private land.

(Courtesy of Josh Ewing) San Juan County has proposed abandoning a road up South Cottonwood Wash just outside Bluff. The gated road crosses private land, but it is popular with local residents who enjoy hiking up the wash to get to public land beyond on Bluff Bench.

Town residents upset as popular road from Bluff into Bears Ears faces closure

San Juan County has a right-of-way claim to the hiking route, but commissioners now may abandon the route through South Cottonwood Wash because it crosses private land.

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