Rebuild planned for Utah’s historic — and hellish — Hole-in-the-Rock road

Heavily traveled stretch linking town of Escalante, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon is a maintenance nightmare for Garfield County.

(Photo courtesy of National Park Service) Steve Henry, a National Park Service backcountry ranger, visits Hole-in-the-Rock, the famous trail cut by Mormon pioneer expedition to reach San Juan County in 1880, along with anthropologist Katie Brown, and Erik Stanfield, a cultural resource specialist for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The rugged 57-mile road to reach this spot from Escalante is very difficult to maintain, but now Garfield County is seeking approval from the Bureau of Land Management to rebuild parts of the road used by visitors to Grand Staircase-Esclante National Monument.

Rebuild planned for Utah’s historic — and hellish — Hole-in-the-Rock road

Heavily traveled stretch linking town of Escalante, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon is a maintenance nightmare for Garfield County.

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