05-10-2022, 11:46 AM
Skip Highway 6 in eastern Utah if you plan to do the Million Dollar Highway. While 6 has expansive views which would impress someone from back East riding it for the first time it’s nothing close to a bucket lister.
Head southwest out of Colorado to Blanding or better Mexican Hat and take the Mowgi Dugway switchbacks north west on 261 to the 95 to the 12 west of Hanksville Utah. Then head west and maybe reconnect to 6. You can thank me later. Send me dates and I might ride down and join you for that stretch. Many possible sites to remote camp off the bike down there.
Search the site for Django’s ride across the USA thread. Many pics of the roads I mentioned…they take you past Natural Bridges Monument. Bears Ears from a moderate distance. Lake Powell (what’s left of the north end). Capitol Reef. Boulder Plateau. Escalante and depending what route you plan to stay on from there possibly Bryce Canyon and Zion Nat Park… that time of year they will be crawling with out of state tourists and may be best avoided by heading northwest and picking up the 6 as stated earlier.
Head southwest out of Colorado to Blanding or better Mexican Hat and take the Mowgi Dugway switchbacks north west on 261 to the 95 to the 12 west of Hanksville Utah. Then head west and maybe reconnect to 6. You can thank me later. Send me dates and I might ride down and join you for that stretch. Many possible sites to remote camp off the bike down there.
Search the site for Django’s ride across the USA thread. Many pics of the roads I mentioned…they take you past Natural Bridges Monument. Bears Ears from a moderate distance. Lake Powell (what’s left of the north end). Capitol Reef. Boulder Plateau. Escalante and depending what route you plan to stay on from there possibly Bryce Canyon and Zion Nat Park… that time of year they will be crawling with out of state tourists and may be best avoided by heading northwest and picking up the 6 as stated earlier.