Road Conditions

Please Note: If it snowed or rained yesterday, or is snowing or raining today, do not attempt driving on any of these roads.

 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Road Report Sunday, May 19, 2013
All road conditions can change due to weather.Please contact the nearest visitor center for the most current conditions.
Roads to the East
Name	Date	Road	Comments
Burr Trail	5/13/2013	2WD	per Capitol Reef road report
Notom-Bullfrog	5/13/2013	2WD	per Capitol Reef road report
Road to Bullfrog Marina	5/13/2013	4WD High Clearance	crossing at Bullfrog Creek is HC 4WD (per Capitol Reef report)
Wolverine Loop	4/6/2013	2WD High Clearance	Bumpy in a few places, sandy at Horse Canyon Flat.
Cedar Wash	4/3/2013	2WD High Clearance	Sandy/ruts
Hole in the Rock	5/16/2013	2WD	None Recommend HC-4WD for last 7 miles.
Spencer Flat	4/30/2013	2WD	Graded
Roads to the North
Name	Date	Road	Comments
Hells Backbone	4/20/2013	2WD	None
Posey Lake to Loa	5/8/2013	2WD High Clearance, Impassable	Impassable beyond Cyclone Lake.
Whites Flat (FR #142)	5/8/2013	2WD	None
Griffin Top	4/22/2013	Impassable	Unknown.
North Creek (FR #149)	5/8/2013	2WD, 2WD High Clearance	None
Main Canyon	4/16/2013	2WD	None
Roads to the Central Areas
Name	Date	Condition	Comments
Smoky Mountain - Alvey Wash	5/12/2013	2WD High Clearance, 4WD	4WD recommended for some spots through the middle sections.
Left Hand Collet	4/28/2013	4WD High Clearance	May be washed out
Croton	4/3/2013	2WD, 4WD High Clearance	2WD south of the Alstrom Point junction. 4WD HC north of that point.
Smoky Hollow	3/31/2013	2WD High Clearance	None
Roads to the West
Name	Date	Road	Comments
Cottonwood	5/18/2013	2WD, 4WD	Slippery grades require 4WD until they dry out. Keep speed down--cows w/calves on the road!
Skutumpah	5/11/2013	2WD	Small ruts, washboard
Glendale Bench	4/4/2013	2WD	Lots of big truck traffic between Glendale and Alton turnoff.
Paria Movie Set	5/16/2013	2WD, 4WD High Clearance	HC 4WD needed for deep sand at end of road near the river.
House Rock Valley	5/14/2013	2WD	a little rough just north of Wire Pass
White House	5/9/2013	2WD	still some rough spots despite recent grading