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Foreword Introduction Wilderness Protecting the Environment The Geology of the Escalante Region The Strata Man in the Escalante-The Prehistoric Period Man in the Escalante-The Historic Period Equipment The Art of Travel Technical Canyoneering Access How to Use This Guide I. Box Death Hollow Wilderness Hells Backbone Road Section 1. Death Hollow 2. Sand Creek 3. Boulder Mail Trail II. The Highway 12 Area Harry Aleson and George White-The First to Run the Escalante Highway 12 Road Section 4. Big Flat Wash, the Escalante River, and the Bowington Road 5. Middle Boulder Creek 6. Upper Boulder Creek and Dry Hollow Old Sheffield Road Section 7. Phipps Wash 8. Big Horn Canyon 9. The Escalante River and the Sand Slides III. Hole-in-the-Rock-The Western Escalante The Hole-in-the-Rock Expedition Hole-in-the-Rock-The Story Continues Harris Wash Road Section 10. Red Breaks Canyon 11. Harris Wash Egypt Road Section 12. Egypt 3-The Slot 13. Lower Harris Wash 14. Fence Canyon, the Escalante River, and Twentyfive Mile Wash Early Weed Bench Road Section 15. Twentyfive Mile Wash, the Escalante River, and Scorpion Gulch 16. Spooky and Peek-a-Boo Gulches-The Long Loop 17. Upper Brimstone Gulch-The Slot 18. Scorpion Gulch and the Scorpion Horse Trail Dry Fork Coyote Road Section 19. Peek-a-Boo and Spooky Gulches-The Standard Loop Red Well Trailhead Road Section Hurricane Wash Trailhead Road Section 20. Coyote Gulch 21. Stevens Canyon and the Waterpocket Fold 22. Stevens and Fold Canyons 23. The Pollywog Bench Area 24. Fortymile Creek and Willow Gulch Everett Ruess 25. Fiftymile Creek 26. Sixty Point and Twilight Canyon 27. Llewellyn and Cottonwood Gulches 28. Davis Gulch 29. Clear Creek and the Cathedral in the Desert IV. The Burr Trail-The Eastern Escalante Burr Trail Road Section 30. Deer Creek 31. Steep Creek and Hot Canyon 32. The Gulch and Horse Canyon Wolverine Loop Road-The Western Entrance Road Section 33. Little Death Hollow and Wolverine Creek Lampstand Road Section 34. Egg Canyon and Lamanite Arch Wolverine Loop Road-The Eastern Entrance Road Section (The Moody Road) 35. Silver Falls Creek and Choprock Canyon 36. Deer Point-An Ascent 37. Moody Creek Canyons The Overland Route-General Description The Overland Route-Highway 12 to Silver Falls Creek The Overland Route-Silver Falls Creek to Choprock Canyon The Overland Route-Choprock Canyon to Twentyfive Mile Wash The Overland Route-Twentyfive Mile Wash to Scorpion Gulch The Overland Route-Scorpion Gulch to Fold Canyon The Overland Route-Fold Canyon to the Fortymile Ridge Trailhead Bibliography Acknowledgments