used to live in brian head ; utah for many years …sure miss those mountains! … 🙂

You’re so right. It’s awesome — and anyone who drives through has the benefit of seeing this gorgeous place. Thanks for taking a look.

We, too, are glad this area is preserved. I don’t know how much would be habitable if it weren’t protected though. It’s definitely a wilderness. A gorgeous one, at that!

Thanks for your kind words. I agree that it’s worthy of National Monument status. I don’t know how many hikers and explorers go through here annually, but it is one of the last true wilderness areas that have national status, I suppose. It’s definitely worth seeing.

Thanks! You really do notice what people post, Dawn. Thanks for being an astute reader and viewer!

You said it, Jodi! This is one awesome place — so vast and interesting. Since we’re not hikers, we weren’t tempted to go below the highway to check out flora and fauna up close. No telling what trouble we could get into sliding down a ravine or looking at a creature eye to eye. But from a distance — a safe distance — this place is drop dead gorgeous!

Thanks for mentioning Hell’s Backbone Grill! What a place! Awesome food and quaint surroundings. If you go to the website, you’ll see they’re looking for volunteers in the garden. Couldn’t be an all bad gig, if you ask me! Great surroundings!