Elephant Hill

[05rubicon]

My wife and I and another couple went to check out Elephant hill and the Confluence overlook. The weather was great and scenery fantastic. It was my first time down to the Monticello area and loved every minute of it. Our first afternoon we went around the Bridger Jack mesa and what was to be a quick and easy trip turned into a fun and exciting time. Big rocks had washed down on the road and we had fun getting around them. The next day we went up Elephant hill and out to the Confluence overlook great views and fun trail, form there we went south down through beef basin and on down to Blanding. Coming home on Sunday we stopped at Moab to run spring canyon and hey joe but as we got to the hey joe trail it started to rain. We instead went out to a over look where one of our party slipped on the wet rocks and split open her arm. After a trip back to moab for stitches we headed home. Check out the photos at the following link

http://www.et.byu.edu/~bybeecl/ElephantHill/index.html

 

[Tacoma]

Cool. Looks like a fun time in the beginning there! I'm going to put that on my list of places to go see.

 

[yellowbronco]

I was pleasantly surprised at the end of your pics to see your friends arm. Not that I like the carnage, but more a little morbid curiosity to see how bad it was. Hope she's OK. Nice pics, definately need to go to Elephant.

 

[jpest]

elephant hill is always fun! The switch backs at the begining are great. As a kid the part where you back up a tight section by a cliff always scared me a little.

 

[Brad J]

Our scout troop camped there in the Maze District when I was a young teenager and I have always wanted to go back Elephant Hill is unforgetable.

Anyone wanna plan a trip:greg:

 

[Goose]

deffinately a fun trail, looks like you guys had a great time. there's sure alot of neat views & cool canyons.

 

[thering]

Looks like another trail added to the list of many I need to run...
Thanks for the post!!

 

[Houndoc]

Anyone wanna plan a trip:greg:

Keep hoping to find the time to run it.....game for a trip if schedules can work.

 

[Brett]

I've probably run this trail 30+ times in my life.....and it still never gets old. Thanks for sharing

 

[Bart]

We (son and I) did Elephant Hill and the confluence overlook for the first time last summer. Great trip and very pretty scenery. I've always heard about it and can't believe I waited so long to experience it. Definitely a must do.

 

[Brad J]

Keep hoping to find the time to run it.....game for a trip if schedules can work.

Same here, It also doesn't help to not have a "practical vehicle" to run it

 

[05rubicon]

I was pleasantly surprised at the end of your pics to see your friends arm. Not that I like the carnage, but more a little morbid curiosity to see how bad it was. Hope she's OK. Nice pics, definately need to go to Elephant.

It turned out to be not bad nothing broken just split open and required 5 stiches. Slick rock really earns its name when wet.