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Devils backbone utah1/21/2024 I get to some views of Box-Death Hollow and I have no idea why the Hollow appears on the right side.except maybe its a paradox cuz there is no depression here on the Forest Service map. Gaining more altitude some aspen and blue spruce trees come into view. In the pine forest Box-Death Hollow is somewhat visible to the left (West) but the best views of the hollow are at Devils Backbone and again on the far West side (looking East). The scrub junipers turn into a Ponderosa Pine forest as I gain altitude. Mountains lions are also seen on occasion. A great number of raptors, including one pair of golden eagles, nests in the area. The north contains pion-juniper while the south is comprised of rocky grasslands. Then the dirt road goes continually uphill to and past Devils Backbone. The Devil's Backbone WSA is characterized by its knife-edged ridges and peaks rising above the surrounding desert grassland. The road was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933 as the first ever automobile route between the towns of Escalante and Boulder, Utah. The highlight of the drive is a narrow bridge across a precipitous spine of rock called Hells Backbone. The road starts out paved but after a few miles turns into dirt by the left turn for the Native American restaurant. This is a wild backway through the Escalante high country that is famous for its scenery and history. I made the circle from the Boulder on the East around Box-Death Hollow and South to Escalante, Utah. This is where about twenty five square miles of the Plateau has slid downhill long ago exposing up to an 800 foot depression with exposed cliffs, including Devils Backbone in the Northern tip of the slide. Hells BackboneJust two miles West of Boulder, Utah, Forest Service road 153 rides around the large Box-Death Hollow.
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