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Subject:Re: Utah Tour, April
From:Tom Buese
Date:Sat, 18 Feb 2017 09:12:24 -0500

Utah Highway 12 is definitely in Utah & open all year although you do go
over Boulder Mtn which is 10K at the top, the road is lower.

Tom

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:52 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Isn't that the highway that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park above
> timberline?  It usually opens in June, some years mid-July.  So, if
> traveling that way, one best check on its status.  One year my wife and I
> got there on the day it opened (early July), made the trip over the
> mountains, and found our campsite in the midst of a snow storm.  The
> highway closed again that same day.
>
> mcneely
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Highway 12 thru Bryce, Escalante, Boulder, etc. is probably one of the
>> most
>> scenic highways in the world/USA?  YMMV
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > OK folks, I've got two weeks to get from Portlandia to UT and back.  I
>> > reeeeeealy want to take the daughter to Zion's Angel's Landing and The
>> > Narrows, and The Wave but outside of that have no idea how to prioritize
>> > other than distance from Kanab and weather.  We love to hike and
>> backpack
>> > but a driving tour may be best.  Have considered at tour I-15, 89, 98
>> and
>> > 191 and wondered if anyone can recommend using/not the minor ones like
>> 12,
>> > 24, 72, 95, 276 and such to get around Cap Reef and Escalante.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Neil2
>> > '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
>> > '86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
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>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tom Buese
>>
>
>

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Tom Buese