Top of the World Trail Guy Brown, Leader “Top of the World” is a viewpoint on Waring Mesa. It has a spectacular view of Fisher Valley, Onion Creek, and the La Sal Mountains, but this view is only part of a variety of landscapes seen from this trail. Waring Mesa is east of Moab and south of the Dewey Bridge crossing of the Colorado River. In addition to the 7,000-foot viewpoint at Top of the World, the route sometimes includes Sevenmile Mesa, the canyon of Fisher Creek, Fisher Valley, and Onion Creek with its unusual, narrow canyon. Above Fisher Creek is possibly the longest of our steep and rocky hills (called “Rose Garden Hill”). There are 32 miles of pavement at one end of the off-road trail
and 22 miles at the other with about 40 miles off-highway in between. Departures for the weekday trips are 8:00 a.m. for this rather long trail. The Big Saturday version of this trail will probably skip the Rose Garden Hill/Onion Creek portions to avoid conflict with the Rose Garden Hill trail, but will add Dolores River Overlook as a scenic bonus. Scenery: The Entrada Sandstone is beautiful wherever it is exposed, and we travel the base of a long stretch of its cliffs near the rivers. The Top of the World viewpoint is a cliff edge above Fisher Valley and Onion Creek with the La Sal Mountains in the southern background, but there are vistas of distant plains and the Book Cliffs to the north. Narrow Onion Creek canyon is different from anything else in the area. Road Surface: There is some graded road, but most is broken layered rock. A rocky creek bottom may be used if there is time.
Highlights: The Top of the World viewpoint is worth the trip even without the other good stuff. This trail will go down Rose Garden Hill (except Big Saturday), but that is an interesting ride either way.
Associate Leaders: Michael Dosen, Karen Kirkman, Hurshell Malone, Aaron Pontius, Matt Spencer, Lance Wade, Paul Wade To be used: Palm Sunday, departs 8:00 a.m. (Guy Conway,) and Thursday, (departs 8:00 a.m.) (Gail Straty), and Big Saturday.
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