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Chicken Corners Trail
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This Trail is part of First Timer’s Package Day 1
Marsha Humphreys, Leader Big Saturday 4/16 This trail name dates from olden days when it was a pack trail and only the least “chicken” passed Chicken Corners. Today travel is easier, the actual Chicken Corners is a hiking trail, but it remains as scenic as ever. The trail follows the Colorado River downstream, squirms through lower Kane Springs Canyon, climbs and then descends the “Cane Creek Anticline” (spelling of the name is in dispute) via Hurrah Pass, and rejoins the Colorado River, a few hundred feet above it this time. The end of the vehicle trail is directly across the river from Dead Horse Point. Approximate mileages: 51 miles total, 42 miles off pavement. Scenery: Following the Colorado River Canyon is a special treat in this area where it cuts deeply through a variety of rock layers. Lower Kane Springs Canyon is even deeper and much narrower. The climb to Hurrah Pass reveals another part of the Colorado River canyon-much wider than before and more than 2,000 feet below the mesa tops. The Hurrah Pass portion winds along over dark red sandstone layers and occasionally overlooks startling precipices. There is an unusual limestone arch at one point along the roadside. The final mile is on a bench about 400 feet directly above the river.
Road Surface: The road begins as gravel but becomes mostly red dirt and sand with the occasional appearance of sandstone bedrock. Highlights: There are petroglyphs (ancient rock art) at the roadside. The ford of Kane Creek ranges from dry to window deep (impassible after a storm). The stop at a mound of red rock visits some unusual caves caused by erosional undermining of hard sandstone layers. Chicken Corners is a point where the benchland pinches down to a narrow passage that tips toward the river 400 feet below. Associate Leaders: Mat Adair, Mike Archer, Guy Brown, Roy Grimm, Jerry McCann, Ken & Lourae Minor, Ron Lyman, Mark Pope, Bryan Price, Bob Skinner.
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