2016-04-07: Boulder – Burr Trail

4/7 (Thursday) – The Burr Trail connects Boulder to Bullfrog.  It was used in the late 1800 to move cattle from summer to winter pastures.  It gives you beautiful views of Burr Canyon, Waterpocket Fold, and Muley Twist Canyon.

Burr Canyon

Waterpocket Fold - giant wrinkle or buckle in the earth crust that extends almost 100 miles, but is only a few miles wide like a long spine of rock. 

Peek-A-Boo Arch at Muley Twist Canyon

The road is known for the Burr Trail Switchbacks.  Whenever I hear the word “switchbacks” I start to get nervous.  Not being a fan of heights – these 7 hairpin turns drop you about 800 feet in just about 1 mile with 12% grade.

It's difficult to get a picture hanging on for your life out of a window over a cliff.

Here is a picture from the bottom looking back - you can't see the road at all.

Then Vaughan decided we were going back up and out the way we came - he didn't want to drive 30 miles through Bullfrog to Torrey on dirt washboard roads.

Here we are back at the top.

Here is a short video of us driving down the Burr Trail Switchbacks - I doubled the speed so it looks scarier than it actually was.

Here is a short video: https://youtu.be/dnqwFXiGAvc