Smoky Mountain Road - Grand Staircase Escalante Utah - Kelly Grade - May 27, 2013
Smoky Mountain Road is located in southern Utah, primarily in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. It travels east from Big Water Utah, then north to Escalante Utah. According to the guides, its 78 miles traverse one of the lower 48s most remote regions. The area is desolate and scenery breathtaking, especially along the 1,400 foot climb up the Kelly Grade, which catapults you up the side of the cliffs on the edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau and leads to hundred-mile views from the top, including Lake Powell and Navajo Mountain in Arizona. The rest of the road travels across Smoky Mountain and the plateau, above canyons and along cliff shelves. It took us nearly 6 hours to travel the whole course from Big Water to Escalante, but we were able to keep the Jeep in 2WD most of the way. A beautiful, exciting drive that very few people experience. We saw no one after the first few miles (we helped a couple from Belgium change a flat tire - the good karma came back to us later). This video features the five mile long Kelly Grade, from the bottom to the top.
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Smoky Mountain Road - Grand Staircase Escalante Utah - Kelly Grade - May 27, 2013
Smoky Mountain Road is located in southern Utah, primarily in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. It travels east from Big Water Utah, then north to Escalante Utah. According to the guides, its 78 miles traverse one of the lower 48's most remote regions. The area is desolate and scenery breathtaking, especially along the 1,400 foot climb up the Kelly Grade, which catapults you up the side of the cliffs on the edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau and leads to hundred-mile views from the top, including Lake Powell and Navajo Mountain in Arizona. The rest of the road travels across Smokey Mountain and the plateau, above canyons and along cliff shelves. It took us nearly 6 hours to travel the whole course from Big Water to Escalante, but we were able to keep the Jeep in 2WD most of the way. A beautiful, exciting drive that very few people experience. We saw no one after the first few miles (we helped a couple from Belgium change a flat tire - the good karma came back to us later).
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4WD up Kelly Grade - Smoky Mountain Road (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
The Kelly Grade is not for the faint of heart. A 4WD road that passes through the Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat. Mon. One website calls it the toughest, longest and most remote road in the monument. This area was the last place in the continental United States to be mapped. Elevation 4,500 to 6,500. Music from Epidemic Sound.
Utah 2013 Smokey Mountain Road
KLR650s riding the Smokey Mountain road in Escalante Utah.
Road trip across the USA - Moab to Escalante, Utah
Part of an epic road trip. Follow the adventure on
Big shout out to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the background music.
The Smoky Mountain Road
Trail runs between Escalante, Ut and Big Water, Ut. Really a pretty drive!
Utah Dual Sport - Smokey Mountain Road Part 1
Shot with a GoPro H3B camera, edited and stabilized with Sony Vegas Pro 10.
Utah Obscura, May 2015, Part 4
In mid-2014 a few of us brainstormed a reprise of some of our past travels through the incredible remote and wild areas of southern Utah. As time passed we added some new areas to explore, most notably the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park. A total of four adventurers, Matt and Chris from Texas, Ray from Washington (state), and Mark from Oklahoma, would make this ten day trip. Venues in part 4 include Utah Highway 12, Smoky Mountain Road, Bryce Canyon National Park, Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend, AZ. The music is I'm Sorry Great Spirit by Dan-O, used under license. His music is available for free download at
Escalante Utah
See pictures of a ghost town near St. George. The town is Grafton. Also, pictures are shown of the Escalante, Utah area. These beautiful pictures may inspire you to travel to these locations on your own in order to enjoy the scenic beauty. In the Escalante area, be sure to take the road called Hell's Backbone. This route travels from Escalante to Boulder, Utah.
Escalante, Utah
June 12-13, 2012
Guides provided by Excursions of Escalante
Music by AWOLNATION, Sail
Camera used: Canon T1i with 28mm f/1.8 lens
Hole-In-The-Rock Escalante Heritage Center - Escalante, UT - 2014
Dedication for the new Escalante/Hole-in-the-Rock Heritage Center was May 28, 2011, Memorial Day weekend. The new center offers information on the Hole-In-The-Rock/San Jan Expedition as well as murals by local artist Lynn Griffin depicting the journey down through the hole. Visit the center's small cabin and watch The Journey of the San Juan Pioneers, an overview of the Hole-in-the-Rock trek 1879-1880. There is also a clean restroom, picnic areas and a large parking lot for cars and buses. The sight is wheel chair accessible.
Utah Dual Sport - Smokey Mountain Road Part 2
Shot with a GoPro H3B camera, edited and stabilized with Sony Vegas Pro 10.
4 seasons Escalante Utah
When is the best time to visit Escalante Utah? Want to see arches? Hike slot canyons? Find weird rocks? Splash in the desert water? You can locate where to stay, eat, and explore at escalanteUt.com Escalante/Boulder Chamber of Commerce.
Utah's Highway 12 - Escalante to Torrey
Just some snippets of an awesome riding road in Utah - Hwy 12 from Bryce NP to Torrey
Scenic Utah 12 Time Lapse Drive - The Entire Byway - With Captions - Dashcam Drivelapse
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This drive begins at the southwest end of Utah 12, and travels all the way to the northeast end at Torrey, Utah. It's a rather long drive, but it's one of the most scenic highways in America, and I think you'll enjoy it. I've included some captions at the bottom of the screen, to help you know what you're looking at. You'll also find a clean version, without captions, in my YouTube channel.
Music Info:
Artist: Chris Zabriskie
Titles May Include:
Oxygen Garden
I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor
Out of the Skies, Under the Earth
The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch
I Am Running Down the Long Hallway of Viewmont Elementary
I Am Running with Temporary Success from a Monstrous Vacuum In Pursuit
Divider
Wonder Cycle
Candlepower
Air Hockey Saloon
Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To.
You'll find the track title(s) at the end of the video.
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Peter Schwarzwald - U.S.A.-Livin' My Dream-road trip 2014 - GSENM/Smoky Mountain Road
Peter Schwarzwald
U.S.A.-Livin' My Dream-road trip 2014
Grand Staircase-Escalante NM - Utah
(Smoky Mountain Road between Escalante and Big Water, Death Ridge Wilderness, Burning Hills Wilderness, Kelly Grade Overlook, Lake Powell, storm clouds over Page/Arizona)
August 25, 2014
US Highway 89 - Glen Canyon Dam - Big Water - Utah | Drive America's Highways ????
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Along the route we make two pit stops at scenic overlooks: The first is Wahweep Overlook, just north of the Dam, and the second is Lone Rock, just north of the Utah border.
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Climbing the Kelly Grade on the Smokey Mountain Road, Utah
Kaiparowits Plateau Tour - 2016
A 5 day tour of the Kaiparowits Plateau region of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument including:
Escalante, Hole in the rock rock road, left hand collet canyon, smokey mountain road, cronton road and alstrom point, cottonwood canyon road and the cockscomb, skutumpah road, hog canyon OHV area and coral pink sand dunes state park
More detailed information available at
Map download available
*Note the map is missing crosby canyon