Utah's Patchwork Parkway National Scenic Byway
1 døgn / 50 miles / 1 time og 6 minutter
Scenic Byway 143 - Utah’s Patchwork Parkway serves as the western gateway to a breathtaking route across Utah’s high plateaus, connecting to Heritage Highway 89 and Scenic Byway 12, Utah’s first All American Road. These routes allow travelers to experience a nationally renowned passage through two national parks and two national monuments as they explore the vast landscape between Interstate 15 and Interstate 70.
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9:00 - 5.8 miles / 7 minutter - 9:07
Access road to Yankee Meadow Reservoir.
9:12 - 2.3 miles / 2 minutter - 9:15
With a trail head adjacent to Utah’s Patchwork Parkway, Hidden Haven provides year-round educational and recreational opportunities. During the winter months, the waterfall freezes over, creating an exciting challenge for ice-climbers. The Hidden Haven Trail winds through an interpretive natural area, then traverses a granite rock fall to a waterfall. Use care the last 100 feet due to the uneven surface where the trail is not established.
9:20 - 1.5 miles / 2 minutter - 9:23
Dry Lakes/Summit Canyon Scenic Backway
Dry Lakes/Summit Canyon Scenic Backway offers sweeping views of Parowan Canyon, Sugarloaf Mountain, High Mountain, and Cedar Breaks National Monument while also providing access to the Twisted Forest Trail and the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area. Beginning about eight miles up State Route 143, the gravel road is generally in good condition but includes a steep descent from High Mountain toward Summit, and travelers should check conditions in advance since the route closes during winter.
9:28 - 3.8 miles / 7 minutter - 9:36
Dixie National Forest, Utah’s largest national forest, spans nearly two million acres across southern Utah and borders Scenic Byway 12 through the Powell, Escalante, and Teasdale ranger districts. The forest provides much of the byway’s stunning alpine scenery, including the 11,322-foot summit of Blue Bell Knoll on Boulder Mountain, and offers abundant recreation such as hiking, biking, camping, fishing, horseback riding, ATV use, snowmobiling, and more.
9:41 - 1.5 miles / 2 minutter - 9:43
Brian Head Resort boasts plenty of excellent powder skiing with plenty abundant snowfall of its own from Mother Nature. Rising from 9,600 to 11,307 feet above sea level, Brian Head is the highest ski resort in Utah. The ski area has eight lifts that can accommodate more than 10,000 skiers per hour. The resort’s 53 trails, chutes and bowls offer terrain for all skiing abilities. Snowboarders are welcome at Brian Head and the snowboard park features a variety of pipes, jumps and slides. Skiers and snowboarders who want to enjoy the highest elevations can take a snow cat to the top of Brian Head. A tubing hill and night skiing are offered; ski lessons and child care services are available. You can don a pair of cross country skis or rent a snowmobile to take you to the scenic overlooks of nearby Cedar Breaks National Monument.
9:48 - 2.3 miles / 4 minutter - 9:52
Located on the highest point of the Cedar City Ranger District on the Dixie National Forest the Brian Head Lookout was built in 1934-35 by the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp F-16 stationed at Duck Creek. A road had to be built to the location during construction. This road is still in place and accessible by sedan. This road was built using a small caterpillar and horse drawn equipment to build.
9:57 - 0.4 miles / 1 minutt - 9:58
This steep and rugged trail through the Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area below Cedar Breaks National Monument is unmaintained and poorly marked, making strong navigation and route-finding skills essential. From the upper trailhead, the route descends roughly 2,500 feet over four miles to Ashdown Creek, where hikers can continue either upstream into the canyons of Cedar Breaks or downstream through the wilderness before eventually reaching Highway 14 east of Cedar City.
10:03 - 0.0 miles / 0 - 10:03
Cedar Breaks National Monument
A colorful amphitheatre eroded out of the edge of the Markagaunt Plateau in southern Utah, Cedar Breaks is at 10,000 feet above sea level and over 2,000 feet deep.
10:08 - 0.4 miles / 1 minutt - 10:09
The northern-most scenic overlook at the national monument, North View is located just inside the north entrance along Highway 143. The overlook features a large parking lot and interpretive waysides. The overlook is accessible by private vehicles.
10:14 - 0.5 miles / 1 minutt - 10:15
Although only 6 miles long, Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway is filled with color, from the flowered meadows of the Dixie National Forest to the multi-colored rock amphitheatres of Cedar Breaks National Monument.
10:20 - 15.2 miles / 17 minutter - 10:37
Panguitch Lake is situated at an elevation of 8,212 feet approximately 18 miles southwest of Panguitch, Utah. The lake is the source of Panguitch Creek and is fed by three small inlet streams: Blue Springs Creek, Clear Creek, and Ipson Creek. The lake is a popular fishing lake with rainbow, brook, cutthroat, and brown trout thriving in its cool waters. There are two public boat ramps and a fish cleaning station.
10:42 - 16.5 miles / 18 minutter - 11:01
Panguitch sits along Utah Heritage Highway 89, about seven miles north of its intersection with Scenic Byway 12, and serves as the eastern entrance to Highway 143, the Patchwork Parkway National Scenic Byway. Travelers interested in historic architecture can explore the town’s notable brick homes and well-preserved commercial buildings that reflect its rich heritage.