Smokey Mountain Trail, Utah Hwy 89 to 12

Has anyone done this trail and is anything special, some stated that its very hard and so on but i dont see much inf on it. hopefully someone here tried it.

 

There are many ways to get to UT12 from US89. You can even do it all on paved road. Here are some of the roads I have traveled:

If you mean "Cottonwood Canyon Road" (north/south) that dirt road can be traveled by a passenger car. It's dirt, and the first several miles just north of US 89 has washboard that will knock your teeth out. The southern end is about 26 miles northwest of Page, AZ. Other than that, it's a very pretty road, doesn't require any high clearance (at least not that I know of).

There is another dirt road called "Johnson Canyon Road that leads north from US 89. It starts about 9.25 miles east of Kanab. If you take that road about 16 miles and then turn to the east on BLM 500 it will take you to UT 12. Probably good for a passenger car, but a truck would be better. 4WD not needed.

A third dirt road starts about 16 miles west of Page and leads north. Its name is "Ethan Allen Road" just east of Big Water. Go north about a mile, then turn east on Concord Bridge Road. Continue straight ahead on "County Road" to "Recreation Road 230. Follow that to "Smokey Mountain Road". At that point you can head northeast and about 40 miles from Big Water is a turnoff heading east (BLM 230), through Left Hand Colette Canyon. If you take BLM 230 you most likely will need 4WD for a few 100 yards at one point.

If you don't have 4WD then stay on Smokey Mountain Road and that will take you to UT 12 and from there on paved road east to Escalante or west to Bryce Park.

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This should get you started.

 

Check with the guys over on expeditionutah.