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Parunuweap Canyon Run - Elephant Gap through Elephant Cove
On April 25, VOLHOO and I made a run at Purunweap Canyon (located s/w of the Mt. Carmel Junction (State Route 9 and State Route 89) in the Kanab Area.
The road is a loop of sorts. We left pavement near the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and traveled north on the Elephant Gap road.
The East Fork of the Virgin River runs through Parunuweap Canyon. In the late 1800's the area was a mail route/road.
Today it's used almost exclusively by ATV's which means that the "road" is very narrow in places. In other places, you have to use the "guess" method to decide where the road is because the sand is VERY deep - skid plate deep - through much of the trip.
VOLHOO in The Brigadier.
Scorpion on some slick rock.
VOLHOO negotiates a rocky decline.
This route is NOT-NOT-NOT 2WD friendly.
Winch recovery on The Brigadier. The sand was very fine and it caused huge traction problems on hills. The only solution in this case was the winchline. It didn't put much strain on the line - just enough to get VOLHOO through this tight spot.
On April 25, VOLHOO and I made a run at Purunweap Canyon (located s/w of the Mt. Carmel Junction (State Route 9 and State Route 89) in the Kanab Area.
The road is a loop of sorts. We left pavement near the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and traveled north on the Elephant Gap road.
The East Fork of the Virgin River runs through Parunuweap Canyon. In the late 1800's the area was a mail route/road.

Today it's used almost exclusively by ATV's which means that the "road" is very narrow in places. In other places, you have to use the "guess" method to decide where the road is because the sand is VERY deep - skid plate deep - through much of the trip.

VOLHOO in The Brigadier.

Scorpion on some slick rock.

VOLHOO negotiates a rocky decline.

This route is NOT-NOT-NOT 2WD friendly.

Winch recovery on The Brigadier. The sand was very fine and it caused huge traction problems on hills. The only solution in this case was the winchline. It didn't put much strain on the line - just enough to get VOLHOO through this tight spot.