Chimney

Total Miles
3.5

Elevation

1,749.42 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

2

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

Trail Overview

This 4-mile scenic track starts from County Road 240 as a wider dirt trail on top of a desert mesa. As it goes south, it has lots of unmarked intersections for spurs you can explore. The trail is overall really easy but has features such as dips across ravines, wash crossings, tight turns, and ruts. There's a long slab rock section where the trail crosses a huge flat slab of rock at the bottom of a wash, and you have to pick up the trail on the other side of it. It goes around the edge of the mesa, with cool views of the pink sandstone rock formations on the opposite mesa. They are pink sandstone rock towers that look like chimneys. It continues on the rim of the mesa above a canyon with lots of viewpoints. There are rock slab layers across the trail making small ledges under a foot tall. Halfway through, it becomes very primitive and faint, with fewer tracks, and more dips and ruts. There's only barely a track to follow, but it eventually meets up with another 4x4 route.

Photos of Chimney

 Chimney
 Chimney

Difficulty

This trail is a 2 difficulty for faint and narrow spots, big dips, and ruts.

Technical Rating

2

Status Reports

Aaron London
Jun 02, 2024
2023 Jeep Gladiator
Open
Rough/Deteriorated
Several notable eroded sections with ledges where 33” or larger tires would be ideal.

Access Description

The Butler Wash/Brushy Basin area is off Highway 95 west of Blanding, Utah. There's an extensive network of dirt roads to explore off of South Elks Road that is used for camping, OHV use, and hunting access. This area is less frequently trafficked on a mix of BLM and Utah State Trust Land. It's a high desert terrain that can see extreme heat in the summer and snow in the winter, so it is best in fall and spring.

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