![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32614a.jpg)
First bench overlooking Kyle Canyon Wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32616a.jpg)
Trail descends into Kyle Canyon Wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32617a.jpg)
Lots of Rubber Rabbitbrush in Kyle Canyon Wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32618a.jpg)
Descending into Kyle Canyon Wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32619a.jpg)
Trail descends past a patch of Gambel Oak (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/D5300_08566a.jpg)
Northern Sagebrush Lizard along the trail |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32620a.jpg)
The Kunav Huveep Trail turns left ahead (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32622a.jpg)
The Kunav Huveep Trail turns left (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32621a.jpg)
Trail marker: The Kunav Huveep Trail (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32624a.jpg)
Other side of trail marker: Pack Rat, Escarpment trails (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32623a.jpg)
The Kunav Huveep Trail head east on red gravel (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32625a.jpg)
In July 2019, the trail is washed out; go around on right (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32626a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32627a.jpg)
Start of the Kunav Huveep loop (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32628a.jpg)
Staying left on the Kunav Huveep loop (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32629a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep loop bends to the right (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32632a.jpg)
Trail junction: Escarpment, Pack Rat trails turn left (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32666a.jpg)
Trail junction: Escarpment and Pack Rat trails turn up hill (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32667a.jpg)
Trail marker post: Escarpment and Pack Rat trails (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32669a.jpg)
Red-gravel trail ends at start of pavement (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32670a.jpg)
Trail starts up the paved trail (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32671a.jpg)
Acastus Trail forks to the right (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32672a.jpg)
The paved trail begins to steepen (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32673a.jpg)
Trail junction: Pack Rat Parallel Trail forks left (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32674a.jpg)
Trail junction: north end of the Pack Rat Parallel Trail (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32675a.jpg)
Trail junction: Pack Rat Parallel Trail forks back to the left (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32676a.jpg)
The paved trail is very steep (view SW) |
The grade of the paved trail begins to lessen (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32678a.jpg)
The paved trail runs out onto gentle flats (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32679a.jpg)
Trail junction: south end of the Pack Rat Parallel Trail (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32680a.jpg)
Trail runs across gentle flats (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32681a.jpg)
Lots of Big Sagebrush on these open flats (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32682a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail bends around a hairpin turn to trail junction (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32683a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail runs east; Escarpment Trail runs west (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32395a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail turns hard to the right and runs west (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32396a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail marker post (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32397a.jpg)
Trail runs across Big Sagebrush flats and into open forest |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32398a.jpg)
Shrubs and low conifer trees line the trail (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32399a.jpg)
Singleleaf Pinyon Pine on the right (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32400a.jpg)
Stansbury Cliffrose on the left (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32401a.jpg)
Big Sagebrush on the right (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32402a.jpg)
Gambel Oak on the left (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32403a.jpg) Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany on the right (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32404a.jpg)
The grade begins to increase (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32405a.jpg)
Big Sagebrush and big views on the right (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32406a.jpg)
The trail climbs at moderate grades (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32407a.jpg)
Caliche bounder that rolled down from the cliffs (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32408a.jpg)
Dying White Pine at an unusually low elevation for this species |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32409a.jpg)
Ponderosa Pine on the left (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32410a.jpg)
The trail begins to climb at fairly steep grades (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32411a.jpg)
The trail turns to run due south (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32412a.jpg)
The first of the benches on the Escarpment Trail (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32413a.jpg)
On the steep hillside, a pleasant place to rest (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32414a.jpg)
The trail winds up brushy slopes (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32415a.jpg)
Steep trail passes another Ponderosa Pine (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32416a.jpg)
The trail runs up into a thicket of Mountain Mahogany (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32417a.jpg)
The trail bends back towards the top of the cliffs (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32418a.jpg)
Passing out of the Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany thicket (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32419a.jpg)
Brushy slopes angling up towards the top of the cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32420a.jpg)
Thickets of Gambel Oak and Mountain Mahogany (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32421a.jpg)
Moderate grades and big views (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32430a.jpg)
Low-growing Gambel Oak and Big Sagebrush on open slopes (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32431a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail approaching the West Bench (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32432a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail at the West Bench (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32434a.jpg)
Nice view back towards the Visitor Center (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32433a.jpg)
The trail continues upward past the bench (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32435a.jpg)
Approaching the high-point on the Escarpment Trail (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32437a.jpg)
First good view of the Escarpment Cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32438a.jpg)
Zoom-view of the Escarpment Cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32440a.jpg)
Sulphur Buckwheat in bloom along the trail |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32439a.jpg)
From the high-point, the trail begins a gradual descent (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32436a.jpg)
Gradual descent as the trail winds across the slopes (view E) |
Nevada Goldeneye |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32442a.jpg)
Trail traverses open hillsides (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32443a.jpg)
Trail traverses dense shrub thickets (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32444a.jpg)
Pointleaf Manzanita on the left (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32445a.jpg)
Evidence of a fire long ago (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32447a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail at the Middle Bench (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32446a.jpg)
Grand scenery near the Middle Bench (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32448a.jpg)
Grand scenery near the Middle Bench (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32451a.jpg)
A view towards the Visitor Center (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32452a.jpg)
The trail runs at gentle grades atop the cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32453a.jpg)
Turning to contour around a gully (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32454a.jpg)
Contouring out of the gully (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32455a.jpg)
A view towards the Resort (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32456a.jpg)
Big views down Kyle Canyon (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32457a.jpg)
Sometimes the trail runs near the cliff edge (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32458a.jpg)
Sometimes the trail runs back in the shrub thickets (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32459a.jpg)
Sometimes Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany shades the trail (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32460a.jpg)
Open hillside (view N towards the Visitor Center) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32461a.jpg)
More and more open views (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32462a.jpg)
Big view into Kyle Canyon (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32463a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail at the Overlook (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32465a.jpg)
The Overlook (view N towards the Visitor Center) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32464a.jpg)
The Overlook (view NE towards the Sheep Range) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32466a.jpg)
Be careful where you sit at the Overlook (Grizzlybear Cactus) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32467a.jpg)
Be careful where you sit at the Overlook (Rock Mat) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32468a.jpg)
Escarpment Trail departing the Overlook (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32469a.jpg)
From the Overlook, the trail runs into the back of a gully (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32470a.jpg)
Continuing through trees and shrubs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32471a.jpg)
Open landscape atop the cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32472a.jpg)
A tall Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany on the right (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32473a.jpg)
Open landscape atop the cliffs (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32474a.jpg)
The trail bends right to stay atop the cliffs (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32475a.jpg)
Singleleaf Pinyon Pine and Mt. Mahogany along the trail (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32476a.jpg)
Lots of Pointleaf Manzanita on these open hillsides (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32477a.jpg)
More evidence of old fires (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32478a.jpg)
More Pointleaf Manzanita on the open hillsides (view SE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32479a.jpg)
Approaching the "high point" on the east end of the trail (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32480a.jpg)
The "high point;" lots of downhill past this point (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32481a.jpg)
Starting down to get below the cliffs (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32482a.jpg)
Approaching the East Bench (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32483a.jpg)
East Bench at a big switchback (view S) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32484a.jpg)
The trail switchbacks at the East Bench (view N from bench) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32485a.jpg)
Big views down the gully (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32486a.jpg)
Banana Yucca and Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32487a.jpg)
Getting down below the level of the cliffs (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32488a.jpg)
The trail traverses below the cliffs (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32489a.jpg)
Bridge Penstemon along the trail (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32492a.jpg)
A hardy Pinyon Pine growing from a crack in a boulder (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32494a.jpg)
Most of the trail in this area descends at gentle grades (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32497a.jpg)
Another boulder along the trail (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32498a.jpg)
Continuing gentle grades (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32499a.jpg)
The trail turns to descend steeply below the cliffs (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32500a.jpg)
The trail runs around a point of the cliffs (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32501a.jpg)
The trail runs around a point of the cliffs (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32502a.jpg)
Parry's Lipfern growing on shady side of a boulder |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32503a.jpg)
Turning the corner (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32504a.jpg)
The trail runs along shrub and tree covered hillside (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32505a.jpg)
Gentle grades in this area (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32506a.jpg)
The trail winds up around the head of a gully (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32507a.jpg)
Turning across the head of the gully (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32508a.jpg)
Trail returns to views up Kyle Canyon (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32509a.jpg)
Winding back towards the cliffs (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32510a.jpg)
Gentle flats with Big Sagebrush (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32511a.jpg)
Another old, burned-out tree (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32512a.jpg)
Winding through Big Sagebrush and Pinyon Pines (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32513a.jpg)
Gentle grades through groves of Mountain Mahogany (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32514a.jpg)
One last good look up at the Escarpment Cliffs (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32515a.jpg)
Arriving at a junction with the Pack Rat Trail (view SW) |
![Escarpment Trail](photos-es/S120_32517a.jpg)
Looking back at the Escarpment Trail marker post (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32701a.jpg)
The trail begins the steep descent towards the wash (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32702a.jpg)
The Pack Rat Trail gets very steep (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32703a.jpg)
Very steep Pack Rat Trail (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32704a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail bends to wind across the hillside (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32705a.jpg)
Not so steep (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32706a.jpg)
Approaching a bench on a hairpin turn (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32707a.jpg)
The turn at the bench (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32708a.jpg)
Descending past the bench (view N) |
The Pack Rat Trail gets very steep again (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32710a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail approaching Kyle Canyon Wash (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32711a.jpg)
The Pack Rat Trail at the end of the pavement (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32712a.jpg)
The trail just ends; hikers wind down through the bushes (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32713a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail seems to just follow the wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32714a.jpg)
Smoothstem Blazingstar in the wash (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../PackRat/photos-pr/S120_32715a.jpg)
Pack Rat Trail returning to the washed-out Kunav Huveep Trail |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/RX10_16008a.jpg)
Returning to Kunav Huveep Trail at the washout (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32655a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail continues (view NW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32656a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail approaching a trail junction (view W) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32657a.jpg)
Trail marker seen before (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32658a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail turns at trail junction and goes uphill (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32659a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail climbing out of the canyon (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32660a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail climbing the hillside (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32661a.jpg)
Kunav Huveep Trail climbing the hillside (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32662a.jpg)
The bench at the top comes into view (view E) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32663a.jpg)
Returning to the bench (view NE) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32664a.jpg)
The Visitor Center building is visible from the bench (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32665a.jpg)
Returning towards the Visitor Center (view N) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32348a.jpg)
In case you missed it: that's the Visitor Center (view NW) |
![Escarpment Trail](../Kunav/photos-kn/S120_32347a.jpg)
Returning to the outdoor amphitheater (view N) |