IntrepidXJ's Adventure Weblog

For lunch today, Amanda and I decided to head up on top of Grand Mesa. I thought it would be a good idea to check out Lands End Road.

After gassing up, we headed towards Grand Mesa.

Soon the pavement ended and we started the climb up Lands End Road

Lands End Road is a nice easy gravel road the whole way, and consists of a lot of switchbacks as it ascends Grand Mesa.

A few of the switchbacks

When we reached the top, we stopped by the observatory located there. It doesn’t open until July, so we only checked out the views from the top of the mesa. While taking in the views, Amanda made a new friend

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Here’s a map from from yesterday’s trip starting in Jacks Canyon to Divide Road and then headed to Dominguez Canyon, Dominguez Ridge, Brushy Ridge, Palmer Gulch and finally Escalante Canyon. The yellow route is the way we went yesterday and the red route is Divide Road that I travelled last year.

The GPX file for yesterday’s trip can be found here.