Golden Cathedral

Escalante, Utah offers unparalleled splendor!

I've been lurking around in the Escalante Canyons for over 30 years, and can never get enough of this country, which is why I moved to Teasdale, 70 mile north near Capitol Reef NP, when I retired.

Must be in good physical shape

The hike to the cathedral and back is a bit strenuous through the sand and unmarked trail. The stacked rock karns are all over the place. The keeper hole requires skill, 3 or more people to boost othe...

Very hard hike to get there even worse.......

coming back. From the Egypt trailhead, you hike all downhill on rocks and soft sand then you have to cross the Escalante river which was knee deep but crossable . It took me about three hours to get t...

A great walk

Read and bring the description of the trail and you will be OK. Follow the cairns down the steep first part from the Egypt car park and at the bottom note where you came down for your return. Follow t...

Take a GPS

We probably would have spent more time at the cathedral except that it took us so long to find it, we worried we might take too long getting back to our car. As it was, it took 7 hours. Some guide boo...