Map: Canyons of the Escalante. How to get there: From Escalante, Utah, take the main road, Highway 12, east through Escalante. The road will head in a southeastern direction. Blackjack two queen of hearts playing card. Follow Hwy 12 for five miles, and as the highway makes a left curve, the unpaved Hole in the Rock Road will be on the right side of the road. Slot Canyons of the American Southwest - Red Breaks, Escalante, Utah Harris Wash is a major Escalante tributary, and one that offers an easy route to the river - amongst the most popular hikes in the region, this 10 mile trip passes much fine red rock scenery without any obstructions, through a canyon that becomes deep but is never very narrow. Hiking trip report for Red Breaks Canyon and Cosmic Ashtray Loop, located in Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Utah. This is a 13.2 mile loop hike with 1900 cumulative feet of elevation gain that takes about 7-10 hours to complete. Find More Hikes in Escalante + Lake Powell Area.

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05/29/2019

04/21/2019
Lily, Kuba, Atin, Evicka - simply awesome

05/27/2018
All water avoidable.

05/26/2018
Fun canyon with enough obstacles to keep it interesting..didn't live up to the hype as being 'one of the best non-tech' canyons though. Do yourself a favor and wait to do this canyon from late Fall through early Spring - doing it in May was already too mind-numbingly hot (also lots of wash walking if you enter from the south). There was no shallow pool

09/23/2017
One tricky section for the 2wd on the Old Sheffield Road on the way in. Fun day, the ascending slot was great. Had to use rope once for pack hauling for the hardest upclimb.

05/01/2017

04/15/2017

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04/09/2017
Atin, Martin, Evicka - great outing!

03/10/2017
3/10 - Ellabeau 3/10 - Hidden Splendor 3/11 - Drill Hole

11/06/2016
11/06/2016-Amazingly Fun. Took 3 kids 17, 14 and 13 with me. Everyone had a blast.

08/31/2015

07/22/2015
Did from bottom up and headed out to the cosmic astray then back down an old road. (last year 2015) Our groups favorite hike period. Used webbing as a hand line many times to help some members of our group get over or down obstacles. Long hike once out. Used up close to 4 liters of water per person.

09/30/0019
Pretty hard to nail the approach! Go down canyon 50 ft. at the crossing of the top of the West (first) fork to continue the approach up an easy ramp. If we had not done it the day before it would have added an hour to our time. Down east, up west = total 5.5 hours car to car. all in all, a very physical day. East fork was good, West Fork was spectacular. West Fork has some fairly challenging up climbs.

09/28/0019
did approach to far (E) fork for a hike. At first (W) fork, go RDC about 100 feet and follow easy 2nd class ramp up and left to far rim. Verizon LTE @TH.

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NOVEMBER 2015

COSMIC ASHTRAY

INSIDE THE COSMIC ASHTRAY

ENTRANCE/EXIT TO THE COSMIC ASHTRAY

RED BREAKS

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The Red Breaks - Cosmic Ashtray Loop is a classic Escalante hike that combines a great slot canyon with a cool geologic formation. The entire loop is approximately fifteen miles. To get to the trailhead, you will travel down Hole-in-the-Rock Road for 11 miles, then turn left at the sign for Harris Wash. From the turn-off it is about 6 miles to the trailhead. When I drove here in November of 2015, the road was a bit muddy, so I ended up parking about a half-mile or so shy of the trailhead to be safe.

From the parking area, you will cross Harris Wash and follow the dirt road on the other side. However, to get to Red Breaks, you will only follow the dirt road about a quarter mile before turning up a wash coming in on the left. This is Red Breaks. Just keep following it until it becomes interesting. There was one dry fall toward the beginning that you will need to backtrack and get out of the canyon to get around. As you continue up the canyon, it will eventually turn into a really cool slot canyon. There were a lot of chockstones in the slot that you will need to climb under and over. Towards the end I eventually came to a steep section with a large chockstone that I didn't feel comfortable climbing over. It looked like it could potentially shift, and as I was alone, I didn't want to take any risks. I also knew I had to be fairly close to the end, so I exited out of the canyon and made my way over to the Cosmic Ashtray.

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Its open desert from Red Breaks to the Cosmic Ashtray, so I would recommend bringing a GPS and some coordinates. I got a little off track on the way, so I pulled out my GPS unit to help me get going in the right direction. I eventually found it. I remember there were a lot of cool volcanic rock located along the slickrock I climbed to get up to the Cosmic Ashtray. After taking a few photos from above, I decided to hike down for a closer look. As I got closer, I noticed some hand holds carved into the side of the rock wall leading into the bottom of it. These must have been made recently, as some trip reports I had read talked about there being no way in or out. So I used them to make my way down to the bottom and walk around a bit before I left. It was really cool down there. When leaving, look for a dirt road down the hill to the east, and follow it south back to your car. This is the same dirt road you walked on at the very beginning of the hike just after crossing Harri