This fall is the perfect time to explore some (or preferably all) of Utah’s five national parks. They’ll be less crowded and cooler. So we at the Lodge at Red River Ranch have decided to help motivate you. In this five-part mini-series blog we will focus on the best ways to explore these parks. And this time, we’re talking about Bryce Canyon. Bryce is the most unique of the five parks. Read More
This fall is the perfect time to explore some (or preferably all) of Utah’s five national parks. They’ll be less crowded and cooler. So we at the Lodge at Red River Ranch have decided to help motivate you. In this five-part mini-series blog we will focus on the best ways to explore these parks. We start, quite naturally, with Capitol Reef National Park. (It is our favorite.) Read More
There are many awesome hikes in Capitol Reef, but some of the best (in our opinion) are a little off the beaten track. In order to get to these, you, the hiker, will need to drive south on the Notom Road, into the Waterpocket Fold. This part of Capitol Reef is much more wild and expansive than the main section of the park. Here is a list of the top 3 hikes in Waterpocket Fold: Read More
Capitol Reef is, in our opinion, the best national park in Utah. It has the best features of all the other parks in the state – the sandstone towers of Zion Canyon, arches and bridges of Arches National Park, and the narrow slot canyons of Canyonlands. In order to see everything, we at the Lodge at Red River Ranch encourage you to visit Capitol Reef’s three sections. It’s not official but this is how we divide up the park. Read More
The Henry Mountains are a very isolated mountain range in South Central Utah, near Capitol Reef. For anyone who wants to “get away from it all,” we can think of no better place. Incredibly, the Henrys were the last explored range in America, and the last to be named. Their namesake is Joseph Henry, the noted physicist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. This mountain range still has many mysteries. Read More