Creative Central Route

A typical scene on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway.
The High Uintas beckon as the centerpiece of a creative central route south.  We've done this route in bits & pieces but never all strung together.

Here's how the top two-thirds of it would go: Idaho Fall to Alpine, Afton, Smooth, Geneva, Salt River Pass, Border, Cokeville, Sage,  Randolph, Woodruff, Evanston, The High Unitas Mirrow Lake Scenic Byway, Kamas, Heber City, Provo Canyon, Springville, Spanish Fork, Thistle, Ephriam, Manti, Gunnison, Salina and Sigurd.
Mirror Lake Scenic Byway

At Sigurd, we'd face a major decision: go left to Capitol Reef or right to Bryce.  We're Old Hands at both those route choices so it will probably depend on the weather at the time.  Even if we go to Capitol Reef, we almost always end up in Bryce anyway.  Bryce has a magnetic pull on us that goes back 17 years.

Once we're past Bryce, it's a binary route home.  Once we're at Kanab, we either head over the North Rim to stay in Vermilion Cliffs or go the direct route through Page so we can drive Navajo 20 to The Gap.  From there it's a relatively short drive through Cameron, Flagstaff and on to Rimrock down yonder.

We have some significant personal history with the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway so that's  real strong factor in favor of this creative central route.

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