Just a little northwest of Bluff, Utah; just on the north side of the Valley of the Gods, we found one of our favourite roads.
The Moki Dugway is not for the faint of heart, those afraid of heights, or those for whom “sharp drop off pavement” causes coniptions of anxiety. It is only three miles long, but in those three miles it descends 1100 feet from the top of Cedar Mesa to the Valley of the Gods below. Don’t even think about taking your RV or dually on this road.
It was built in 1958 to haul ore from the Happy Jack Mine on Cedar Mesa to the mill in Halchita, near Mexican Hat, in the valley below. At least one ore truck didn’t make it.
If you love tight switchbacks, corners you can’t see around, steep descents, and a road that seems to disappear either into the upcoming rock face or over the upcoming edge, it is your cup of tea. It certainly is ours.
Thanks to “Alive and Trekking” for this challenge.
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A Prairie Perspective 
My husband would love that road! Me maybe not so much as there doesn’t appear to be guard rails!
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Definitely no guard rails. The roadside was even crumbling in a few places. But, oh, what a thrill (to arrive safely at the bottom)!
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Not for the faint of heart!
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Definitely NOT my cup of tea. I live in Saskatchewan for a reason: I like to see the next curve in the road at least three days before I get there.
FRANK
Frank Korvemaker, M.S.M.; SAA (Hon)
Ret’d Archivist / Construction Historian
59 Compton Road
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 2Y2
Tel: (land line) [306] 586-1405 E-Mail: fkorvemaker@accesscomm.ca
and
Corporate Archivist for the Saskatchewan Association of Architects
For Information on the Association: http://saskarchitects.com/
Website: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/korvemaker_f.shtml
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Spoken like a true Saskatchewanian!
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