>Note: Note: This is the fourth in a series of “Hiking the Escalante” guest posts by Mitch Stevens, founder of the Tucson-based tour company Southwest Discoveries.

The series showcases some of the memorable adventures that await along the Escalante River Basin and its tributaries in southern Utah.

In this post, Mitch concludes the series with his visits to the Toadstools — which he describes as “a surreal and scenic experience that looks and feels as if it were taken straight from a science fiction movie” — and Calf Creek Falls, which he calls “awe-inspiring and mesmerizing.”

These hikes are well suited to adventurous, fit baby boomers with an appetite for great scenery and a side dish of geology. (Just don’t eat the Toadstools!)

By Mitch Stevens

Located along U.S. 89 in the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument, the Toadstools trailhead leads to a series of… Continue reading →