The highway is classified as an All-American Road, and it can be snowed in during winter, especially at the 2,928-metre high point of Boulder Mountain Pass. It’s often pleasantly cool in the summer when the lower areas of the state are too hot for comfort – there’s even a winding stretch called the Hog Back that runs along the very crest of the ridge, at 2,100 metres high, with sharp drops to each side and no guard rails. Not for the faint of heart!
Scenic Byway 12 Scenic Byway 12 takes the high ground across south-central Utah to link the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park with the cliffs of Capitol Reef National Park. Along the way, it passes the multi-col‑ oured rock buttes of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, with hiking trailheads leading to the mountains and waterfalls of the area.
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