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Comb Ridge is an amazing rock formation in the
desert and canyon area of southeastern Utah. It
is an immense sandstone formation tilted at an
angle of about 20 degrees, which is almost 80 miles
(128 km) long running north and south, and about
one mile (1.6 km) wide.
We have visited only the northern end of Comb
Ridge in Utah. On the
eastern
side Comb Ridge slopes up gently from Butler
Wash. On the
western
side
it
drops vertically 800 to over 1,000 feet (245
to 300 m) to Comb Wash. For the entire 30 mile
length, it is slickrock playground and a geology
and natural history museum.
Both Butler Wash and Comb Wash flow into the San
Juan River which cuts through Comb Ridge between
Bluff and Mexican Hat.
With no water, no facilities, and generally difficult
access, you will not find many people here. However,
you will find micro- and macro-scenery enough
to last you a lifetime.
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