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Show Safari Trail . . . Top of the World Offers Spectacular View Green valleys, gentle colorings color-ings and possible sightings of wildlife await the jcepers who chose the Onion CreekTop of the World Run headed by Jim West. This trail begins by traveling travel-ing up the Colorado River road, highway 128, to the Fisher Valley Ranch turnoff. Soon the trail is progressing through a narrow canyon adorned with many slickrock spires. Onion Creek, running through the canyon bottom, is crossed and recrossed many times. The creek received its name for the various odors caused by sulfur and other mineral deposits along the creek. When the trail breaks out of the canyon, the jeepers will find themselves in the green Fisher Valley. Those with alert eyes may spot deer, lizards or other wildlife in this lush valley. Just before the ranch entrance, Jim will lead the group on a moderate jeep trail, eventually approaching a couple cou-ple of dugways. After the first dugway is a possible lunch Mop. depending on time required to reach this spot that overlooks Cottonwood Canyon. Leaving the area, drivers w ill find they are traveling on a wide improved, rocky road used for drilling activities for the next several miles. The road winds through mesas and wide canyons. Eventually the trail reaches a spur that takes the jeepers to the Top of the World. The spur is a rocky climb that rises about 2,000 feet up to the Top of the World overlook. Visible are Fisher Towers, Fisher Valley, Onion Creek, White's Ranch. Arches National Park, and the Bookcliffs. As the panoramic scene is observed, parents are requested to keep a close eye on their children. The dropoff is steep and there are some deep cracks in the terrain. The group will then drop back to the improved drilling road and follow the Dolores River drainage course to the Dewey Bridge on highway 128. The bridge is an old single lane, suspension bridge. From here Jim will lead the way back to Moab by way of paved road through the Colorado River Canyon, an extremely scenic drive of slickrock cliffs and the swollen Colorado River. |