While I sat in a motel room in Hanksville Dave hiked section four in three days with his friend Jeff, another wind energy engineer. They started out from Hite in the cold wind and climbed the Red Benches. As the day went on the wins diminished and they enjoyed expansive views of the Henry mountains and distant buttes. The route finding up there was challenging but fun–there is no trail to follow. The second day they descended to Fidler Canyon and then up the Dirty Devil River for six miles, crossing many times in knee-deep water. Luckily the weather had warmed up by then! The third day they walked through terrible sand-driving winds to the junction with the road where I picked them up using Jeff’s car.

TRAIL NOTE:
Just accept that you are going to get your feet wet and get in there. Trying to avoid it will only delay your progress. The water was knee-deep and said to be terrible to drink–we did not try it.