点评:This review also covers the Red Gulch - Alkali National Back Country Byway.
This spectacular, seemingly hidden, drive turns off to the south from Route 14 (large sign) about 8 miles east of Greybull. The road is unpaved and the sign warns you not to proceed if it has rained heavily recently or if such rain is forecast (this mud is sticky!). The road was in good condition when we were there. We drove a mid-size SUV, but a regular sedan with some clearance might be OK.
About 5 miles in, it’s worth checking out the Dinosaur Tracksite and (trying to) see the fossil dinosaur footprints in the ripple rocks from the shoreline of a former sea (“one of only a few such sites worldwide from the Middle Jurassic Period [160 million to 180 million years old]).” There are restrooms and picnic tables.
Further along the Byway we saw many colorful hills in reds, tans, greys, even black; some hills were oddly shaped. We also came upon a couple of pronghorn antelopes. After 20 miles, the Red Gulch Road comes to an unmarked intersection: if you want to go south to tiny Hyattville, you should take a right. If you mistakenly continue straight/left, as we did, you will soon see a sign facing in the opposite direction saying 15 miles to Hyattsville, so just turn around.
From Hyattville you can either reverse your trip, or go west to Manderson on paved RT31, or go south to Ten Sleep on unpaved RT49 (avoiding BLM1117), which becomes the Tensleep Hyattville Road RT54.
翻译:这篇评论还介绍了红峡谷 - 碱国家偏远地区小路。
这条壮观、看似隐蔽的小路从 14 号公路(大标志)向南拐弯,距离格雷布尔以东约 8 英里。这条路没有铺砌,标志警告您如果最近下过大雨或预报有大雨,请勿继续前行(泥浆很粘!)。我们到那里时,道路状况良好。我们开的是一辆中型 SUV,但有一定离地间隙的普通轿车可能没问题。
大约 5 英里外,值得一看的恐龙足迹遗址,并(尝试)在前海海岸线的波纹岩中看到恐龙化石足迹(“这是全球仅有的几个中侏罗纪时期 [1.6 亿至 1.8 亿年前] 的遗址之一”)。那里有卫生间和野餐桌。
沿着小路继续前行,我们看到了许多色彩缤纷的山丘,有红色、棕褐色、灰色,甚至黑色;有些山丘形状奇特。我们还遇到了几只叉角羚羊。行驶 20 英里后,Red Gulch Road 来到一个没有标记的路口:如果您想向南前往小小的 Hyattville,您应该右转。如果您像我们一样错误地继续直行/左转,您很快就会看到一个指向相反方向的标志,上面写着距离 Hyattsville 15 英里,所以只需掉头即可。
从 Hyattville,您可以返回您的行程,或者沿着铺好的 RT31 向西前往 Manderson,或者沿着未铺好的 RT49 向南前往 Ten Sleep(避开 BLM1117),然后变成 Tensleep Hyattville Road RT54。