We parked at the trailhead and after hiking a few minutes, turned back to see the car parked on the sandstone.
The trail was a wagon trail used by miners on Miner Mountain. We are not sure what they mined, and we are not sure how they got wagons up the trail! It was steep, but worse yet, it was very rocky! We passed a lot of pinyon pines and juniper trees.
Near the end of the trail was a viewpoint to overlook the area. It was another climb! We were ready for the downhill portion of the trail which we didn't get to until the last .75 mile of the trail!
We had our handheld GPS with us to measure the distance and the change in elevation. We climbed over 1000 feet and the trail was 3.85 miles! The brochure was correct when it said this was a strenuous trail!
We went back to the rv for lunch and to put our feet up! Around 3:00 we decided we needed to walk to the visitor center to see the movie since we had not watched it. Off we went the 1.2 miles to watch the movie! We were very proud of ourselves for walking over 6 miles!
We also determined that even though our hike to Scout's Landing in Zion was 4 miles and uphill, it was not as difficult as Old Wagon Trail! The trail at Zion was paved with level areas whereas Old Wagon Trail was not paved and level areas did not exist!
Thursday was a travel day and we planned to be up and out of Capitol Reef before 8:00 a.m. Hmmmm....would we make it?
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