Chocolate Drops Trail
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- Distance: 4.5 miles one-way
- Duration: 5 hours
- Elevation change: 550 feet
- Effort: strenuous
- Trailhead: Chocolate Drops
- Directions: The trailhead is just east of the Wall camping area at Land of Standing Rocks.
The well-named Chocolate Bars can be reached by a hiking route from the Wall near the beginning of the Land of Standing Rocks. A good day hike makes a loop from Chimney Rock to the Harvest Scene pictographs; take the ridge route (toward Petes Mesa) one direction and the canyon fork northwest of Chimney Rock the other.
Follow your topo map through the canyons and the cairns between the canyons and ridge. Other routes from Chimney Rock lead to lower Jasper Canyon (no river access) or into Shot and Water Canyons and on to the Green River.
Tall, rounded rock spires near the end of the road reminded early visitors of dolls, hence the name Doll House. The Doll House makes a delightful place to explore in itself, or you can head out on routes and trails.
© W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell from Moon Utah, 8th Edition
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