Old Highway 3.0

​Follow Old Highway 95 from Texas Flat to Cottonwood Road, including the eroded dugway climbing up to Comb Ridge.
The Dictionary of the American West defines a dugway as, "A road or trail going through a high land form which is dug out of or excavated into the land form to provide a path for transport." It is a means of traversing a steep hillside without sliding down the slope.

Sounds like a good name for what you will traverse as you climb up toward Comb Ridge.

There is a GPS - gpx track file at the bottom of the page.
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Not everyone makes it to the top
Begin your journey at Texas Flat then follow the old roadbed down into Comb Wash.  This section has some serious washouts.  ​Almost to the bottom there is a large rock on the left that has interesting petroglyphs.

After viewing the rock art head across Comb Wash and up the dugway shown below.
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Hunting petroglyph
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Up the dugway
The road was smooth at one time but Mother Nature has sure changed that.  A few sections geet a 3.0 rating.  Nice view as you approach the top.
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A few of the rocks
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Near the top
Continue to Cottonwood Road on a MUCH better road.

​Page updated 2017.
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