Udink
06-18-2010, 04:20 PM
I went for a quick evening ride after work yesterday near East Carbon/Sunnyside. I parked the truck near the rodeo grounds just past Sunnyside, then unloaded the ATV and started riding. There was some rock art near where I started the ride, so I had to do the short hike to check it out.
Unloaded and ready to ride (sportin' a Bogley sticker now!)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4v_5q6tI/AAAAAAAAMYE/l6Jxf9mHhSo/s800/IMG_4650.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iTGaJ951pvUCEvR_fFbSUw)
Pictographs
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4bSNjRpI/AAAAAAAAMXU/yHZOPyd9WRk/s800/IMG_4625.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kSAzWoiD8NZTysVAKLBCxw)
Pictographs
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4guE5t_I/AAAAAAAAMXg/w1liO_cYQyg/s800/IMG_4631.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F_nrDMm9Men7qL7cxacjOw)
Petroglyphs
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4owcayXI/AAAAAAAAMXw/mPJFMgiNfbs/s800/IMG_4638.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0_dWoe0h9uCpkUYWFC8-Uw)
The road through Whitmore Canyon is paved, but it's a graded dirt road through Water Canyon and for the climb up to Bruin Point. In Water Canyon there's an old aerial tram that hauled what they called "rock asphalt" from a mine about halfway up the canyon. Cable is still strung and ore buckets are still suspended (some a few hundred feet in the air), though the tram hasn't been in use for almost 80 years. I stopped briefly at the mine to check out the top end of the tram, then kept climbing up the steep road to Bruin Point.
The road in Whitmore Canyon
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4xbRHgZI/AAAAAAAAMYI/yIcnaEN51QU/s800/IMG_4652.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s6qxiHvl43S7zKpNRAWyaA)
Tram support structures in Water Canyon
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr40Xi5qEI/AAAAAAAAMYM/axptOuTZDrU/s800/IMG_4655.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8CJga9XFhz1Gizm8OGZlWw)
A suspended ore bucket
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr48Pg-2XI/AAAAAAAAMYY/DBa-V-szpLA/s800/IMG_4661.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wmOKgr_fSEWZ7qCYK5nd7g)
Another support structure that I hiked up to
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5AKnu6OI/AAAAAAAAMYg/9HsFhiEs0bo/s800/IMG_4665.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EZyLiDS_B4INigbS2u9P0g)
"Rock asphalt"
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5CL0AGbI/AAAAAAAAMYk/SI9LY58iZmo/s800/IMG_4666.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZnDHdWQXSaY9zPpMwaj51w)
The tram where it crosses the canyon
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5FksMADI/AAAAAAAAMY0/FbougIRBRZc/s800/IMG_4676.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/d7qISguLBbFkk7IYN3x8sg)
Zoom of an ore bucket about 200' overhead
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5IUHZkRI/AAAAAAAAMZA/Zo4zQ-iMduo/s800/IMG_4683.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H5t7E2OLYSnnPEDZCWTWpQ)
Mechanism at the top end of the tram
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5UKgtCQI/AAAAAAAAMZs/pLoac5rJKqI/s800/IMG_4707.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/brSmTHPO3igVR3fyObC7Fw)
More stuff at the top of the tram
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5VKRdvyI/AAAAAAAAMZw/09oLhvBqf_o/s800/IMG_4708.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XYtMQdndQIlTb-hCNES2yQ)
Tar/asphalt seeping out of the sandstone
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5YXg8syI/AAAAAAAAMZ8/knc9jPT1wzM/s800/IMG_4713.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SfdIiR5N4CCBN68T3K4i5Q)
Just below the old mine site
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5bOzjlwI/AAAAAAAAMaI/z-3EjbE-kpU/s800/IMG_4723.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fG4LjUE53fhyCQtAedOCRQ)
View into South Patterfore Canyon and the Right Fork of Whitmore Canyon
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5cWiGVtI/AAAAAAAAMaM/zGWaZIMYeAs/s800/IMG_4725.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pJSk18slNUXWVt5KJaas9g)
Still climbing up to Bruin Point
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5duD_lhI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/9KsD-PGRf5Q/s800/IMG_4726.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Jht7IpN-P6VJBPUw0Wjdw)
Almost to the top
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5ebgVUyI/AAAAAAAAMaU/6t5wfuv3VoI/s800/IMG_4727.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-cZGwQqNRQW-P5CqIxWYgg)
From Bruin Point, I rode northeast a short distance to check out a possible camp spot for an overnight ATV trip I'm planning for this summer. I also rode down the Dry Canyon road for a bit, but it was fully shaded and very cold, and I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, so I turned around and headed back for the truck.
Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5e_LljSI/AAAAAAAAMaY/xhmSB1PRPIw/s800/IMG_4730.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hCPNr9Rdyrqo5UkcEH593A)
View from Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5f5XBnkI/AAAAAAAAMac/39yuK-jGfh8/s800/IMG_4731.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qs-isFcyWvmKFHruM6Ky3A)
Looks like a nice place to camp
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5hUhRTsI/AAAAAAAAMag/CDQVwHxWuMw/s800/IMG_4739.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Acgfy3sh0kgl06YFEXMDOg)
A snow-filled chute north of Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5jJoUq1I/AAAAAAAAMak/llNuIFgsJPM/s800/IMG_4745.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8WWV4J-tqDzRd94lsUQCLQ)
On my way back through Sunnyside, I saw the desert bighorn sheep that often graze there. They are relatively tame compared to other bighorn I've seen in the San Rafael Swell. This is a pretty popular place for people to come watch the sheep.
Bighorn sheep near Sunnyside
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5peMXeWI/AAAAAAAAMa8/K-B-l2Q9usc/s800/IMG_4763.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l1vHzHmFh0Ud7-_XZcv5XQ)
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5qREqmII/AAAAAAAAMbA/YJjJuG2E9EU/s800/IMG_4769.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UQFRJq4K6LQR2gdxKFh8JQ)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5r6j9_gI/AAAAAAAAMbE/TsN01fTyQ8E/s800/IMG_4772.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8RKcVJ7XjCFw1km4iFCcBw)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5swom_QI/AAAAAAAAMbI/c2kfmWJHGtA/s800/IMG_4773.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Jg73AONnq7-m0HX3pvDjVg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b30ylllJfw
Here are all the photos:
WaterCanyonBruinPoint
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WaterCanyonBruinPoint#
And here's a Google Earth .KMZ file showing all the photo locations:
Unloaded and ready to ride (sportin' a Bogley sticker now!)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4v_5q6tI/AAAAAAAAMYE/l6Jxf9mHhSo/s800/IMG_4650.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iTGaJ951pvUCEvR_fFbSUw)
Pictographs
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4bSNjRpI/AAAAAAAAMXU/yHZOPyd9WRk/s800/IMG_4625.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kSAzWoiD8NZTysVAKLBCxw)
Pictographs
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4guE5t_I/AAAAAAAAMXg/w1liO_cYQyg/s800/IMG_4631.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F_nrDMm9Men7qL7cxacjOw)
Petroglyphs
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4owcayXI/AAAAAAAAMXw/mPJFMgiNfbs/s800/IMG_4638.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0_dWoe0h9uCpkUYWFC8-Uw)
The road through Whitmore Canyon is paved, but it's a graded dirt road through Water Canyon and for the climb up to Bruin Point. In Water Canyon there's an old aerial tram that hauled what they called "rock asphalt" from a mine about halfway up the canyon. Cable is still strung and ore buckets are still suspended (some a few hundred feet in the air), though the tram hasn't been in use for almost 80 years. I stopped briefly at the mine to check out the top end of the tram, then kept climbing up the steep road to Bruin Point.
The road in Whitmore Canyon
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr4xbRHgZI/AAAAAAAAMYI/yIcnaEN51QU/s800/IMG_4652.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s6qxiHvl43S7zKpNRAWyaA)
Tram support structures in Water Canyon
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr40Xi5qEI/AAAAAAAAMYM/axptOuTZDrU/s800/IMG_4655.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8CJga9XFhz1Gizm8OGZlWw)
A suspended ore bucket
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr48Pg-2XI/AAAAAAAAMYY/DBa-V-szpLA/s800/IMG_4661.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wmOKgr_fSEWZ7qCYK5nd7g)
Another support structure that I hiked up to
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5AKnu6OI/AAAAAAAAMYg/9HsFhiEs0bo/s800/IMG_4665.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EZyLiDS_B4INigbS2u9P0g)
"Rock asphalt"
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5CL0AGbI/AAAAAAAAMYk/SI9LY58iZmo/s800/IMG_4666.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZnDHdWQXSaY9zPpMwaj51w)
The tram where it crosses the canyon
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5FksMADI/AAAAAAAAMY0/FbougIRBRZc/s800/IMG_4676.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/d7qISguLBbFkk7IYN3x8sg)
Zoom of an ore bucket about 200' overhead
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5IUHZkRI/AAAAAAAAMZA/Zo4zQ-iMduo/s800/IMG_4683.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H5t7E2OLYSnnPEDZCWTWpQ)
Mechanism at the top end of the tram
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5UKgtCQI/AAAAAAAAMZs/pLoac5rJKqI/s800/IMG_4707.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/brSmTHPO3igVR3fyObC7Fw)
More stuff at the top of the tram
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5VKRdvyI/AAAAAAAAMZw/09oLhvBqf_o/s800/IMG_4708.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XYtMQdndQIlTb-hCNES2yQ)
Tar/asphalt seeping out of the sandstone
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5YXg8syI/AAAAAAAAMZ8/knc9jPT1wzM/s800/IMG_4713.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SfdIiR5N4CCBN68T3K4i5Q)
Just below the old mine site
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5bOzjlwI/AAAAAAAAMaI/z-3EjbE-kpU/s800/IMG_4723.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fG4LjUE53fhyCQtAedOCRQ)
View into South Patterfore Canyon and the Right Fork of Whitmore Canyon
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5cWiGVtI/AAAAAAAAMaM/zGWaZIMYeAs/s800/IMG_4725.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pJSk18slNUXWVt5KJaas9g)
Still climbing up to Bruin Point
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5duD_lhI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/9KsD-PGRf5Q/s800/IMG_4726.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Jht7IpN-P6VJBPUw0Wjdw)
Almost to the top
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5ebgVUyI/AAAAAAAAMaU/6t5wfuv3VoI/s800/IMG_4727.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-cZGwQqNRQW-P5CqIxWYgg)
From Bruin Point, I rode northeast a short distance to check out a possible camp spot for an overnight ATV trip I'm planning for this summer. I also rode down the Dry Canyon road for a bit, but it was fully shaded and very cold, and I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, so I turned around and headed back for the truck.
Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5e_LljSI/AAAAAAAAMaY/xhmSB1PRPIw/s800/IMG_4730.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hCPNr9Rdyrqo5UkcEH593A)
View from Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5f5XBnkI/AAAAAAAAMac/39yuK-jGfh8/s800/IMG_4731.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qs-isFcyWvmKFHruM6Ky3A)
Looks like a nice place to camp
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5hUhRTsI/AAAAAAAAMag/CDQVwHxWuMw/s800/IMG_4739.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Acgfy3sh0kgl06YFEXMDOg)
A snow-filled chute north of Bruin Point
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5jJoUq1I/AAAAAAAAMak/llNuIFgsJPM/s800/IMG_4745.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8WWV4J-tqDzRd94lsUQCLQ)
On my way back through Sunnyside, I saw the desert bighorn sheep that often graze there. They are relatively tame compared to other bighorn I've seen in the San Rafael Swell. This is a pretty popular place for people to come watch the sheep.
Bighorn sheep near Sunnyside
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5peMXeWI/AAAAAAAAMa8/K-B-l2Q9usc/s800/IMG_4763.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l1vHzHmFh0Ud7-_XZcv5XQ)
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5qREqmII/AAAAAAAAMbA/YJjJuG2E9EU/s800/IMG_4769.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UQFRJq4K6LQR2gdxKFh8JQ)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5r6j9_gI/AAAAAAAAMbE/TsN01fTyQ8E/s800/IMG_4772.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8RKcVJ7XjCFw1km4iFCcBw)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TBr5swom_QI/AAAAAAAAMbI/c2kfmWJHGtA/s800/IMG_4773.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Jg73AONnq7-m0HX3pvDjVg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b30ylllJfw
Here are all the photos:
WaterCanyonBruinPoint
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WaterCanyonBruinPoint#
And here's a Google Earth .KMZ file showing all the photo locations: