Udink
11-21-2010, 10:12 AM
I spent yesterday tooling around the western plateau of Cedar Mountain in the northern San Rafael Swell. This is the same area where an episode of Mantracker was filmed (http://westmountphotography.com/heading-home-after-mantracker/) for the Science Channel about a month ago. It's some really rugged country, and there's a maze of roads and trails throughout the area. There are also a lot of springs that have been developed to water cattle.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fcastlecountry.org%2Fgeo%2FWesternCeda rMountain.kmz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,86.572266&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12
http://castlecountry.org/geo/WesternCedarMountain.kmz
I just wandered around the trails, hiked into a couple of small canyons, and explored some old mining tracks that switched back down the south slope of the mountain. It was cold and windy all day, but it beat staying indoors.
Top of a cattle trail above Bob Hill Spring
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy5ZVH_vI/AAAAAAAAQXU/IquChQZAAV4/s640/IMG_9590.JPG
Ice from Bob Hill Spring
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy6ujHVUI/AAAAAAAAQXY/zRf6wYBqhu4/s640/IMG_9593.JPG
View into Bull Hollow
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy9UxqT3I/AAAAAAAAQXk/Xpu9_aNfbCY/s640/IMG_9601.JPG
Frozen cattle pond
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy_HuA6XI/AAAAAAAAQXs/tL7h0BycQL4/s640/IMG_9605.JPG
Parked above an unnamed canyon
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzAGCRNhI/AAAAAAAAQXw/33SkDBNUq0M/s640/IMG_9612.JPG
Huge cracks in the exposed bedrock near Mud Spring
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzCFrDg4I/AAAAAAAAQX4/36Oqtq0SeFw/s640/IMG_9618.JPG
View across Buckhorn Flat toward Little Cedar Mountain
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzDFfAkkI/AAAAAAAAQX8/0slz_Jwba6Y/s640/IMG_9624.JPG
A rounded knoll in the Morrison Formation
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzEMWOurI/AAAAAAAAQYA/6qhF1evgwog/s640/IMG_9625.JPG
A cave in the Morrison Formation clay
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzI7fdfmI/AAAAAAAAQYQ/g3LVOpDO8Lc/s640/IMG_9630.JPG
Dead end mining track
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzJm6YTNI/AAAAAAAAQYU/yTGQ1iptfnM/s640/IMG_9631.JPG
A washout on another mining track
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzLIaepRI/AAAAAAAAQYY/IuBv2n3qA24/s640/IMG_9634.JPG
Climbing another track back up to the plateau
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzL_IdOaI/AAAAAAAAQYc/9zTelpqtymA/s640/IMG_9635.JPG
Morrison Formation hill
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzMtX_wLI/AAAAAAAAQYg/nC3GVFEM9BQ/s640/IMG_9638.JPG
Rockfall on the trail
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzPEkHgbI/AAAAAAAAQYs/GSVNzU_6z-o/s640/IMG_9653.JPG
End of another road
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzQKH-GyI/AAAAAAAAQYw/cca_hmooJbA/s640/IMG_9656.JPG
Cedar Mountain Recreation Area
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzRlhpVPI/AAAAAAAAQY0/Gp_sEwEc_GM/s640/IMG_9657.JPG
Stairs leading to some picnic sites
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzV_JqA5I/AAAAAAAAQZE/sEpG0nINleo/s640/IMG_9679.JPG
A nice, sheltered picnic site
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzXDEUyGI/AAAAAAAAQZI/B93XqlSihfk/s640/IMG_9681.JPG
WesternCedarMountain
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WesternCedarMountain#
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fcastlecountry.org%2Fgeo%2FWesternCeda rMountain.kmz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,86.572266&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12
http://castlecountry.org/geo/WesternCedarMountain.kmz
I just wandered around the trails, hiked into a couple of small canyons, and explored some old mining tracks that switched back down the south slope of the mountain. It was cold and windy all day, but it beat staying indoors.
Top of a cattle trail above Bob Hill Spring
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy5ZVH_vI/AAAAAAAAQXU/IquChQZAAV4/s640/IMG_9590.JPG
Ice from Bob Hill Spring
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy6ujHVUI/AAAAAAAAQXY/zRf6wYBqhu4/s640/IMG_9593.JPG
View into Bull Hollow
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy9UxqT3I/AAAAAAAAQXk/Xpu9_aNfbCY/s640/IMG_9601.JPG
Frozen cattle pond
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhy_HuA6XI/AAAAAAAAQXs/tL7h0BycQL4/s640/IMG_9605.JPG
Parked above an unnamed canyon
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzAGCRNhI/AAAAAAAAQXw/33SkDBNUq0M/s640/IMG_9612.JPG
Huge cracks in the exposed bedrock near Mud Spring
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzCFrDg4I/AAAAAAAAQX4/36Oqtq0SeFw/s640/IMG_9618.JPG
View across Buckhorn Flat toward Little Cedar Mountain
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzDFfAkkI/AAAAAAAAQX8/0slz_Jwba6Y/s640/IMG_9624.JPG
A rounded knoll in the Morrison Formation
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzEMWOurI/AAAAAAAAQYA/6qhF1evgwog/s640/IMG_9625.JPG
A cave in the Morrison Formation clay
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzI7fdfmI/AAAAAAAAQYQ/g3LVOpDO8Lc/s640/IMG_9630.JPG
Dead end mining track
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzJm6YTNI/AAAAAAAAQYU/yTGQ1iptfnM/s640/IMG_9631.JPG
A washout on another mining track
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzLIaepRI/AAAAAAAAQYY/IuBv2n3qA24/s640/IMG_9634.JPG
Climbing another track back up to the plateau
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzL_IdOaI/AAAAAAAAQYc/9zTelpqtymA/s640/IMG_9635.JPG
Morrison Formation hill
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzMtX_wLI/AAAAAAAAQYg/nC3GVFEM9BQ/s640/IMG_9638.JPG
Rockfall on the trail
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzPEkHgbI/AAAAAAAAQYs/GSVNzU_6z-o/s640/IMG_9653.JPG
End of another road
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzQKH-GyI/AAAAAAAAQYw/cca_hmooJbA/s640/IMG_9656.JPG
Cedar Mountain Recreation Area
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzRlhpVPI/AAAAAAAAQY0/Gp_sEwEc_GM/s640/IMG_9657.JPG
Stairs leading to some picnic sites
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzV_JqA5I/AAAAAAAAQZE/sEpG0nINleo/s640/IMG_9679.JPG
A nice, sheltered picnic site
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TOhzXDEUyGI/AAAAAAAAQZI/B93XqlSihfk/s640/IMG_9681.JPG
WesternCedarMountain
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WesternCedarMountain#