Cedar Mesa

[Deadeye008]

Took a trip down to Cedar Mesa with my 5 yr old boy and a buddy. We hit up The Citadel, Perfect Kiva in Slickhorn Canyon, The Seven Towers, and a site that my buddy and I had stumbled upon about 2 yrs ago when we were hiking accross the mesa top to the head of a canyon. I think that the site we stumbled upon is the midden to what used to be a pithouse. There are tons of pottery sherds of all kinds, pieces of flint, and 4 manos. We were also able to find charcoal remains and what I believe is the end piece of a wooden beam of the pithouse. Without digging(which is illegal) we will probably never know but it was still really cool to stumble accross the site like we did. The site was in the exact same condition as we left it 2 yrs ago. We also ended up stopping at Sego Canyon on the way home since my friend had never been there. I was really impressed by how well my son did hiking to The Citadel and Perfect Kiva. The Citadel is just under 6 miles round trip and a fairly easy mesa top hike with a little bit of scrambling to get down to The Citadel. Perfect Kiva is just under 9 miles but much more difficult. There is a very large dryfall that you have to negotiate and in the process you climb up to the top ledge of the canyon, follow it down canyon a ways, scramble back down into the canyon bottom and then scramble up the other side of the canyon to get to the alcove. Then you have to do it all over again on the way back. Another cool site we stumbled upon was as we were looking for a site in Slickhorn Canyon before we got to Perfect Kiva we found a passage way between two slabs of rock that was about 5 feet wide and about 20-30 yds long and led from the mesa top down to the first ledge in the canyon were the ruin we were looking for was located. I'm sure it was used by them to access the mesa top and may have even influenced their choice of site location. Here are some pics. I have a couple of short timelapse videos that I will add to the report later.

Huge alcove across the canyon as we hiked to The Citadel.
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IMG_3833.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877189168/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

We could see lots of ruins across the canyon as we hiked to The Citadel.
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Ruins hidden in the shadows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877189590/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

My boy and my buddy overlooking the canyon on the way.
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IMG_3835.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023288963/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Lots of water in the potholes down there still. Even saw some snow patches still lingering down there.
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IMG_3846.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877187042/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

The Citadel
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IMG_3852.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877185536/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

On the land bridge
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IMG_3857.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023284239/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Notice the rock on the left side of the picture. Looks like a monkey head to me...
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IMG_3863.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877183064/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_3866.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877181998/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_3867.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877181624/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

There were remains of two different defensive walls along the land bridge.
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IMG_3887.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877179708/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_3888.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877179072/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_3879.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7016937887/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Our campsite at Road Canyon had such a great view. We were literally right on the edge of the canyon.
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IMG_4037.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023278919/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4059.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6870827048/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Long passage way that led to the mesa top
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IMG_4078.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877177022/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4081.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877176218/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4072.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877178068/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Up on the ledge
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IMG_4098.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023270735/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4101.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023269155/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4123.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023266857/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4106.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7016934733/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Lots more water
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IMG_4131.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877164610/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

The following are shots from the mesa top site we stumbled upon 2 yrs ago.
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IMG_4135.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877163618/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4137.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877162590/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4138.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877161902/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4139.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023261813/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4148.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023257869/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4156.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023252607/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4161.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023249823/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4180.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877143006/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4343.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023241181/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4353.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023239495/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4344.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6870830446/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

Notice the faint BCS rock art on this panel. It looks very, very similiar to the Buckhorn Wash panel.
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IMG_4362.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/6877135170/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

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IMG_4364.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14972385@N06/7023235533/) by Deadeye008 (http://www.flickr.com/people/14972385@N06/), on Flickr

[Iceaxe]

:2thumbs:

Slickhorn Perfect Kiva is a long haul for a 5 year old. Good job.

[antlerking]

Sweet trip report, looks like you had fun.

[bowjunkie]

awesome TR and pics thanks :nod:

[accadacca]

Stunning. :hail2thechief:

[denaliguide]

thats covering some country. :2thumbs::2thumbs:

[manicpainter11]

Great trip, report and pics!! I am definitely impressed at how well your boy did - and he's only 5?? Wow! Looks like you had a great time!

[Dan-wild]

That is simply amazing. The fact that sites like that are still largely intact gives me a feeling of serenity. Thanks for the amazing TR, and I hope anyone who travels there after seeing this leaves it in the same condition! :cool2::mrgreen:

[Slot Machine]

GREAT TR! I really like the shot with the ladder. :2thumbs:

[zzyzx]

Great TR and pics too.:cool2:
Captured w/ fisheye?

[Deadeye008]

Great TR and pics too.:cool2:
Captured w/ fisheye?




Yep, a lot were taken with my fisheye.

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[zzyzx]

Thx for reply.
I'll testing my new fisheye in the same area - 3 weeks.:)

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[New Mexico]

Nice TR and cool pics.