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    Horseshoe Canyon - Pictographs

    We were in Hanksville for two nites and hiked in to Horseshoe Canyon on Friday. We got really lucky and temps were on the cool side, pretty cloudy most of the hike. As Alison said, that would not be fun on hot, sunny day!

    The pictographs are terrific. We love to go to sites like these but have never seen anything like this. I just can't comprehend people living here 3000 years ago and doing this amazing artwork.

    Win

    Our friend Irina on the way down:



    Loved this hunt scene:



    Of course, the Holy Ghost:



    Great Gallery, hunt scene:

    Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"

    Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com

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    Very nice! Where are they at North Wash?

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    Tanya, Horseshoe Canyon is actually a part of Canyonlands N.P., you would head out toward the Maze District and instead go to this canyon. I didn't know that Shane has is on Climb-Utah until we got back:

    http://climb-utah.com/Roost/horseshoe.htm

    More of my pictures:

    http://winpics.fototime.com/Horsesho...Pictographs%20

    Win
    Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"

    Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com

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    Great shots, Win. I've wanted to do that hike for a long time, but haven't. Maybe next time.
    Stan

    Check out my photo gallery at www.pbase.com/sparker1

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    Great hike isn't it? We finally made it in on our last trip
    in September. Rain kept us away twice before and we
    we had to exit quickly this time due to approaching
    thunderstorms. The canyon had flash flooded late the
    afternoon before and it looked like it was going to again.

    It cut down on the time we could spend with the pictographs
    but, better safe that sorry. You can read an account of
    our hike starting halfway down this page:

    http://www.pbase.com/peterb/utah_tr&page=9

    I was impressed by the variety of pigments used and the incised
    patterns were something I didn't expect as well. Here's a shot of
    a pair I call "Laurel and Hardy". I guess "Martin & Lewis" works as
    well...one goofy figure and a "straight man". Quite a team!

    BTW, Shane's description of the hike mentioned above
    was with us in a printed form on this hike for reference
    and I left it for others in the box at the trailhead along
    with the topo we had...thanks Shane...great resource!

    Keep your lens clean and your mind open

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    I made that hike in the spring of 2006. Nice, easy hike, definitely worth the time...

    http://richardbarron.net/galleries/j...oepictographs/

    -R

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    Nice shots, Win! I love that spot. A nice 1/2 day hike, and the pictographs are truly stunning. The Great Gallery is utterly awe inspiring! Thanks for sharing the pics!

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