Seven Kivas - Cedar Mesa

[Iceaxe]

We started our weekend off by visiting Seven Kivas. This was a route I have always wanted to add to Climb-Utah because it shares its trailhead with the impressive Citadel and this combo makes for a nice day.

Seven Kivas Route Information
http://climb-utah.com/CM/7kiva.htm

Citadel Route Information
http://climb-utah.com/CM/citadel.htm

We really enjoyed the ruins along with several others in the area. We didn't get to explore the other ruins as much as we wanted before the rains came and chased us out of the canyon. We also missed the rock art located below Seven Kivas, the GPS waypoint I was given for them was off by a fair margin. I now know I needed to look further downstream.

My only disappointment in Seven Kivas is they are not really photogenic, but I guess I should have figured as much since kivas are underground structures.

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[Brewhaha]

I'm not sure how (or if) you made a loop out of the 7-Kivas and Citadel ruins. It is possible, will a little downclimbing ability and a strategically placed log to drop off of the backside of the Citadel and hike up-canyon to 7-Kivas.

[Iceaxe]

We just went down to Seven Kivas and back out the top. I actually wanted to go up Roads and explore a couple really good ruins I was told about but the weather was bad. If we had of waited 10 more minutes to get out on the muddy roads we might never have made it.