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Thread: Water Canyon and Bruin Point
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06-18-2010, 04:20 PM #1
Water Canyon and Bruin Point
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!)
Pictographs
Pictographs
Petroglyphs
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
Tram support structures in Water Canyon
A suspended ore bucket
Another support structure that I hiked up to
"Rock asphalt"
The tram where it crosses the canyon
Zoom of an ore bucket about 200' overhead
Mechanism at the top end of the tram
More stuff at the top of the tram
Tar/asphalt seeping out of the sandstone
Just below the old mine site
View into South Patterfore Canyon and the Right Fork of Whitmore Canyon
Still climbing up to Bruin Point
Almost to the top
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
View from Bruin Point
Looks like a nice place to camp
A snow-filled chute north of Bruin Point
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
Here are all the photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.U...yonBruinPoint#
And here's a Google Earth .KMZ file showing all the photo locations:
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06-18-2010 04:20 PM # ADS
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06-18-2010, 05:12 PM #2
I love that tram line .. next time I am in the area I am going to hike up there.
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06-22-2010, 11:57 AM #3
Awesome! You got some great pictures. Looks like a fun place to explore!
Bogley sticker!
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06-22-2010, 08:32 PM #4
I am impressed with how green the foliage is across the state this year. Guess we got enough rain to keep us outta drought this year.
Sweet TR, Dennis! I'm always envious of you, BruteForce, and anyone else who has a 4-wheeler and can take off and enjoy this beautiful state."All roads, all codes!"
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