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11-07-2010, 03:58 PM #1
Saturday, November 6, 2010
If you haven't noticed, I've sort of been in a rock art mood lately. I figured I would keep in the rock art mood by heading over to the San Rafael Swell to check out a few of the rock art sites I have missed in the past.
Morning along Cottonwood Road
Bottleneck Peak
Even though I've stopped at the Buckhorn Wash Pictographs plenty of times before, I took a few drive-by photos as I passed them.
A little further up the Buckhorn Draw Road I parked off to the side of the road and hiked up to Ruin Arch.
Ruin Arch...if you look closely you can see two petroglyphs inside the arch
Close-up of the petroglyphs
It's a cool arch that is easy to miss when driving by on the road below unless you are looking for it
This is the only thing nearby the arch that could resemble ruins, so I am assuming this is the ruin that gives the arch it's name
There is another small arch next to the ruins
There's a lot of interesting shapes in the sandstone up by the arch
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11-07-2010 03:58 PM # ADS
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11-07-2010, 03:58 PM #2
After visiting Ruin Arch, I made a large loop through Fuller Bottom and over to Ferron before heading south so that I could visit the Rochester Petroglyph Panel.
The main panel
The vertical line carved from the top of the panel to the bottom was interesting
Another panel around the corner
I spent a while checking out the main panel and searching the area for other petroglyphs. After I hiked back to the Jeep I made my way over to the Moore Cutoff Road and took it back to I-70. I headed east and exited again so that I could check out the pictographs at Locomotive Point (Head of Sinbad).
The first panel was a bit faded
A rockfall has taken it's toll on these pictographs
The next panel contained some of the best preserved pictographs I have come across
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11-07-2010, 03:58 PM #3
Since I was nearby, I stopped at Dutchman Arch
I headed east again through the San Rafael Reef before stopping again so that I could hike up Petroglyph Canyon and Arch Canyon.
The small, but well preserved panel in Petroglyph Canyon. I found the tracks behind each figure interesting on this one
Spirit Arch in Arch Canyon
Since I was in the neighborhood, I figured that I'd make a quick stop at the pictographs in Black Dragon Canyon before heading home.
The 'Black Dragon'
On my way home I was treated to a very colorful sunset, so I had to pull over and take a quick picture over the Book Cliffs
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11-07-2010, 04:39 PM #4
Great report! I love the stuff at Head of Sinbad.
How was the Fuller Bottom crossing? In past years it has been pretty rough for larger full-sized vehicles, but a few months ago there was a big washout that made the actual river crossing easier, though about 50' south of the river there was a narrow spot that wouldn't let something like my truck through easily. I would imagine that traffic has knocked the dirt ledge down a bit so that it's not too bad now.
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11-07-2010, 04:42 PM #5
Fuller Bottom was easy....seemed about the same as the last time I was through there in the spring.
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11-08-2010, 06:37 AM #6
excellent, Randy.
This would be a great day out.
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11-08-2010, 08:04 AM #7
That sunset Saturday night was pretty intense.
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11-10-2010, 05:10 AM #8
Awesome stuff!
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11-10-2010, 07:37 AM #9
Another great trip for you, I really love these reports.
WinQuoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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11-10-2010, 07:59 AM #10
I have really started looking forward to your TR's each week. You cover some ground.
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11-10-2010, 08:10 AM #11
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11-10-2010, 10:02 PM #12livinutoutdoors.com
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
The trout do not rise in the cemetery, so you better do your fishing while you are still alive. SGH
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11-12-2010, 02:24 PM #13
Very cool.
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