4/3 (Sunday) – Canyonlands in UT has a lesser traveled section
called Horseshoe Canyon. It’s lesser
traveled because you first have a 30 mile drive on washboard dirt roads, then
a 7 mile round-trip hike that drops you 700 feet into the bottom of the canyon
(about 1.5 miles). Why did we do this? There are 4 distinct pictograph panels over a
2 mile stretch. Historians say they are
dated from 200BC to 500AD. They were
amazing.
This was already 1 mile down and we still had to get to the bottom (and then back out).
High Gallery pictographs
Horseshoe Shelter pictographs
Alcove Gallery
Alcove Site pictographs
Looking out of the Alcove
and finally - The Great Gallery
Now for the rest of the hike - lots of water crossings but no wet feet.
Also, made a friend along the way.
Interesting site on the drive out - sand dunes with snow covered mountains in the background.
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