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Six of Thirteen

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Six of Thirteen

I just got back from a very humid weekend spent exploring Horse Canyon in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. I’ve been trying to get back into Horse Canyon for the last two years but the road has been washed out and closed for that long. When I received word a few weeks ago that the road had finally been reopened, I wasted no time and planned a trip out there…who knows when the next storm will close the road again? One of the main reasons to get back into Horse Canyon was so that I could finally visit the famous Thirteen Faces pictograph panel. This photo shows six of the Thirteen Faces, although you can really only see ten of the faces to begin with.

>> The Elusive Horse Canyon

Wavy Arms Guy

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Wavy Arms Guy

A fun little pictograph that I visited on a hike during a snowstorm in the San Rafael Swell. Luckily it was under a large overhang where I could get out of the snow and take a few photos.

>> Snow Day in the Swell

Red Bear Panel in Black & White

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Red Bear in Black & White

Here’s a large panel of red pictographs found on Cedar Mesa known as the Red Bear Panel. When I first came across this impressive panel, I was surprised as just how large the bear in the middle was. This photo doesn’t do it’s size justice. While bear petroglyphs are pretty common around Western Colorado and the Moab area, I can’t recall seeing any other bear imagery on Cedar Mesa before?

>> Cedar Mesa Ruins & Rock Art

Wall of Spirits

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Wall of Spirits

Ancient ghostly figures painted on a wall overlook Thompson Canyon in the Book Cliffs.

>> Short Trip to the Book Cliffs

Bighorn Ruins

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Bighorn Ruins

Last weekend I probably took my last trip to the desert for a little while until things cool down a bit again. While I was out exploring some remote canyons of Cedar Mesa I visited these interesting ruins with a few pictographs of bighorn sheep nearby.

>> Cedar Mesa Ruins & Rock Art

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