Last October I took the boys up to Island in the Sky and tried to hike into a ruin on Aztec Butte, the wind was howling and Ryder somehow got lost. It was actually kind of tense for a minute because it took awhile to find him and of course there are thousand foot cliffs all over the place up there. All of his brothers (and myself) were traumatized by the event. So today we went back up to finish the hike and get to the ruins.
On top of Aztec Butte looking into a fork of Taylor Canyon
The granaries on top of the butte. They are in a unique area, not sure if they were farming corn on the mesa top or harvesting native seeds, but this place is a long ways from the river and is one of only two ruins that I am aware of in Island in the Sky.
Mesa Arch, one of the most photographed Arches in Canyonlands, it is a pretty amazing location. The arch hangs out over a big drop into Buck Canyon. Right behind Ridges head is Monster and Washer Woman Towers and as usual the snowy La Sals in the far back.
The big drop below Mesa Arch. You can the see the arches shadow down below.
1 comment:
Glad to see you took Alina this time to make sure you came home with all the kids. I really wish you wouldn't have changed the header picture. Why you gotta rub my face in it? Hey is there anyway you can email me the video you took of skull in september?
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