enlarge 128KB, 540x800 1 ut04d2001s "Top o' the Mornin to Ya" - Danny greets the morning with his bowl of oatmeal - Camp 1 at 2nd Access.
enlarge 142KB, 800x540 2 ut04d2002s Canyon wall across from camp gets the early moring sun.
enlarge 153KB, 540x800 3 ut04d2003s Roger in the pines - Camp 1.
enlarge 131KB, 533x800 4 ut04d2004b Leaving our gear (and Danny) in camp we head up canyon on a day hike - this is just up canyon from our camp.
enlarge 125KB, 533x800 5 ut04d2005b Roger - This area of the canyon is quite scenic - as you can see from the cottonwoods, spring has not quite gotten this far up the canyon yet.
enlarge 99KB, 533x800 6 ut04d2006b Near the head of Access #1 is an alcove with a well preserved Kiva - This large shard is on a rock on the trail up to the alcove (see cairn at top of photo).
enlarge 107KB, 540x800 7 ut04d2007s Close up of Shard.
enlarge 94KB, 800x540 8 ut04d2008s Bill & Allison at Kiva- Alcove is located on western wall of canyon. This view is looking south. Before we left, we met another hiker who had come down from canyon rim using a break in the cliff band seen at the extreme left of this photo (see green area).
enlarge 83KB, 800x598 9 ut04d2009r There was an ammo box with info and a sign in register - Bill is reading the packet of information. The Kiva is in the foreground. Living quarters (collapsed) to the left. Bill is standing next to a well preserved storage structure.
enlarge 105KB, 800x540 10 ut04d2012s Another view of storage structure.
enlarge 84KB, 800x604 11 ut04d2014r View of "Museum Rock" of shards and ancient corn cob - at door of storage ruin.
enlarge 137KB, 800x540 12 ut04d2014s Allison at door - note construction of roof using branches overlain with mud and rocks.
enlarge 103KB, 533x800 13 ut04d2016b View of Kiva.
enlarge 101KB, 800x567 14 ut04d2017r Shelby and Eric - Eric is descending ladder into Kiva while Shelby is in "Chimney" hole which lets air enter Kiva from below.
enlarge 104KB, 800x555 15 ut04d2018r Roger on ladder into Kiva - note how close to edge of alcove the entrance is.
enlarge 90KB, 800x567 16 ut04d2019r entrance of Kiva - note logs supporting roof - Don't walk on this structure.
enlarge 99KB, 540x800 17 ut04d2020s Eric - Entrance to Kiva at top - "Chimney" at bottom
enlarge 90KB, 533x800 18 ut04d2021b Entrance to Kiva.
enlarge 52KB, 800x540 20 ut04d2023s Roger peering into Kiva opening.
enlarge 96KB, 533x800 21 ut04d2025b View inside Kiva - showing roof construction and how smoke blackened the interior is.
enlarge 107KB, 800x533 22 ut04d2026b This entrance to the living quarters is well preserved - the structure to the left has collapsed. The logs indicate some kind of roof or floor level, but the height doesn't seem to be enough for that. Why have a roof here?
enlarge 92KB, 800x541 23 ut04d2027r Another view of entrance.
enlarge 87KB, 800x533 24 ut04d2028b Allison reading Kiva info - Good view of living area. Note smoke blackened undersided of alcove is limited to area enclosed by ruin except for "plume" extending above door area.
enlarge 102KB, 800x542 25 ut04d2029r Shelby signing register. Eric in back.
enlarge 111KB, 800x540 26 ut04d2030s More shards.
enlarge 113KB, 533x800 27 ut04d2031b Small granary on shelf.
enlarge 78KB, 800x572 28 ut04d2032r Shelby and Roger inspecting granary.
enlarge 107KB, 800x588 29 ut04d2034r Shelby
enlarge 89KB, 800x615 30 ut04d2036r Roger
enlarge 114KB, 800x540 31 ut04d2037s The ledge on which the Kiva alcove is located extends north and south. This is north of the Kiva area - Roger and Shelby.
enlarge 114KB, 533x800 32 ut04d2038b Looking north from Kiva area - Roger and Shelby near bend in ledge.
enlarge 82KB, 800x533 33 ut04d2039b Around bend in ledge is a small alcove with this pictograph- Eric.
enlarge 66KB, 800x540 34 ut04d2040s Eric at Pictograph.
enlarge 102KB, 800x533 35 ut04d2041b Close up of Pictograph - Can you interpret it? Note four legged animal at top right - is it a coyote, cougar, etc. Is it associated with squiggley line? What is the "ball" at the end of the line. Zoom into handprints to see distinctive circular patterns that were painted on the hands before making the print. Below the hand prints are two vague figures - Turkeys?
enlarge 82KB, 800x540 36 ut04d2042s Roger having a little fun with a pose .
enlarge 66KB, 800x569 37 ut04d2043r Roger - The face of the rock here is much rougher in surface texture than most other pictograph panels I have seen. This could be the reason that the figures have faded somewhat.
enlarge 78KB, 800x559 38 ut04d2044r Shelby - The image of the line and ball is very striking - could it be representative of a meteor?
enlarge 97KB, 800x540 39 ut04d2045s Bill, Roger, Eric, and Allison - this is opposite the pictograph.
enlarge 126KB, 800x533 40 ut04d2046b Looking back at the Kiva Alcove - note ladder at center.
enlarge 120KB, 800x569 41 ut04d2047r Shelby - Looking down Slickhorn Canyon from Ledge north of Kiva Alcove.
enlarge 109KB, 800x572 42 ut04d2048r Another view - Note break in cliff above Shelby's head that the hiker we saw had used to access the Kiva ledge.
enlarge 110KB, 533x800 43 ut04d2049b Roger strikes a "Buckwheat" pose.
enlarge 80KB, 800x563 44 ut04d2050r A little fun for the camera.
enlarge 85KB, 800x543 45 ut04d2051r Shelby's Turn - Look, Ma - I can fly.
enlarge 127KB, 800x559 46 ut04d2052r Time to go - Bill climbing down from Kiva Ledge.
enlarge 128KB, 533x800 47 ut04d2053b By the time I got down to the canyon floor from the Kiva Alcove, the others had already taken off. I came around a bend to see Shelby high up on a ledge (see white dot - zoom photo).
enlarge 113KB, 800x588 48 ut04d2054r In the alcove at a lower ledge was this wall - a granary perhaps.
enlarge 127KB, 800x559 49 ut04d2055r Just above was another wall renmant - the floor was covered with dung (Bighorn sheep I think) that was halfway between a horse turd and a cow pie. It looks like they use the alcove to get out of the weather.
enlarge 118KB, 800x539 50 ut04d2056r Further up the alcove was this two level ruin - you can see the branches supporting the roof exposed as the mud has washed away.
enlarge 142KB, 800x574 51 ut04d2057b Roger at Ruin.
enlarge 108KB, 533x800 52 ut04d2058b Looking into the lower level - note roof construction.
enlarge 117KB, 800x542 53 ut04d2059r Roger inspecting ruin
enlarge 138KB, 800x540 54 ut04d2060s A general view of the ruin.
enlarge 107KB, 800x533 55 ut04d2061b Shards near the ruin.
enlarge 113KB, 800x540 56 ut04d2062s More shards and corn cobs.
enlarge 130KB, 533x800 57 ut04d2063b Looking west down the alcove - a good view of the renmant walls and bighorn sheep dung.
enlarge 130KB, 533x800 58 ut04d2064b With a little persistance, you can reach the upper ledge (the one Shelby was on in preceding photo). There was this small ruin straddling the ledge.
enlarge 117KB, 800x540 59 ut04d2065s Looking down canyon from the ledge - the remnant wall seen in the foreground.
enlarge 135KB, 800x540 60 ut04d2066s View of the ruin from the other side - notice that it fills the full width of the ledge.
enlarge 106KB, 533x800 61 ut04d2067b Looking west - Roger is on the ledge beyond the ruin.
enlarge 115KB, 800x542 62 ut04d2068r Shelby at the ruin.
enlarge 85KB, 900x543 63 ut04d2069r A "timer" shot from the ruin.
enlarge 123KB, 800x549 64 ut04d2070r Roger at the ruin - you can see how high up the ledge is.
enlarge 140KB, 800x610 65 ut04d2071r Looking east - that white dot fruther back on the ledge is me at the ruin. You can see the ruins in the lower alcove as well.
enlarge 126KB, 800x594 66 ut04d2072r Structure on the ledge.
enlarge 103KB, 800x539 67 ut04d2073r This wall remnant was below the main ledge.
enlarge 141KB, 800x559 68 ut04d2074r A post was buried here - who knows what for?
enlarge 172KB, 800x540 69 ut04d2075s Close up of buried post - note corn cob.
enlarge 92KB, 533x800 70 ut04d2076b East of the ruin on the ledge was this petroglyph.
enlarge 88KB, 800x540 71 ut04d2077s Close up of petroglyph - another squiggly line (although irregular) with circle on end. This reminds me of a map of a canyon made by a meandering river. Note faint animal figures top right.
enlarge 88KB, 533x800 72 ut04d2078b Another set of petroglyphs - note anthromorphic figure (with "Santa" hat) that has been cut in two as the rock split and fell away - we could find no evidence of the lower half of the figure on the rocks below.
enlarge 137KB, 800x540 73 ut04d2079s Close up of petroglyphs.
enlarge 108KB, 800x533 74 ut04d2080b Another set of faint petroglyphs.
enlarge 148KB, 800x540 75 ut04d2081s Close up of previous photo.
enlarge 119KB, 800x540 76 ut04d2082s More faint petroglyphs.
enlarge 109KB, 533x800 78 ut04d2084b Looking downcanyon from ledge.
enlarge 115KB, 533x800 79 ut04d2085b Looking back to ledge from canyon floor.
enlarge 104KB, 572x800 80 ut04d2086b Distinctive balanced rock near entrance of Access #2. (See day 1 for another photo from closer range) This photo is from the canyon floor.
enlarge 137KB, 540x800 81 ut04d2087s Eric shows his tan line - This is back at camp where we retrieved our packs (and Danny) and headed out down canyon.
enlarge 88KB, 800x533 82 ut04d2088b One of the guide books mentions this ruin at the mouth of access #2 - we had looked for it in vain the previous evening. We had mistakenly assumed that it was high up, when in fact is was at the base of the cliff.
enlarge 99KB, 800x540 83 ut04d2089s Another view.
enlarge 102KB, 800x540 84 ut04d2090s This Pictograph is located opposite the entrance of Access #4 - It is faded somewhat but still interesting.
enlarge 105KB, 800x540 85 ut04d2091s View of faded Pictographs - again this rock surface does not seem to be ideal.
enlarge 106KB, 800x532 86 ut04d2092r A little fooling around- Eric and Danny.
enlarge 81KB, 800x544 87 ut04d2093r Shelby- Actually he's only 5' off the ground.
enlarge 122KB, 800x594 88 ut04d2094r Another faded pictograph.
enlarge 86KB, 800x549 89 ut04d2095r Wind blasted holes in the sandstone make for good foot supports when you're "hanging around".
enlarge 96KB, 800x595 90 ut04d2096r Is that Thumbs UP! or Thumbs Down!.
enlarge 93KB, 533x800 91 ut04d2097b Shelby catching up - I got a head start but not for long. Looking back up canyon to Access #4 - Slickhorn main is acturally to the left. This part of the canyon is very scenic.
enlarge 112KB, 800x540 92 ut04d2098s Roger caught up soon after Shelby. View is looking up Access #4.
enlarge 107KB, 800x540 93 ut04d2099s While waiting for Roger, Shelby took this photo of the cliff face on the canyon wall opposite us using his telephoto lens. If you zoom the photo you can see that the wall has a panel of petroglyphs that we missed - dog gonnit!
enlarge 130KB, 533x800 94 ut04d2100b Roger and Shelby take off ahead of me heading down canyon.
enlarge 111KB, 800x544 95 ut04d2102r After the canyon makes a bend, the nice grassy bench give way to this slickrock.
enlarge 113KB, 800x540 96 ut04d2103s Shelby got this photo of me as I rounded the bend.
enlarge 99KB, 800x540 97 ut04d2104s Too small for swimming! - Roger
enlarge 107KB, 800x573 98 ut04d2105r A little farther down the canyon narrows and a couple of deep pools beckoned.
enlarge 117KB, 800x540 99 ut04d2106s It's hot - take the plunge, Roger!
enlarge 87KB, 800x585 100 ut04d2107r Danny, as usual, follows this own muse and appears (behind juniper branch) on the bench above instead of coming down the wash as the rest of us did.
enlarge 121KB, 800x540 101 ut04d2108s A double exposure test by Shelby - Eric strikes a pose.
enlarge 105KB, 800x555 102 ut04d2109r The water was nice - Eric, Shelby, and Danny.
enlarge 103KB, 800x565 103 ut04d2110r Shelby - he sure likes to cliffhang.
enlarge 101KB, 540x800 104 ut04d2111s Eric, Danny, and Roger.
enlarge 129KB, 800x540 105 ut04d2112s Shelby climbed up to the bench to get this view - I enjoyed a nice shady rest.
enlarge 96KB, 800x573 106 ut04d2113r Danny resting
enlarge 93KB, 800x585 107 ut04d2114r A virtual Danny resting!
enlarge 154KB, 800x592 108 ut04d2115r Trees lower in the canyon are starting to leaf out. - Roger's pic.
enlarge 156KB, 800x540 109 ut04d2116s Bill & Dan enjoy a little Gorp.
