We were all taking a break, when Nick came up and said he had been exploring and thought he might have found something. He had caught a glimpse of two large Spiral pictographs and was going to go back to see what was there. What he found was what I am calling the “Owl Eyes” ruin.
From his photos, you can see that this was an amazing find. Not visible from down in the wash, it was a serendipitous find on his part. Although Nick is an excellent climber, he was not able to access the ruin itself but his telephoto images makes it seem as if he did.
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Kickass Trekkers on this trip were: Bill Mooseker, Nick McMahan, Tracy McMahan, Jon Younger, Fred Stong, Mike Stong, Will Stong, Nancy Stong, Allan Hoseth
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The thumbnails do not do justice to the ruins, petroglyphs and pictographs, so I would recommend enlarging them as well. Please take the time to view the many videos to better experience what it was like to be there.
Troop 24 Kickass Trekkers Backpacking Trip
-Cascade Bill Mooseker
Date(s): May 6-10, 2019. Album by Cascade Bill. 1 - 18 of 18 Total. 224 Visits.
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(View at Original size) You can see that the ruin has been built around several large boulders. On closer examination, I wonder if the mass of timbers (with some rocks within might be the walls and roof of a kiva rather than a collapsed roof? (See PHOTO from Day 1). Between ruin and the Owl Eyes, look on the ground at several rectangular stone boxes. Similar ones occur at the Samurai Flag ruin: PHOTO and at a ruin in Slickhorn Canyon (2004): PHOTO. What these are for is unknown
