3 San Rafael Swell north Photo Gallery by Brian Dickson at pbase.com

3 San Rafael Swell north

This was a 3 day backpack in the northern part of the San Rafael Swell area of the Colorado plateau, Utah. North of I70 and north west of the small town of Green River. A lovely mix of colourful canyons, reasonable water sources, great pictographs/petroglyphs and isolation.

Approx map northern San Rafael river hike October 2024.jpg	At the trailhead - Sids Mountain Wilderness	Along the San Rafael river canyon bottom
Beavers! They were pretty active along the river	Some quite abstract pictographs	We hiked up and over a ridge notch between Cane Wash and San Rafael river
At the notch	Descent down to the river again	A panel of cool 'mustard' and red pictographs
	Looking west along the 'Little Grand Canyon' section of the San Rafael river	Spring water! Virgin Springs Canyon
Virgin Springs Canyon	Interesting pictographs
San Rafael river at Virgin Springs Canyon	Some cool petroglyphs near Virgin Springs Canyon
		Camp, Virgin Springs Canyon
2nd day going up Virgin Springs Canyon	Potholes Virgin Springs Canyon	Potholes Virgin Springs Canyon
Virgin Springs Canyon	Scramble up to col between Virgin Springs Canyon and Cane Wash	Col between Virgin Springs Canyon and Cane Wash
A lovely tenuous slabby descent into Cane Wash	Down into the top area of Cane Wash	Cane Wash
Water flow down Cane wash but with red colour and alkali salts	Lower Cane Wash	Camp at the mouth of Good Water Canyon in moonlight
Camp at the mouth of Good Water Canyon	Morning in the San Rafael river valley	Beaver tracks!
San Rafael river valley	Weird rock erosion in San Rafael river valley	Beaver dams

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joseantonio		02-Dec-2024 11:43
an interesting gallery.V

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