Betatakin Ruin ("ledge house" in Navajo) in Tsegi Canyon may only be visited with a park ranger on a scheduled tour during spring, summer, and autumn, weather permitting.
The round trip hike takes about 3 hours and invloves some strenous climbing on the way back.
Since the canyon is 700 feet deep, the equivalent of a 70-story building, and the altitude is 7,200 feet, the hike can be tiring.

Built in the 1260's and 1270's, occupied for only two or three generations, and abandoned about 1300 A.D.

First explored by John Wetherill and Byron Cummings in 1907.

I DO NOT plan on revisiting it on my trip in September, 2006.