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Salt Wash Precipice #1: Delicate Arch Trail | Salt Wash Precipice #2: The "alcove blob" | Salt Wash Precipice #3: To the Precipice | Salt Wash Precipice #4: Along the Precipice

Salt Wash Precipice #4: Along the Precipice

One good view of a canyon deserves several more, so I followed the precipice for a mile and a half to the northeast. This brought me to the fenced boundary of the park.

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Another mysterious collection of white stones
Another mysterious collection of white stones		 Average size of the stones was about 1.5 inches (3.8cm) wide
Average size of the stones was about 1.5 inches (3.8cm) wide		 Little shadows on bedrock
Little shadows on bedrock		 Canyon wall
Canyon wall		 Wall of Salt Wash's canyon
Wall of Salt Wash's canyon
Salt Wash
Salt Wash		 Precipice
Precipice		 Ridge
Ridge		 Salt Wash area (overview)
Salt Wash area (overview)		 Salt Wash area (detail)
Salt Wash area (detail)
Salt Wash canyon, made from three images, looking about north
Salt Wash canyon, made from three images, looking about north		 Salt Wash canyon, made from seven images, looking about northeast
Salt Wash canyon, made from seven images, looking about northeast		 Close-up of blue van
Close-up of blue van		 The spectacular canyon scenery was compensated for by the bland hiking route
The spectacular canyon scenery was "compensated for" by the bland hiking route		 Looking at fins in one arm of the canyon
Looking at fins in one arm of the canyon
View to the southeast includes Delicate Arch, about one mile (1.6km) away
View to the southeast includes Delicate Arch, about one mile (1.6km) away		 Precipice and shadows
Precipice and shadows		 Another view of the bland walking route close to the precipice (off to the left)
Another view of the bland walking route close to the precipice (off to the left)		 Surprise---a garden amidst the sandstone
Surprise---a garden amidst the sandstone		 Looking back at where I came from from the far side of the garden
Looking back at where I came from from the far side of the garden
Winter Camp Ridge above the garden; my route goes to the right
Winter Camp Ridge above the garden; my route goes to the right		 Details of the garden (note the animal tracks at bottom)
Details of the garden (note the animal tracks at bottom)		 Pensive at the precipice
Pensive at the precipice

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