Follow the orange-red road (to Blue Castle Canyon) |
Battleship Butte and Blue Castle Butte |
Start of the hike |
Blue Castle |
Barren topography |
The Cove |
Not exactly verdant |
Lower slope of Blue Castle |
Twin summits of Blue Castle |
On the eastern slope of Blue Castle |
Panorama of The Cove |
Blue Castle Canyon (my goal) |
Gunnison Butte, near the Green River |
The Green River |
Draining to the Green River |
View of streambed from summit block |
Bright yellow at Blue Castle |
Summit tower was "made of mud" |
Spire of Blue Castle |
Tracks at Blue Castle |
Blue Castle, beautified |
Vegetation on Blue Castle |
Hoof print |
Wash and Blue Castle Butte |
Buttress above Blue Castle Canyon |
Dessication |
More dessication |
White rock... 20081018_3151 |
Wash wall... 20081018_3165 |
Tributary funnel... 20081018_3180 |
Blue Castle wash and cliff... 20081018_3187 |
Pillar... 20081018_3190 |
Hoodoos... 20081018_3193 |
Downstream view of Blue Castle wash...20081018_3196 |
The wash was not always flat... 20081018_3201 |
Yogurt on the rocks... 20081018_3210 |
Blue Castle Butte... 20081018_3219 |
Geology detail... 20081018_3222 |
Cliff shadow... 20081018_3229 |
Erosion loosens boulder... 20081018_3232 |