Friday – Sunday, December 6-8, 2024
Things didn’t quite go as I had planned this weekend. I was originally planning to spend the weekend along the western end of the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park and had reserved campsites for both Friday and Saturday nights. However, when I arrived at the top of the Mineral Bottom switchbacks on Friday afternoon I found that they were covered with ice and snow and I really wasn’t feeling like sliding down the road, so I called an audible and headed down to Indian Creek Country and The Needles instead. After making my way over to the Lockhart Basin Road and finding a campsite for the weekend, I then spent the rest of the weekend hiking some new canyons, driving a few new backroads and revisiting some rock art sites that I’ve wanted to re-photograph or that I hadn’t been back to in over a decade. Here are some photos from this unplanned weekend.
Exploring one of the many side canyons below Hatch Point.
I really liked the interesting colors and formations found in this shallow alcove.
I spent Saturday afternoon walking the rim above Salt Creek Canyon and Meander Canyon from the end of the road at the Colorado River Overlook.
Meander Canyon and the Colorado River
Junction Butte
There was a nice sunrise over Indian Creek Country on Sunday morning.
South Six-Shooter Peak
A lovely morning along Indian Creek.
Before heading home on Sunday I went for a walk up Donnelly Canyon.
Rock Art from Indian Creek Country
Little White Pictographs
This was a very unusual petroglyph, and I’m not really sure what to make of it?
White Ghosts Panel
White Bird Shelter
Fighting Men Site
