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YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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Ace.....that's something I hadn't given any thought to but I'd have to agree. My guess is that this got started with the last administration cause it would take the government forever to make & implement that decision (statement not based on any first hand knowledge) and yea they were absolutely stunning petroglyphs so I'll share a few more pictures.....
tgil.....it's a beautiful area of Utah and it's an area of Utah which I had never visited in my past trips. Typically when we wander north we stay to the east of the interstate and stay in the higher mountains but this year we headed north a bit earlier than ever before so I decided that the lower mountains of Utah would be more agreeable.....
Other than the random vehicle driving by, a few of which chose to stop to view the petroglyphs, we had this place entirely to ourselves (almost).....
So we spent quite a bit of time at the petroglyphs.....
We took our time here.....I would imagine that the dogs were hating it.....constantly pulling & yanking while on the leash and probably saying "let's go explore.....this sucks".....
But I held my ground as best as I could.....and I read every one of those signs.....and like Ace pointed out.....lots of them here.....
tgil.....it's a beautiful area of Utah and it's an area of Utah which I had never visited in my past trips. Typically when we wander north we stay to the east of the interstate and stay in the higher mountains but this year we headed north a bit earlier than ever before so I decided that the lower mountains of Utah would be more agreeable.....
Other than the random vehicle driving by, a few of which chose to stop to view the petroglyphs, we had this place entirely to ourselves (almost).....
So we spent quite a bit of time at the petroglyphs.....
We took our time here.....I would imagine that the dogs were hating it.....constantly pulling & yanking while on the leash and probably saying "let's go explore.....this sucks".....
But I held my ground as best as I could.....and I read every one of those signs.....and like Ace pointed out.....lots of them here.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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And I finish todays' posting with ten more fine examples of the petroglyphs.....
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The one in the last panel is easy to translate: "Your car's warranty is about to expire".
You're welcome.
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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jgaz.....indeed it was some of the finest petroglyphs that I've seen.....
Foy.....hmmmmm.....
Ace.....maybe there is no meaning.....maybe it's art for the sake of art.....
The sun began to set.....and we were still out there.....just trying to see what we could see.....
And even after the sun set.....we were still out there.....just trying to see what we could see.....sometimes I hate nightfall.....I'm just not ready to call it a day. We slept so well that night.....it was calm there.....
The next morning we went out for a hike.....
I would have liked to have explored this cave.....I wonder why it was fenced off.....
I got to thinking about the past residents of this area.....the petroglyphs.....the mountains. And I thought that they must have climbed the peak above the petroglyphs often so I thought that we should see what they saw.....
It was real pretty up there.....you can see our campsite below.....
It seemed as though we could see forever from up there.....360 degrees.....
And I thought as the sun was rising.....we need to go climb a mountain.....
Foy.....hmmmmm.....
Ace.....maybe there is no meaning.....maybe it's art for the sake of art.....
The sun began to set.....and we were still out there.....just trying to see what we could see.....
And even after the sun set.....we were still out there.....just trying to see what we could see.....sometimes I hate nightfall.....I'm just not ready to call it a day. We slept so well that night.....it was calm there.....
The next morning we went out for a hike.....
I would have liked to have explored this cave.....I wonder why it was fenced off.....
I got to thinking about the past residents of this area.....the petroglyphs.....the mountains. And I thought that they must have climbed the peak above the petroglyphs often so I thought that we should see what they saw.....
It was real pretty up there.....you can see our campsite below.....
It seemed as though we could see forever from up there.....360 degrees.....
And I thought as the sun was rising.....we need to go climb a mountain.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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We now drove northwest on Highway 21.....passed through Milford, Utah.....and continued on Highway 21 until we came to the turn off for Frisco Peak (9,660').....
Now I had said that I felt like climbing a peak.....but again this was one of the instances where I use the word climbing loosely.....as there's a road that leads to the summit of this peak.....
The road was flat and well graded initially.....it made it easy to take both the truck / camper & the Jeep.....
Eventually the road became a bit more challenging.....so we dropped the truck / camper.....
Then the road dropped down into steeper ravines along the north side of the mountain and here we found the first snow.....some spots were pretty deep. At a nice flat, sunny spot we dropped the Jeep.....and now we were in our happy place.....
Maybe 500 horizontal feet from our parking spot the road got steep.....
Lots of switchbacks from here to the summit.....but it was still steep.....
And soon enough more and more of the road was covered in snow.....
And then we hit the snowline and everything was covered in snow.....
Now I had said that I felt like climbing a peak.....but again this was one of the instances where I use the word climbing loosely.....as there's a road that leads to the summit of this peak.....
The road was flat and well graded initially.....it made it easy to take both the truck / camper & the Jeep.....
Eventually the road became a bit more challenging.....so we dropped the truck / camper.....
Then the road dropped down into steeper ravines along the north side of the mountain and here we found the first snow.....some spots were pretty deep. At a nice flat, sunny spot we dropped the Jeep.....and now we were in our happy place.....
Maybe 500 horizontal feet from our parking spot the road got steep.....
Lots of switchbacks from here to the summit.....but it was still steep.....
And soon enough more and more of the road was covered in snow.....
And then we hit the snowline and everything was covered in snow.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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We were just having a great day on that mountain.....not another soul for miles and miles.....
Unfortunately this summit was developed.....
There was man made stuff just about everywhere that man could put stuff on that summit.....
Apparently there's a good spot up there for jumping off the mountain if one feels the need.....
Just to the north of the summit is Sevier Lake.....I recall camping there a few years back when we were on our way to climbing Wheeler Peak (13,167').....the highest peak in New Mexico.....
We took the standard summit shot.....
.....and took in the views.....
.....and later that day we drove north.....
Unfortunately this summit was developed.....
There was man made stuff just about everywhere that man could put stuff on that summit.....
Apparently there's a good spot up there for jumping off the mountain if one feels the need.....
Just to the north of the summit is Sevier Lake.....I recall camping there a few years back when we were on our way to climbing Wheeler Peak (13,167').....the highest peak in New Mexico.....
We took the standard summit shot.....
.....and took in the views.....
.....and later that day we drove north.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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Well.....I'm now (and recently have been) posting approximately 6 weeks back which means I'm dealing with many small memory lapses. So this morning I realized that we actually had hiked to one other mountain summit prior to my last journal entry. Just to keep "My Journey" as accurate as possible, here is our day hiking to the summit of Dry Willow Peak (7,593')....
We were still south of Milton, Utah at this point in our travels.....we were driving north and to the west the landscape was filled with smaller peaks.....and finally the pull to hike one of those peaks became too great so we pulled to the side of the highway and off we went.....
Initially our hike was along a four wheel drive road in wide open spaces.....soon enough the road deteriorated and as we hiked higher we entered areas with dense evergreens and spots still covered in snow.....
Sadly the road ended at a secluded spot where the locals brought their household goods that were no longer needed.....the trees disappeared with the road and now we just bushwacked our way upwards.....
There was one false summit along our way.....we skirted it and looking back I wish we hadn't as it seemed to be much more interesting (rock outcroppings) than the actual summit.....
The summit provided us with great views.....I found the remains of some old fencing up there.....I can't even imagine what that could have been used for.....
This next picture may or may not be a summit shot of a dog on top of this mountain.....but it is a picture of Tanner on top of a mountain.....
I had estimated that this would be a 7 mile roundtrip hike that day.....the route we took was nearly 12 miles with over 3,000' of elevation gain.....Trapper (shown here literally seconds after our return) was dead meat by the time we made it back to the rig.....
We were still south of Milton, Utah at this point in our travels.....we were driving north and to the west the landscape was filled with smaller peaks.....and finally the pull to hike one of those peaks became too great so we pulled to the side of the highway and off we went.....
Initially our hike was along a four wheel drive road in wide open spaces.....soon enough the road deteriorated and as we hiked higher we entered areas with dense evergreens and spots still covered in snow.....
Sadly the road ended at a secluded spot where the locals brought their household goods that were no longer needed.....the trees disappeared with the road and now we just bushwacked our way upwards.....
There was one false summit along our way.....we skirted it and looking back I wish we hadn't as it seemed to be much more interesting (rock outcroppings) than the actual summit.....
The summit provided us with great views.....I found the remains of some old fencing up there.....I can't even imagine what that could have been used for.....
This next picture may or may not be a summit shot of a dog on top of this mountain.....but it is a picture of Tanner on top of a mountain.....
I had estimated that this would be a 7 mile roundtrip hike that day.....the route we took was nearly 12 miles with over 3,000' of elevation gain.....Trapper (shown here literally seconds after our return) was dead meat by the time we made it back to the rig.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
We continued north with no planned destination in mind.....at a large pull out along the highway we took a brief break and that brief break was the beginning of our next adventure.....
This roadside plaque was super interesting.....to think that there was once a sprawling town here and now I saw nothing.....
As we stood there an Earthroamer slowly passed us by and they departed the highway obviously headed somewhere to the east.....the roadside sign caught my attention.....
And so it was that we too departed the highway and followed the tracks of the Earthroamer.....
My thoughts at this point were that we were going to visit a lake.....
That did not happen.....
I still had internet connection so a quick stop and search of Pahvant Butte told me that there was more here than just a simple lake.....
This seemed to be a good place to explore.....
My eyes scanned that massive butte that was before my eyes.....
This was a simply amazing place to have stumbled upon.....
This roadside plaque was super interesting.....to think that there was once a sprawling town here and now I saw nothing.....
As we stood there an Earthroamer slowly passed us by and they departed the highway obviously headed somewhere to the east.....the roadside sign caught my attention.....
And so it was that we too departed the highway and followed the tracks of the Earthroamer.....
My thoughts at this point were that we were going to visit a lake.....
That did not happen.....
I still had internet connection so a quick stop and search of Pahvant Butte told me that there was more here than just a simple lake.....
This seemed to be a good place to explore.....
My eyes scanned that massive butte that was before my eyes.....
This was a simply amazing place to have stumbled upon.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
We set up camp on the edge of the sandy road maybe a thousand feet from the base of Pahvant Butte.....
It didn't take us long to leave the rig behind and go explore on foot.....it turned out that the Earthroamer that I wrote of earlier was camped along the rocky cliffs known as Lace Curtain.....we hung out with these people that evening.....and once again in the morning. It's a rare event when I meet people like these.....we exchanged numbers.....something that I think we both admitted that we rarely do. They reside in a mountain town as I kind of (might / maybe) do too.....we have open invitations to visit one another someday.....
When I wasn't chatting with these folks, we were out exploring.....Lace Curtain was absolutely incredible.....
The dogs and I spent the evening climbing up each and every one of the ravines to check out the countless formations.....they were nearly endless.....
The sun was setting yet we were still out there exploring.....
It didn't take us long to leave the rig behind and go explore on foot.....it turned out that the Earthroamer that I wrote of earlier was camped along the rocky cliffs known as Lace Curtain.....we hung out with these people that evening.....and once again in the morning. It's a rare event when I meet people like these.....we exchanged numbers.....something that I think we both admitted that we rarely do. They reside in a mountain town as I kind of (might / maybe) do too.....we have open invitations to visit one another someday.....
When I wasn't chatting with these folks, we were out exploring.....Lace Curtain was absolutely incredible.....
The dogs and I spent the evening climbing up each and every one of the ravines to check out the countless formations.....they were nearly endless.....
The sun was setting yet we were still out there exploring.....
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Sticky9.....same here.....I guess it's like everything in life.....we all have our interests. I'm always amazed and surprised when I see people walk up, snap a few pictures, and quickly move on. That's just not me.....nor you.....
Now the entire time that I'm exploring here, I'm thinking that I need to get to the top of Pahvant Butte.....
So before darkness fell onto us, we broadened our horizons a bit more and I began to scan the butte looking for possible routes to the summit.....
As darkness fell upon us.....I had finally made my planned route in my head to get up to the top.....but that attempt wouldn't happen that day.....that would be after a good nights' rest.....
The following morning we began our ascent of Pahvant Butte (5,741').....
I found a route that others had used posted on the internet but that route was long as it climbed the butte with multiple switchbacks along the rocky cliff bands.....I decided that the straight up option staying away from the rocky cliff bands was more to my liking.....
Now the entire time that I'm exploring here, I'm thinking that I need to get to the top of Pahvant Butte.....
So before darkness fell onto us, we broadened our horizons a bit more and I began to scan the butte looking for possible routes to the summit.....
As darkness fell upon us.....I had finally made my planned route in my head to get up to the top.....but that attempt wouldn't happen that day.....that would be after a good nights' rest.....
The following morning we began our ascent of Pahvant Butte (5,741').....
I found a route that others had used posted on the internet but that route was long as it climbed the butte with multiple switchbacks along the rocky cliff bands.....I decided that the straight up option staying away from the rocky cliff bands was more to my liking.....
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