One of the more visited and more extensive petroglyph sites in Gold Butte, this area is often referred to as the Luke Whitney Petroglyph Site The site, a sandstone outcropping in a sea of limestone and metamorphic rocks, is a maze of small canyons are areas that contain an immense amount of rock art This is the site of the famous Falling Man petroglyph, as well as many other fantastic panels It is a relatively small area and makes for an excellent short hike and family friendly outing Be sure to bring a camera and ...

The small ranching community of Ash Springs sits along US-93 in southern Nevada The area is very sparsely populated, and typical of rural Nevada Wide open space, distant mountains, and few people Though Ash Springs is likely best known for its natural hot springs, the Ash Springs rock art site, sitting just off US-93, is a stop all rock art lovers should make if in the area The site sits on a hill, overlooking the valley below The BLM has created a short trail meandering through the boulders to visit the many panel...

I have visited quite a few dinosaur track sites on the Colorado Plateau over the years This one, near the Hole-In-The-Rock Road, is extensive; there are hundreds of tracks preserved at the site The tracks are faint, however If you don't have some background in spotting tracks, you are likely to find them difficult to differentiate from simply weathered spots in the rock I found a few that seemed relatively distinct, but still much less obvious than other sites I have visited Overall, an interesting stop, but a litt...

Near Crystal Springs, Nevada sits Crystal Wash, the site of a fairly extensive rock art site The main area on the east side of Crystal Wash is thought to have been a winter habitation site for the Pahranagats, similar to the nearby Ash Springs Rock Art Site The west side has rock art as well, but does not appear to have been inhabited like the east side Crystal Wash is composed of large granite outcroppings and boulders Rock art is scattered throughout the outcroppin...

Home of the Perfect Kiva Ruin and Jailhouse Ruins, Bullet Canyon is one of the must visit side canyons of Grand Gulch This is an astounding area dotted with ruins and high canyon walls Bullet can be visited as a down and back day hike, but is long 14 miles round trip to the Grand Gulch junction and back, and is better done as a loop up Sheiks Canyon Just visiting Perfect Kiva and Jailhouse is about 10 miles round trip, while the loop returning via Sheiks is only a few...

Another one of the gems of Grand Gulch, Sheiks is often visited as a loop hike with Bullet Canyon The loop is long, however, and those wishing for a shorter day hike may consider just visiting Sheiks as an out and back hike that makes for a reasonable 8 or so mile day Those looking for an even shorter outing may just want to visit Yellow House Ruin Yellow House Ruin is more or less a roadside attraction and takes 30-60 minutes roundtrip Near the junction of Sheiks and...

I find the Great Salt Lake a fascinating place The scenery and uniqueness of the lake are interesting, but the history and stories of the people who have tried to live and make a life there I find even more fascinating Fremont Island is one of those places on the lake that is steeped in history I had wanted to visit for several years, but visiting requires quite an effort At about 18 miles round-trip from Antelope Island and across the sandbar just to REACH the island, this is an outing for experienced outdoors peo...

The Grand Gulch area, located within the Bears Ears region of Utah, holds one of the richest concentrations of ancestral sites in the American Southwest Towering canyon walls and alcoves have thousands of years of human history preserved in cliff dwellings, rock art, and pottery shards This is a place I had wanted to visit for years When I finally visited, I found it to be one of the most incredible places I've visited on the Colorado Plateau The hike described here is a brief introduction to Grand Gulch: hiking do...

The Torrey Creek Rock Art site near Dubois is part of a cultural landscape that has been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years The petroglyphs found here are believed to have been created by ancestors of the Shoshone people, possibly dating back as far as 1,000 to 2,000 years These images are not just random markings; they carry deep spiritual, ceremonial, and practical significance, often depicting animals, human figures, hunting scenes, and abstract or symbolic patterns This area of Wyoming was a seas...

Middle fork on 4/2 with a group of 3, including two fairly new beginners Pretty wet right now - plenty of unavoidable pools knee deep or less, a couple deeper to hips, at 5’7” but we were able to avoid most of the deepest waterAnchor set up for a downclimb before the first rap, about 20’ First official rap we used a 50’ double strand and it wasn’t enough to reach the bottom but was enough to get to a ledge with an easy downclimb Second official rap, the anchor is set way back from the drop and there’s a pool in bet...