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| John Ward in Long Slot |
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| Liz through the Rock |
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| Hikers climbing up to do the Drop Scramble |
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| Eagle Rock |
On Saturday, the Around the Bend Friends club members drove out Northshore Road all the way to mile marker 26. It was a beautiful day and my turn to lead a hike among the redstone. Since I had not been out in the redstone for about 2 or 3 years, I wanted to concentrate on leading and not taking photos. Therefore, John Ward sent me his photos from the day. Thanks John! We headed out toward the rocks passing by a collection of petrified wood. Next, we dropped into the wash and continued up to more redstone. This time, we came to a great view of Eagle Rock and Scottie Dog Rock. Following a fairly clear game trail, we began hiking over the desert and through the rock to the ridge that holds the Land Bridge Trail. We crossed over the ridge and dropped into the other side to find the long slot we could hike through. The slot is so narrow near the end that most everyone needed to take their pack off to get through! At the bottom of the slot, a left turn presented our first petroglyph panels. Here, we sat for our break while making up stories as to what the ancient writings were trying to say.
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| Scottie Dog Rock |
After the break, we climbed up to the plateau above us and found the drop scramble down to the canyon below. My past research told me that this was the best way to get down from this plateau. There, we hiked past a large arch and turned around the corner to the right. This section has a lot of exposure. It bothers me but it didn't seem to bother anyone else! Over there, we found another petroglyph panel in an indentation of the rock wall. From there, we climbed up a very steep incline to return to the Land Bridge Trail. Turning up to the right, we eventually found a trail that dropped down to the left into a wash. We followed the wash observing a couple more panels of ancient writing until the wash dropped down into a very deep section. Here, we climbed up to the desert pavement and began our hike downhill and back to the cars. Everyone was pleased with the fun and interesting day. Lots of new stuff to contemplate! This is a great place to come and just wander around!
Stats: 3.6 miles; 700' gain; 3.75 hours
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| A Few of the Petroglyph Panels at Redstone |
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| The Arch and Pinto Valley Beyond |
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| Hikers stop to look at another Petroglyph Panel |
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