IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

D1 & D5 Loop
Sunday, December 4, 2011

After spending Saturday in Moab, I decided to stick close to home on Sunday and go for a hike in the Devils Canyon area near Fruita. I’ve hiked here a couple of times before, but still haven’t checked out all the trails in the area.

Many of the main hiking trails in the area are old roads.

Old Road by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

An interesting sandstone formation.

Sandstone by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

Unusual erosion.

Strange Rock by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
 

Sunday, November 27, 2011

After spending the last two days exploring Utah, I decided to stay close to home on Sunday. I have wanted to revisit the petroglyph panels in Big Dominguez Canyon, so I headed over to Bridgeport in the morning and started hiking. I had a later start than usual and was surprised to find that no one else was parked at the trailhead when I arrived.

Shortly after leaving the trailhead and following the railroad tracks, I reached the bridge over the Gunnison River.

Bridgeport by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

I took a few photos of the shadows created by the bridge as I crossed.

Bridge by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

Bridge Shadows by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
 

I went on many awesome adventures in 2011 and posted many trip reports and photos from them here and over on ADVENTR.CO. Here are my top five favorite trip reports from the last year.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

After a great long Thanksgiving Weekend I headed back to Moab with my friend Jackson so that we could hike and search for some new rock art panels. I had high hopes of finding many new panels and was not disappointed!

Shortly after starting our hike we came across this excellent panel. There are a few very interesting figures found here.

Mill Creek Man Panel by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

I really wonder what that seven-legged figure in the middle could possibly be?

Anthropomorphs by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

This anthropomorph has very large hands and an even larger headdress.

Mill Creek Man by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
 

Tusher Canyon
Saturday, November 26, 2011

After spending most of the day in the San Rafael Swell there was still a little daylight left, so I headed over to Tusher Canyon in the Book Cliffs to locate a few more rock art sites. Since I was running out of light I had to rush through it, but I did manage to find every site that I was looking for. I didn’t have time to do some thorough exploring of the canyon, so I will have to return again when I have more time to see what else I can find.

First stop was at an unusual pictograph site. At first glance these look like that might be Barrier Canyon Style, but I’m not so sure about that? They are certainly different from anything I have seen before.

Tusher Pictographs by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

Here’s a closer look at the interesting pictographs.

Corner Spirits by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

The next site contained a number of small petroglyph panels. This one has three newer sheep carved over some older anthropomorphs and an elk figure.

Sheep Over Anthropomorphs by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr