Flag Point
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 4
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Since there weren’t really any good places nearby to photograph sunrise, we slept in a little later on Tuesday morning. After a little breakfast we packed up camp and took the rough Jeep road to it’s end where we would start our hike. Our destination for today would be to the top of Flag Point in the Vermilion Cliffs of the Grand Staircase. Jared and I had wanted to try this hike last year, but were unable to squeeze it in. From what I understand, most people that have made this trek hike up from the base of the cliff and are able to find a way up, however we thought that we would try to hike from the backside. It was probably a longer hike, but it involved less steep climbing.
The view towards Kanab from the top of Flag Point.
Flag Point View by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
After visiting the point we started hiking along the rim in search of a dinosaur track site.
Rim Hiking by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Jared taking a photo looking back at Flag Point.
Leaving Flag Point by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr