Shay Canyon Petroglyphs
Saturday, February 5, 2011
After taking some photos at Newspaper Rock, I headed over to Shay Canyon. This was my first visit to this canyon, and I knew there should be a lot of petroglyphs here. I was not disappointed! I spent a while here walking along the canyon wall searching for and photographing the many petroglyphs found here.
Most of the time I was in Shay Canyon the skies were overcast, but right before I was ready to hike back to the Jeep the clouds cleared a little and the sunlight reflected off the canyon walls. I snapped these two photos when that happened.
Shay Canyon Petroglyph Panels
One of the larger petroglyph panels.
Shay Canyon Panel
This panel was located high above next to a crack in the canyon wall.
Shay Canyon Crack Panel
This is the another of the so-called ‘mastodon’ petroglyphs in the area (another being the Moab Mastodon). To me it looks just like another bear…
Indian Creek Mastodon
Shay Canyon Mastodon
The lower petroglyph in the following photo kind of looks like a smiling face to me…
Smiling Face
The hunter with the bow and arrow appears to be shooting at a four-legged animal and three round targets in this scene.
Target Practice
There are many petroglyphs of flute players here; this panel has the most in one place. It even appears a bighorn is dancing to the music.
It’s a Party!
Flute Players
Shay Canyon Corner Panel
This guy was all by himself…
Lone Man
Shay Canyon Panel 2
Shay Canyon Panel 3
I called this one the Teardrop Panel because the shape of the canyon wall here resembles a tear drop.
Teardrop Panel
Shay Canyon Panels 4
Stay tuned for the rest of my day-trip… There’s even more rock art to come!