Snake Gulch
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 7
Friday, October 7, 2011
After a cold night of camping near the trailhead for Snake Gulch we woke up shortly after the sun began to rise. We had some breakfast and then set off into the canyon. Our hike turned out to be a long one at about 14.5 miles round trip, but it was mostly level without much elevation gain so it was pretty easy. Despite the cold night, the sun warmed things up nicely during the day for some very pleasant hiking weather. We ended up spending all day in the canyon between hiking, searching for rock art and taking a lot of photos! It was amazing just how many pictographs were in this canyon, and I’m sure we could have found many more if we had more time. Most of the pictographs in this canyon are attributed to the Basketmaker people from about 300 BC to 800 AD.
If you don’t like to look at a lot of photos of rock art, it’s probably best that you stop reading now 😉
Seeing our campsite in the light for the first time since we setup in the dark the night before. Yes, that is hail covering the picnic table and on the ground…it was a cold night!
Trailhead Camp by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Shortly into Snake Gulch we entered the Kanab Creek Wilderness.
Kanab Creek Wilderness by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Typical scenery in Snake Gulch. A very nice canyon to hike through.
Snake Gulch by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr