Narrow Canyon Loop Apr 11

P4198956   NARROW CANYON LOOP P4198957   Starting from the end of FR152, which P4198958 P4198959
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P4198973 P4198974 P4198976 P4198978   We leave the Dry CReek Trail and head up out of the wash
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P4198990   This huge pouroff makes a good place for a break P4198992   Water pours off through this deep slot P4198993   ...down into this canyon P4198994
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P4199003 P4199004   Continuing across the rimrock P4199005 P4199006
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P4199037 P4199038 P4199040   We work our way around the ledges, crossing several coves and points P4199041
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P4199047   A single barrel cactus has come loose and rolled into this position P4199048 P4199049 P4199050
P4199052   Good views from this area of open rock P4199053 P4199054 P4199055
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P4199071 P4199072 P4199074   Urgent help to remove cactus spines P4199075
P4199077 P4199079   We push through a manzanita jungle P4199080   Then, a steep scramble downhill P4199081
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P4199087 P4199088   ...to an overhang P4199091   Many Hands Cave is a place of mystery P4199092
P4199093   Animal and hash mark petroglyphs P4199094 P4199096   BUt no one knows what the hand glyphs mean P4199097
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P4199104 P4199105 P4199106 P4199107   From the overhang, a wash leads us back to the public trail
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P4199112   Back on the Vultee Arch Trail, and return P4199114 P4199115