Loy Butte Dec 12
A butte rising beside Loy Canyon partway up it
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LOY BUTTE
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Our starting point is near Honanki Ruin
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We follow the public trail into Loy Canyon
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This inholding is still a working ranch
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We stafrt to climb the Butte, on the Lincoln Canyon side
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Yellow-green rick lichen
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This is one of several narrow chutes
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Our lead waits for the last of the party to make the chute
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A ruins site
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Resumking the climb up the Butte
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The dinosaur tracks
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Our best view of Loy Canyon
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Now we traverse around on the Lincoln Canyon side of the Butte
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A wilderness research facility in Lincoln
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Here we can see our own parked cars
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This marks our lunch spot
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Looking down into the Loy Canyon side of the point
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Starting back into the Canyon
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Cross-bedding in an ancient sand dune
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Thicker clouds start to roll in
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Back in the canyon, we take a side trip to a cliff of rock art
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These may have been tally marks, taking a count
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Snakes, and a few modern graffiti
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Snakes are a prominent motif at this site
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The propping of these stones looks artificial...
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...and may be placed to shine sun daggers onto this calendar
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Back along the public trail
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