Fay Canyon Jan 15
A hike to the very end of Fay Canyon, with a side visit to the July 2014 plane crash site..
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FAY CANYON
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The original Westerners metal sign
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An arch up on the wall of the canyon
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The Goblet
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The end of the public trail. At this pont we have three trail options. We took two today.
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Passing Ship's Prow, site of the 2003 rockfall
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We head straight back into the canyon
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Clouds are moving in...
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Looking back into the bottom of the canyon
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The traul degenerates into a wash and rimrock scramble
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The end of the canyon is now in sight
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A hedgehog cactus
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The first ruin, and time for a break
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There's a lot of desert varnish (the vertical stripes) on these walls.
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We're not sure about the authenticity of these artifacts
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The second ruin, to one side of the canyon
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Spanish bayonets
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Now we climb the Prow, which has developed precarious cracks since the 2003 rockfall.
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Great views to the Courthouse and Bell Rock
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Here they are, close up
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We press on
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We find an intersting ledge for lunch
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With a view
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After lunch, we press on into the mormally impenerable plane crash site
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But now, we find a 25-acre burned-out area from the plane crash
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This was a magnificent hedgehog before the fire
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The end of the canyon is a 2000-foot wall that prevented the pilot from gaining enough altitude
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The crash itself probably occured in the middle of the canyon, off the right
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Back at the Prow...
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And down onto the public trail
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A new view of the Goblet
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