Guess the spot: Utah Edition

[3d3vart]

 

[John Morrow]

San Juan River west of the Goosenecks with Cedar Mesa Rim (Muley or Cedar Point perhaps) upper right? Honaker Trail perhaps?

 

[3d3vart]

San Juan River west of the Goosenecks with Cedar Mesa Rim (Muley or Cedar Point perhaps) upper right? Honaker Trail perhaps?

I have to forfeit my place here. I thought I was on Guess the Spot US thread, not Guess the Spot Utah thread. My bad! This is the Colorado near Lees Ferry (that's Tenmile Rock visible in the photo). Sorry team. I'll give this one to @John Morrow for making a guess.

 

[John Morrow]

Wow, I was so smug and so wrong!!!! Very similar I will say in defense.
How about naming this arch and canyon I am at here:

 

[regehr]

water!

 

[John Morrow]

water!

I gotta start making these a bit harder!!!!! Doing a two night loop with Squirrel and Water and out to Canaan summit, I was surprisingly impressed with the beauty of this wilderness. I will return. Perhaps from the Eagle Crags side.

 

[regehr]

ok, this one may be a bit obscure, so I'll add a clue that this was taken on or very near a route in a Steve Allen book. not sure this narrows it down that much. if people don't get it in a day or two I'll post another photo or add another clue.

 

[Brendan S]

Climbing out of No Man’s Canyon?

 

[regehr]

Climbing out of No Man’s Canyon?

This dome zone is not in the Robbers Roost area

 

[regehr]

ok this one contains some better clues

looking the other direction from a spot not real far from where other photo was taken

 

[John Morrow]

On top of the reef between Cottonwood Canyon and the trail that ascends from the river near the airstrip, can't remember the name?

 

[regehr]

got it! and I think you mean the Horsethief Trail?

this super nice hike is great if you have a half-day to kill between SLC and points further southeast, it's covered in both the old and new Steve Allen books about the swell

 

[John Morrow]

got it! and I think you mean the Horsethief Trail?

this super nice hike is great if you have a half-day to kill between SLC and points further southeast, it's covered in both the old and new Steve Allen books about the swell

Did you come up the Horsethief Trail or from the bottom of the Reef (east side)?

 

[regehr]

Did you come up the Horsethief Trail or from the bottom of the Reef (east side)?

I've been up in this part of the reef a couple of times starting from 39.022001°, -110.396987°. It's impressively rugged up there -- both times we got a bit lost in the maze of domes and canyons.

I've wanted to head up the Horsethief Trail forever, but have not managed yet!

I keep wanting to try to put together a north-south oriented route up on the western edge of the reef, for example between Pinnacle Canyon and overlooking the Lower Black Box. Not sure if this can be made to work, the Google Earth view of these navajo dome zones hides so much.

 

[John Morrow]

OK, I see. The canyon to the Horsethief Trail gap looks to be one canyon south. The photo really begs exploration for sure.
Now, I need to put up a "toughy".
I am on a Kelsey exit route out of the canyon below. What canyon is it?



Higher up:

 

[John Morrow]

OK, 1st hint. This drainage is technical 1/4 mi upstream of my location. One can consider the pictograph panels down canyon of me as Cave Valley Style. Likely, if you got to my position you have got wet feet.

 

[John Morrow]

More hints?

 

[Jackson]

Looks a lot like the Zion area, but I'm so far out of my league on most of the Colorado Plateau posts in this thread now that, as always, I have absolutely no idea on a specific guess.

 

[zionsky]

Looks a lot like the Zion area, but I'm so far out of my league on most of the Colorado Plateau posts in this thread now that, as always, I have absolutely no idea on a specific guess.

I was thinking the same thing but the peaks in the background were not registering

 

[Jackson]

I was thinking the same thing but the peaks in the background were not registering

Yeah, they also kind of remind me of the area between Boulder and Escalante, but again, I've only been in a small portion of that area. And the red sandstone down lower throws me. Maybe something near Deer Creek?