Salt Creek and the Birdcage Panel

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February 28-March 1, 2020

This trip happened all because a friend of an acquaintance asked me to help him find a rock art panel in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. I always enjoy that sort of challenge, and so after sleuthing on the internet and gleaning the location of the pictographs, I decided to visit the panel myself. I'd never been to the Needles District and figured Salt Creek would be a good introduction to the area. I invited Chris and he met me at my house on Friday afternoon, and by that evening we'd found a camp spot just off UT-211 near Hart's Draw. We had a camp fire and ate dinner while listening to one of our favorite bands, the Fruit Bats, when I decided to use my phone to look at their concert schedule. They were playing in Salt Lake City in August so I bought tickets on the spot, but the concert eventually got canceled due to COVID. :( But, they'll be back in Utah this September! :) It was quite cold during the night and there were even a few spots of lingering snow on the ground, but we still slept on cots under the stars. We were awake early the next morning, made a quick stop at Newspaper Rock, and then entered the park and got to hikin' up Salt Creek.


Early morning at camp near Hart's Draw
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Two-track leading back to UT-211
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Newspaper Rock petroglyphs
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Newspaper Rock petroglyphs
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The hike started out with perfect conditions--hiking along a closed road in deep sand. Ugh. We strayed from the road a few times to inspect cliffs or ledges that looked interesting, but didn't find anything of interest. Other portions of the road were actually pleasant to walk on, with damp, almost frozen sand, and some pools of water that were easily avoidable.


Entering Salt Creek
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Sand slog down the closed road
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Trail through the crypto
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Examining an overhang
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Water with a thin layer of ice on the road
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After a few miles of walking we came across our first rock art. There were white Fremont pictographs superimposed on some older Barrier Canyon Style pictos in red. Nearby were some reverse handprints in white and several large but faint circles.


White shield figures
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Large BCS picto behind more recent white pictos
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Interesting red/reverse handprint pictograph
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Arch at Peekaboo Spring
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Stylized handprint pictographs
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High pictographs near Peekaboo Spring
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High pictographs near Peekaboo Spring
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We hiked some more, including a couple of explorations off the main canyon, and arrived at our goal, the Flying Carpet Panel. With some more exploring outside Salt Creek proper we found a couple of other panels that I wasn't expecting--just icing on the cake of an already good day.


Unusual (probably BCS) pictograph
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Exploring past Peekaboo Spring
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Sarlacc mouth
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Flying Carpet panel in harsh sunlight
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More pictographs near Flying Carpet
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Three small figures near Flying Carpet
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Stacked rocks in a large crack
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More pictographs
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White diamond pattern
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The return hike wasn't bad at first, at least not until Chris and I reached the dry sand slog. It wouldn't be a true wilderness experience if we didn't find a mylar balloon, which we did! We spotted some bicycle tracks in the sand that hadn't been there in the morning, and it looked like (presumably) he had a difficult time riding in the sand. Back at the trailhead there was a Tundra with a bike rack on the back, and Colorado license plates. I'm not sure bikes are legal on that road but, oh well, good for him I guess. It looked like he went up Horse Canyon, so he probably saw some pretty cool stuff there.


I don't know what this plant is, but I thought it looked cool
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Happy birthday!
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Salt Creek and Horse Canyon junction sign
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Fatbike tracks on the road
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Sandy slog back to the trailhead
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The fatbike dude struggled a lot
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We clocked 10.7 miles for the day and still had enough energy to hike most of the Cave Spring loop. And even after leaving Canyonlands, we visited some rock art and ruins near Indian Creek that about took it all outta me, but was well worth the effort.


10.7 miles on the trip odometer
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Cave Spring cowboy camp
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Cave Spring reverse handprint pictographs
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Cave Spring pictograph
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Cave Spring handprint pictographs
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Ladder on the Cave Spring trail
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Petroglyph near Indian Creek
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Petroglyph near Indian Creek
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Pretty potsherd
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Badly weathered rock art
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Two-story ruin
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Ruins from below
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Potsherd with fingerprints
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We found a place to camp not far from where we'd slept the previous evening. On Sunday morning we visited the Birdcage Panel, which a friend had told me about. We also explored a couple of other alcoves in the area and found some signs of habitation but no more rock art.


At camp on Saturday evening
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Sunday morning at camp
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La Sal Mountains
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Large alcove with pictographs
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Birdcage panel
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Many turkey track petroglyphs
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Great BCS pictos
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Thin man
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Red and white pictograph
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Faded red and purple picto
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Exploring another nearby alcove
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Broken metate
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Grooves in the sandstone
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Large worked tool
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We still had plenty of time to get home so we took a detour to Hatch Point to see the view from the Needles Overlook. From there we could see some of the country we'd hiked a day earlier. We also stopped at Eightmile Rock which, despite being on BLM land, appears to have been inhabited by some livestock herders. I wasn't really expecting to see much there, but there were "houses" built into the sandstone, saddles and gear ready for a ride, and even a cat inside one of the residences. It slowly dawned on us (idiots) that we were encroaching on somebody's home (however legal it may be) and felt uncomfortable enough to get outta there.


There's a camera somewhere behind this sign
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The Henry Mountains almost 70 miles distant
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South and North Six-shooter Peaks viewed from the Needles Overlook
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Spire below the Needles Overlook
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View past Junction Butte to Cleopatra's Chair far in the distance
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Cave houses at Eightmile Rock
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Saddles and gear
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Cat in one of the cave houses
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With still yet more time before we needed to be home, we made one final stop near Crescent Junction to search for an 1837 inscription. I read about it in a book and had looked for it two other times, but we came up empty this time as well.


Mouth of Crescent Canyon
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Full Photo Gallery: Salt Creek and the Birdcage Panel
 
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Very nice, you saw lots of rock art that weekend! Cool. Did you see any feline tracks?
When the road is closed to 4WD vehicles (as it has been for a quiet a while), then the road is also closed to bikes. That’s what we were told, we asked. We also saw bike tire marks deep into Horse Canyon last fall. A guy asked at the visitor center, was told no and apparently did it anyway. The rangers do check the parking lot throughout the day.
 
Very nice, you saw lots of rock art that weekend! Cool. Did you see any feline tracks?
When the road is closed to 4WD vehicles (as it has been for a quiet a while), then the road is also closed to bikes. That’s what we were told, we asked. We also saw bike tire marks deep into Horse Canyon last fall. A guy asked at the visitor center, was told no and apparently did it anyway. The rangers do check the parking lot throughout the day.
No, didn't see any feline tracks. I only saw four other people in Salt Creek the entire day--one guy at Peekaboo Spring, then a family of three just doing a short hike from the parking area when we arrived back there in the afternoon.
 
I really like the sarlacc interpretation of that petroglyph. Lots of really cool stuff you saw!
 
I have a pretty good idea of owns the Tundra. It’s possibly who runs a particular website.
Love the TR and hope to get out there soon. I want to find that ruin!
 
I have a pretty good idea of owns the Tundra. It’s possibly who runs a particular website.
Love the TR and hope to get out there soon. I want to find that ruin!
Hah--I know who you're talking about, but this Tundra wasn't blue. :) I would probably leave a not-so-nice note if I saw that blue truck at a trailhead.
 
Hah--I know who you're talking about, but this Tundra wasn't blue. :) I would probably leave a not-so-nice note if I saw that blue truck at a trailhead.
Hmmmmmm..... I guess I don’t know then.
In fairness I have used their website for trailhead finding but after that if I use their reports it’s only the pictures and not the other stuff that’s posted.
 
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