Willow Gulch

[Rye Jones]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and thought I'd share a recent trip I took down to Willow Gulch. It was my first time doing this trail and I was pretty impressed. The trail was easy and the scenery was gorgeous.

View from the trailhead


DSC_6914 by Rancorrye, on Flickr

Mortar Board Rock


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Dropping into the wash


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A little slot canyon


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A little ways down the canyon we took a side canyon to find some petroglyphs


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Further down canyon we started seeing some water


DSC_6662 by Rancorrye, on Flickr

Arriving to Broken Bow Arch


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We set up camp in the alcove. This was our view each morning.


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The next morning we hiked the lower portion of the canyon.


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And a few more pictures of Broken Bow Arch that evening before packing up the next morning and headed out.


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A few of the critters along the way.


Hyla arenicolor by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Anaxyrus punctatus by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Hyla arenicolor by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Urosaurus ornatus wrighti by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus by Rancorrye, on Flickr


Sceloporus magister cephaloflavus by Rancorrye, on Flickr

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[slc_dan]

A great canyon, love the fauna pics!

I recently stumbled upon this great photo of a Mule Deer in one of the pools.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42960764?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com

 

[Nick]

Beautiful photos. Your toad photos really brought me back. I spent a night in that same alcove, listening to the mourning doves, canyon wrens and frogs croaking away. What a great place.

 

[Bob]

Nice pics, It's a cool area, looks like the chalk wore off the artwork. Last time I was thru there someone had chalked them all to 'see' them better..... *holes.