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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: Land of the Dinosaur |
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We discovered a couple of other fun looking canyoneering possiblies this past weekend..... one canyon will be somewhere between fairly good to really great with a punishing approach hike. We did parts of the canyon but ran out of time and rope to do the entire descent. I plan to put it on my to-do list and finish it up one of these days.
For now I'm calling the area ....The Land of the Dinosaur.....
here are a couple of pictures for anyone who wants to take a guess at where Land of the Dinosaur is located. |
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Scott P
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: My guess |
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| West side of the Dirty Devil, not too far south of Hanksville? |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: My guess |
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Scott Patterson wrote: West side of the Dirty Devil, not too far south of Hanksville?
NOPE
It really surprised me when we walked into this area because I was not expecting to find this..... |
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Scott P
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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San Rafael Swell, east side, southern end.
That last picture-those two mesas way out on the horizon upper right look familiar for some reason, but I can't put a finger on it. Was at first thinking they were the "Flat Tops", but thy must not be. Swell has some mesas like that too. |
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stefan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Land of the Dinosaur |
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Iceaxe wrote:
here are a couple of pictures for anyone who wants to take a guess at where Land of the Dinosaur is located.
northern swell....somewheres...away from the reef?
:ne_nau:
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Wherever that is, it looks pretty cool. |
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rockgremlin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks pretty "Swell"- esque to me. Either Northeast: Somewhere north of Mexican Mountain, or southest end: sandwiched between Factory Butte and Hanksville somewhere. |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Scott Patterson wrote: San Rafael Swell, east side, southern end.
BINGO
We have a winner..... Top of the reef, somewhere between I-70 and Temple Mountain.....
Lets see if anyone can narrow this down......
Hint: We were visiting a recently discovered arch that some consider to be the most spectalur arch in the Swell. |
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shaggy125
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Just a random guess because I don't know that these would be considered "recent" discoveries, but I'll throw out a guess. How about Mystery, Camelhead, or Exclamation Point Bridge? I've attempted Mystery and Camelhead and this doesn't look like the area, but I haven't tried for Exclamation Point.
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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shaggy125 wrote: Exclamation Point Bridge?
Give the man a cigar.....
Nice guess.... Exclamation Point is an amazing triple bridge. Its really hard to get to and takes some primo route finding. I'll try and post a route description when I get some time. |
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LJ
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Location: Springdale, Utah! (soon to be The Grand Canyon!)
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow! How cool is that triple bridge?! :eek2: |
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stefan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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very very cool! :2thumbs:
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tatwood
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| Wow, that place looks awesome. Any info on how to find it? |
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stefan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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tatwood wrote: Wow, that place looks awesome. Any info on how to find it?
Well, i don't want to step on shane's toes or nothin', since he wants to reveal a route, but it's location can be found on the nabs website....
http://tinyurl.com/7lx5m
of course knowing it's location and actually determining how to get there are two different things, but shane may soon show the way.
Shane, the nabs page also mentioned ropes were needed to decend below the bridge...how long a rope was necessary and what kinda anchor was used?
looking forward to checking out this bridge someday...
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Scott P
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Quote: Hint: We were visiting a recently discovered arch that some consider to be the most spectalur arch in the Swell.
Shane, is that the same arch as Hurst Arch? |
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