This is from my very first visit to this amazing place. I was in such awe I only managed to take a couple photos. I've since been back many, many times and have many, many wonderful photos (some of which I've already shared here and more to come, I'm sure.)
Hiked the wrong way to the "Procession Panel" pictographs and found some other cool rock art on the way. Now I'm gonna loop down this other canyon to the north because it looked too cool to ignore. From the top of Comb Ridge, looking east toward Butler Creek and the Abajo mountains in the distance.
A few miles down from Bears Ears Pass and I have a tiny sliver of cell coverage. I found a beautiful camp in the piñon-juniper forest overlooking a vast panorama toward Monument Valley. The air is perfectly still and quiet. Had a simple dinner and a beer. I don't know or care what I am going to do tomorrow but it will be something awesome.
After weeks of river rafting, canyoneering, hiking and rock art exploring, I have a ton of pictures, but not enough bandwidth post any of them.
Going to be writing a whole bunch of short blog posts on my site and linking them here.
Utah can't handle the truth: Presidents can (and must!) designate national monuments.
"On Monday, Utah filed its intent to appeal the ruling to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, the logical next step in the case. If the court doesn’t deliver a ruling Cox and other leaders want, then it could be further appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court."
What good is a national monument if we allow toxic #mining to spoil it?
That's what we want to know, as federal officials decide whether to allow new #drilling and ultimately #mining for #uranium on the edge of #BearsEars National Monument in #Utah.
The #WhiteMesa uranium mill, located just a mile outside of #BearsEars, has 700 million pounds of #ToxicWaste stored in ponds on-site -- an ecological sword of Damocles that's already hanging over the monument.
We demand better protection for #BearsEars and all of its treasures. Tell the Interior Department: Reject the new uranium drilling planned outside of Bears Ears.