Geoffnotjeff
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- Nov 30, 2019
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Using GE to scour the mountains can be a great tool, and i wanted to share a fun trip i had last year with more pics.
Knowing that G. Petrasch had a camp in the high saddle on tortilla, coupled with the old amerindians stories in the kane/indian spring area as well as the countless other tales on the mountain (mostly the west side) led me to search the area in depth on GE for fun to see if anything popped out at me. Mostly looking for old ruins, structures, anything that jumped out as being potential man made.
North east of the saddle, there is a mouth of a ravine which would be a natural path for anyone moving in the area, and the suddenly a literal pointing arrow appeared on the ground, made of rock, and casting a shadow. You can see it almost centered, below. Peaked my curiousty for sure, and made me wonder if it was real, there and could be man made. If so, why?
Time to get some boots on the ground. A friend and i planned a direct attack from the FS road and we were off. Our path would take us directly up the gulley on the left of the image below.
Leaving the FS road and getting into it.
Once in the gulley or ravine its a step hike, i also have an irrational fear of only one creature and that would be any type of snake. Confront your fears!
Moving on up through the side and exploring a few caves on the way.
Once above this, you lose elevation coming down into a drainage and then hike for the saddle across easy terrain but prime arrowhead hunting ground! Pushing to the saddle below.
Once in the saddle, we turned into the mouth and started to look for the arrow pointing rock i had found on GE. Was it there? Could it be? A rock, in the middle of a large mountain, pointing down a canyons mouth?
It could be!
It could also be natural, however the rock behind it is odd as the patina doesnt match the surrounding rocks. My gut told me natural, but its one crazy place to have rocks making that shape.
Especially if it pointed to another similarly shaped one. Which pointed directly at a cluster of rocks further ahead. Could there be anything there? At the cluster of rocks looking back in the direction we had come from.
There could be! A nice little Niche that surprised me again as you dont often see rocks piled up like this *under* an overhang. If they were piled up it was done a long time ago for that lichen growth.
As the sun was setting we had to get moving and could only take a quick look inside.
Imagine our surprise when we didnt find anything like the following image below
Just an empty hole and a fun trip.
Time to head back down and wish, as always, there was more time to explore.
Getting low on the mountain as the sun dips behind tortilla, and as always the real treasure is the experiences you have and create by just getting out there.
One last image of tortilla peak from an alternate view above old cottonwood canyon, its a really interesting place all around and ive been back a couple of times and defintily found some other interesting areas to explore. Hope you enjoyed!
Knowing that G. Petrasch had a camp in the high saddle on tortilla, coupled with the old amerindians stories in the kane/indian spring area as well as the countless other tales on the mountain (mostly the west side) led me to search the area in depth on GE for fun to see if anything popped out at me. Mostly looking for old ruins, structures, anything that jumped out as being potential man made.
North east of the saddle, there is a mouth of a ravine which would be a natural path for anyone moving in the area, and the suddenly a literal pointing arrow appeared on the ground, made of rock, and casting a shadow. You can see it almost centered, below. Peaked my curiousty for sure, and made me wonder if it was real, there and could be man made. If so, why?
Time to get some boots on the ground. A friend and i planned a direct attack from the FS road and we were off. Our path would take us directly up the gulley on the left of the image below.
Once in the gulley or ravine its a step hike, i also have an irrational fear of only one creature and that would be any type of snake. Confront your fears!
Moving on up through the side and exploring a few caves on the way.
Once above this, you lose elevation coming down into a drainage and then hike for the saddle across easy terrain but prime arrowhead hunting ground! Pushing to the saddle below.
Once in the saddle, we turned into the mouth and started to look for the arrow pointing rock i had found on GE. Was it there? Could it be? A rock, in the middle of a large mountain, pointing down a canyons mouth?
It could be!
It could also be natural, however the rock behind it is odd as the patina doesnt match the surrounding rocks. My gut told me natural, but its one crazy place to have rocks making that shape.
Especially if it pointed to another similarly shaped one. Which pointed directly at a cluster of rocks further ahead. Could there be anything there? At the cluster of rocks looking back in the direction we had come from.
There could be! A nice little Niche that surprised me again as you dont often see rocks piled up like this *under* an overhang. If they were piled up it was done a long time ago for that lichen growth.
As the sun was setting we had to get moving and could only take a quick look inside.
Imagine our surprise when we didnt find anything like the following image below
Just an empty hole and a fun trip.
Time to head back down and wish, as always, there was more time to explore.
Getting low on the mountain as the sun dips behind tortilla, and as always the real treasure is the experiences you have and create by just getting out there.
One last image of tortilla peak from an alternate view above old cottonwood canyon, its a really interesting place all around and ive been back a couple of times and defintily found some other interesting areas to explore. Hope you enjoyed!
