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Angel Trail & San Rafael Desert
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View west from sandstone caprock in the San Rafael Desert, Utah. The profile of Factory Butte is on the horizon.
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View generally south form caprock in the San Rafael Desert near Hanksville, Utah. Henry Mountains on the horizon. |
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View looking east along the edge of sanstone caprock formation near Hanksville, Utah in the San Rafael Desert. | |||
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View looking west along the edge of sanstone caprock formation near Hanksville, Utah. San Rafael Swell on the horizon. |
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View west to Henry Mountains from the head of a drainage along the access road to the east Angel Trail.
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Looking generally west into the sandstone rock formations along the Dirty Devil River. |
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Looking generally north into the sandstone rock formations along the South Fork of Robbers Roost Canyon.
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Looking generally north from near Angel Point at a massive sandstone dome on the edge of the canyon.
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Looking generally west into the drainage below from near Angel Point. |
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Looking generally southwest along the edge of the drainage below from near Angel Point. |
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Looking northwest from near Angel Point into the canyon below. |
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Looking southwest from the Angel Trail. The trail drops off the canyon rim in a steep gravel drainage, crosses a flat area and decends into a series of massive sandstone bowls. |
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View northwest from the Angel Trail toward Angel Cove. |
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View southwest on the Angel Trail from a passage between two large sandstone formations. | |||
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View from along the Angel Trail of the typical sold sandstone formations. Cairns mark the very loose trial.
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Another view farther down the Angel Trail as it approaches Angel Cove.
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View north from along the trail. The trail basically descends form the canyon rim to the Dirty Devil River, crosses the river at a low point and ascends the opposite side to the Burr Desert. This route was used by Butch Cassidy and gang to access the maze of canyons in the area.
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This is a view from the top of one of the sandstone formations looking toward the Henry Mountains. |
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This is a very hardy plant found in this area growing out of cracks in the rock. | |||
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Close-up of previous image showing the very hexagonal structure of the stems of this plant. |
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Another view from the top of one of the sandstone formations along the trail.
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Typical view along the Angel Trail as you weave around, in between and descend these rock formations. This is not an easy area to access. It is 45 miles on mostly unmarked dirt/rock/sand roads. The access route is not suitable for most automobiles but a 2WD high clearance vehicle should be capable of the trip. |
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