Procession Panel

[MonikaC]

This is my favorite petroglyph panel on Comb Ridge, just outside of Bluff, UT. There are 179 figures (I think). Spending time contemplating it is fun, as some are above the main line, some have 6 fingers instead of 5, etc. Unfortunately, the clouds coming in from the west, even though both forecasts I looked at promised dry weather, made me uneasy as I really hate driving on wet clay roads. You used to have to have pretty good directions to find it, but now there are well defined trails and even a few BLM signs with arrows. On one trip there, I was cocky enough to not pay attention and ended up on the ridge to the south, but from there it was easy to pick out the ancient fields below it (they aren't apparent looking south from the panel). And, it being Comb Ridge, there was rock art up there, too. It's a fun little hike, one of many to rock art sites along Comb Ridge/Butler Wash.

 

[BlackRockArt]

This is my favorite petroglyph panel on Comb Ridge, just outside of Bluff, UT. There are 179 figures (I think). Spending time contemplating it is fun, as some are above the main line, some have 6 fingers instead of 5, etc. Unfortunately, the clouds coming in from the west, even though both forecasts I looked at promised dry weather, made me uneasy as I really hate driving on wet clay roads. You used to have to have pretty good directions to find it, but now there are well defined trails and even a few BLM signs with arrows. On one trip there, I was cocky enough to not pay attention and ended up on the ridge to the south, but from there it was easy to pick out the ancient fields below it (they aren't apparent looking south from the panel). And, it being Comb Ridge, there was rock art up there, too. It's a fun little hike, one of many to rock art sites along Comb Ridge/Butler Wash.

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Monika, this is a very fascinating petrography, I wonder if there is any study on this.

Oliver

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great work and diligence

 

[JimFox]

What a cool panel area Monika! Those panels are just so amazing.

And those road sure can be nasty when wet, so being cautious is good.

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful panel - one I wouldn't mind shooting myself someday. I like the light you had on the panel to highlight the figures and keeping the desert varnish intact for contrast.

Butler Wash and Comb Ridge are both Native American historical treasures for the Ancestral Pueblo occupation.

 

[MonikaC]

Monika, this is a very fascinating petrography, I wonder if there is any study on this.

Oliver

Oliver, here is one

 

[Jim Dockery]

Great shot and thanks for the directions story, on the list for another trip.

 

[MonikaC]

Beautiful panel - one I wouldn't mind shooting myself someday. I like the light you had on the panel to highlight the figures and keeping the desert varnish intact for contrast.

Butler Wash and Comb Ridge are both Native American historical treasures for the Ancestral Pueblo occupation.

It was completely cloudy as I walked up there, but the sun came out as I started to shoot. Of course, my first attempt was to be east-facing just as the sun came out. Then I tried from the west, finally going below to the south.

 

[MonikaC]

Great shot and thanks for the directions story, on the list for another trip.

So many places.......

 

[Jameel Hyder]

That is quite an interesting panel.