Route passes directional arrow and drops steeply into the wash |
Directional arrow (view NE) |
The route drops steeply into Crystal Wash (view NE) |
The route turns up Crystal Wash (view NE) |
Crystal Wash opens up a bit (view N) |
Route runs up Crystal Wash (view N) |
Route runs up Crystal Wash (view N) |
The marker for Site 2 comes into view (view NE) |
Approaching First Boulder and Site 1 (view NE) |
First Boulder (before Site 1; view NE) |
Confusing directional arrow just before First Boulder (view NE) |
Confusing directional arrow just before First Boulder (view NE) |
Small petroglyph on north side of boulder before Site 1 (view W) |
Small petroglyph on backside of boulder before Site 1 (close up) |
Approaching Marker #1 (Nov 2020: sign is missing; view NE) |
Marker #1 (Nov 2020: sign is missing; view NE) |
Site 1: Boulder with horizontal line (view NE) |
Route continues from Site 1, across the wash, to Site 2 (view W) |
Approaching Marker 2 (view W) |
Marker #2 (view W) |
Site 2: petroglyphs in cleft at base of cliff (view NW) |
Departing Site 2 (view NE) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash towards Site 3 (view NE) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash towards Site 3 (view NE) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash towards Site 3 (view NE) |
Arriving at Marker #3 (Site 3 in background; view N) |
Approaching Marker #3 (view NW) |
Marker #3
(view N) |
Site 3 petroglyphs (view NW) |
Departing Site 3 and continuing up Crystal Wash (view E) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash (view E) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash (view E) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash (view E) |
Continuing up Crystal Wash (view E) |
Arriving at Site 4 (view E) |
Approaching Marker #4 (view NE) |
Site 4 marker (view N) |
Site 4: Southwest face (view NE) |
Hikers can continue up the harder left fork to Crystal Wash Main Site |
Hikers can continue up the easy right fork to Crystal Wash Main Site |
Departing Site 4 heading down Crystal Wash (view SW) |
Continuing down Crystal Wash (view W) |
Continuing down Crystal Wash (view W) |
Continuing down Crystal Wash (view W) |
Continuing down Crystal Wash (view W) |
Continuing down Crystal Wash (view SW) |
Returning towards Site 1 (view SW) |
Returning towards First Boulder (view SW) |
Route continues left of First Boulder (view S) |
Passing First Boulder again (view SW) |
Faint use-trail passes right of a boulder (view SE) |
Faint use-trail passes right of another boulder with arrow (view ES) |
Directional arrow (view NE) |
Faint use-trail continues towards Site 5 and Site 6 (view SE) |
Approaching Site 5 (view SE) |
Arriving at Marker #5 (view SE) |
Marker #5: Boulder with cavity (view SE) |
Site 5: Boulder with cavity (view S) |
Continuing towards Site 6 (view SE) |
Marker #6 (view SE) |
Site 6. Petroglyphs on cliff (view S) |
Near Site 6, departing past Site 5 towards the trailhead (view W) |
Hikers need to find their own route through the bushes (view W) |
Route winds through the bushes (view SW) |
Route winds through the bushes (view SW) |
Route winds through the bushes (view SW) |
Route enters a side wash (view SW) |
Route runs down a side wash (view SW) |
Route runs down a side wash (view SW) |
Side wash joins Crystal Wash (view SW) |
Route runs down Crystal Wash (view SW) |
Hikers exiting Crystal Wash (view SW) |
From the wash, sign-in register box becomes visible (view SW) |
Use-trail climbs steeply out of Crystal Wash (view S) |
Use-trail passes arrow and returns towards sign-in box (view SW) |
Returning to the sign-in box (view SW) |
From sign-in box, old road leads towards trailhead (view SW) |
Returning past the borrow pit (view SE) |
Approaching the gate and the trailhead (view SE) |
Returning to the gate and the trailhead (view SE) |