Passing the weather Station (view N) |
Weather Station (view N) |
Past weather station, hiker approaches trail junction (view NW) |
Trail junction (view NW) |
Moenkopi Trail turns to run northeast (view NE) |
Designated Route sign (view NE) |
The trail heads out along-side the visitor center (view N) |
Moenkopi and Grand Circle trails diverge on the hillside (view NE |
Trail eventually wraps around behind the visitor center (view E) |
Approaching trail junction; turn left (view E) |
Trail junction; turn left (view E) |
Trail junction sign (view E) |
The trail heads north (view N) |
Slight incline (view N) |
Approaching an information sign about Prehistoric Sand Dunes |
Information sign along the trail |
The landscape levels out (view N) |
Heading towards the Calico Hills (view N) |
Trail runs parallel to Moenkopi Ridge (view W) |
The trail became a fireline in 2005 (view N) |
The fireline didn't stop the fire here (view N) |
Unused sign post along the trail (view N) |
Still heading north (view N) |
Approaching a trail junction; stay left (view NW) |
Trail junction sign; Moenkopi Trail stays left (view N) |
Still angling up across the side of Moenkopi Ridge (view SW) |
Approaching the back of a sign (view SW) |
Looking back to read the sign (half is missing; view N) |
Original Loop Fire sign: 859 acres burned (view N) |
The trail follows a limestone outcrop (view S) |
Approaching an information sign (view S) |
Sign: Moenkopi Limestone -- an ancient seabed |
Some of the white flecks are fossils |
Snail shell and other fossils in the limestone |
Coral fossil eroding out of the limestone |
The Moenkopi Limestone outcrop continues along the ridge (view S) |
Trail climbs onto the crest of the ridge (view SW) |
Approaching the highest point of Moenkopi Ridge (view S) |
The top of Moenkopi Ridge (view S) |
Bench and information sign on the top (view N) |
information sign: fault lines |
The sign is getting hard to read |
Grand view: Visitor Center in the middle distance (view SE) |
Grand view: La Madre Ridge in the distance (view N) |
Grand view: Calico Hills in the middle distance (view NE) |
Grand view: White Rock Hills and La Madre Mountains (view NW) |
Grand view: Wilson [Red Rock] Cliffs (view W) |
Grand view: Wilson [Red Rock] Cliffs (view W) |
Hiker on bench enjoying the view (view SW) |
Hiker departing the summit (view S) |
The trail runs down the ridgeline (view SW) |
Continuing down the ridgeline (view SW) |
Trail runs on a band of Moenkopi Limestone (view W) |
The trail starts angling off the crest of the ridge (view SW) |
Interesting band of Moenkopi Limestone just below soil surface |
Continuing down across the hillside (view NW) |
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Passing a trail sign and a closed trail (view W) |
The trail continues down across the hillside (view NW) |
Hiker arriving at the bottom of the hill (view W) |
Trail follows the base of the hill (view SW) |
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Back down on the desert flats (view S) |
Approaching junction with Grand Circle Trail; stay left (view S) |
Junction with Grand Circle Trail (view S) |
This old-road trail heads back towards the Visitor Center (view E) |
Passing the trail junction near the weather station (view E) |
Final trail junction: stay left to Visitor Center (view E) |
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
Moenkopi Trail approaching the trailhead (view NE) |
Moenkopi Trail at the trailhead signs (view NE) |
More to come ... |