Comb Ridge, Bluff hikes

Bluff, UT is off in the distance, where the sun is shining. We are hiking the rough trail to the Sand Hill petroglyphs. The purpose of this long trip was fellowship, and finding Puebloan ruins and rock art from 500 years old to 1,000 years old. We found quite a bit of interesting places on this trip. To get to this point, we hiked up a ridge to the edge of the cliffs. This is where we began to see the rock art.

As you can see, Sand Hill is sandy. We were in the shade much of the morning, but the hike down was hot and in the sun. We probably hiked a couple of miles in total but it was a little rough and rocky, and then sandy in places.

We hiked to four or five different places. The one pictured below is call procession panel. It depicts migrating natives, the animals they killed and ate, as well as their way of life. This hike took us up the slick rock on Comb Ridge for about a mile and a half. We were not disappointed, it was the best yet. The fun part was to try to figure out what they were trying to say and illustrate in their art.

At the top of Comb Ridge, we looked over the other side. Dan enjoyed getting a real birds eye view of the valley below. During our trip we visited Monument Valley and the Moki Dugway as well.