13 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
Crazy route finding adventure in the sandstone. Had a blast navigating slabs and dryfalls, gazing in wonder at all the sculptural features around us. We failed on our first attempt, but spotted a viable option on the way out. Not enough daylight left to try it. We also hiked up the nearby petroglyph trail- tons of images! We wondered why there, and we didnt see anything on our 7 hours of hiking through the maze across the street, and we were scrutinizing all of the varnished faces.
Did some research and decided to try again before our flight home to PDX. We made fast time to the hidden slot canyon that gave a more direct approach to the 3rd class ramps leading up to the summit. It was very satisfying to come back and get all the way up there. Views were magnificent.
Apparently an event company has permits, and it is popular to fly to the summit and get married, there are picnic benches up there for such events. We didnt see anybody today but a nice bighorn ram who was not very concerned about us.
