Our last day of riding was on the short and sweet Pipe Dream trail just South
of Moab. Really fun, fast trail that is really well built with great use of
flat rocks!
We then left Moab and headed to 9 Mile Canyon to go on a little hike with
Kevin Foote. After riding for 8 days in a row in the hot hot sun a nice hike
sounded good!
7.3km, 163m Climbing, 345m Descending South to North
Moab – Pipedream at EveryTrail
Video of Pipedream
9 Mile Canyon
Just South of Price along Hwy 6 off Wellington is 9 Mile Canyon. Its actually
40 miles long and a home to the Fremont from 700AD to 1200AD. Freemont culture
disappeared or was assimilated into the Ute, Paiute or Shishone culture following
this. The American Calvary built the current road in 1886 as the main thoroughfare
to Uintah Basin before the newer highways were built. It is now classified
as a Scenic Byway.
Natural Gas industry
is very active in the area necessitating upgrading the road.
You can freely drive down this road and look at the Petroglyphs and Pictographs
of the Freemonts, as well as more modern Native, American Calvary and contemporary
art.
We camped at 9 Mile Ranch at
mile 21.7 which has running water, showers and flush toilets.
It is the main amenity in the area. Its a nice campground and worth staying
at to visit the area. $10.00 a night.
Goodoverview brochure of the area.
From here we drove down and checked out the sites based on this Self Guided
tour. Might be an idea to write down the actual miles on this sheet to make
it easier to navigate.
BLM
Self Guided tour of Archaelogical sites.
Campground at 9 Mile Ranch
You just hike up to the Rock Art
Nobody really knows what the art means. But there are a lot of animals with
big penises and well as people. Dotted arrays seem common as do herds of animals,
snakes and other animals.
Our guess is this is what the ancients did before TV and Facebook and they
must have had some good drugs for inspiration as well!
We did a little hike…
They actually made small indentations in the rock to create the Petroglyphs
Back at camp we eat dinner!
Thanks Kevin! Great hike!