TRIP REPORT PHOTOS
View of the entrance into Upper Marble Canyon from close to the junction with Dead Horse Canyon:
Walking through the early part of Upper Marble Canyon:
The canyon is narrow briefly at the start and then it opens up a bit:
After a while, the canyon narrows down into a gorge area:
These first white bands we came across provided a glimpse of what was to come:
Taking a closer look at the diagonal white bands at the beginning of the narrows:
The next two pictures show the first of many plants which were hanging on the walls of the canyon:
An early view into the 4th Narrows of Marble Canyon:
The canyon wall rose up in great height off to the right:
A close-up of one of the first very thick white bands on the canyon wall:
Moving up canyon with white bands on both sides of the narrows:
The bands were covering beautifully polished rock and looked almost as if an artist had painted them on:
This wall in particular stood out for its majestic patterns:
Steve getting his picture taken at his favorite spot in the 4th Narrows:
Rounding a bend in the canyon and passing by another pretty rock:
This massive boulder was sitting in the middle of the narrows:
Here is an example of the hanging gardens which we found in Upper Marble Canyon:
Look at all of the plants you can see growing out of the walls in this picture:
The narrows would soon come to an end a short distance from here:
Two pictures of what are either fossils or interesting patterns on the walls:
The canyon opened back up again and we kept going past the narrows:
I found this Bighorn sheep skull sitting in the canyon wash:
Up ahead was a junction with an unnamed side canyon. Marble Canyon continues around the bend to the left:
Easy walking all through Upper Marble Canyon on nice ground:
Walking around the bend, flowing water appeared suddenly:
The surface water wasn't much at first but there was flowing water:
Water flows along a long channel heading down canyon:
A beautiful setting at this spring in Upper Marble Canyon:
In the water channel, there were some small pools and drops:
This is the source of the first spring of Upper Marble Canyon. My information said that the spring would be dry, but that certainly wasn't the case:
The next two pictures give you some views of the greenery found at the first spring:
The final five pictures were taken of the pretty white bands while hiking back out of the canyon:
