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Angel Trail & San Rafael Desert  Hanksville, Utah

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San Rafael Desert

View west from sandstone caprock in the San Rafael Desert, Utah. The profile of Factory Butte is on the horizon.

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San Rafeal Desert

View generally south from caprock in the San Rafael Desert near Hanksville, Utah. Henry Mountains on the horizon.

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San Rafael Desert

View generally east from caprock in the San Rafael Desert near Hanksville, Utah.

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San Rafael Desert

View generally west from caprock in the San Rafael Desert near Hanksville, Utah. San Rafael Reef on the Horizon.

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Robbers Roost

Looking generally west into eroded sandstone domes along the Dirty Devil River drainage.

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Robbers Roost

View west to Henry Mountains from the head of a drainage along the access road to the east Angel Trail.

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Robbers Roost

Looking generally north into the sandstone rock formations along the South Fork of Robbers Roost Canyon.

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Robbers Roost

Looking generally north from near Angel Point at a massive sandstone dome on the edge of the canyon.

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Robbers Roost

Looking generally west into the drainage below Angel Point.

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Robbers Roost

Looking generally southwest along the edge of the drainage from near Angel Point.

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Robbers Roost

Looking northwest from near Angel Point into the canyon below.  Images taken fairly early in the day and very strong shadows cast by the high band of cliffs into the canyon make this difficult to shoot. 

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Robbers Roost

Looking north from the top of the Angel Trail.  A sea of exposed sandstone dombs.

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Robbers Roost

Looking southwest from the Angel Trail. The trail drops off the canyon rim in a steep gravel drainage, crosses a fairly level bench and decends into a series of massive sandstone bowls.

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Angel Point

View northwest from the Angel Trail toward Angel Cove.

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Robbers Roost

View southwest on the Angel Trail from a passage between two large sandstone formations.

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Robbers Roost

View from along the Angel Trail of the typical sold sandstone formations. Cairns mark the very loose trial.

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Along the East Angel Trail

Another view farther down the Angel Trail as it approaches Angel Cove.

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Robbers Roost

View north from along the trail.  The trail basically descends form the canyon rim to the Dirty Devil River, crosses the river at a low point and ascends the opposite side to the Burr Desert.  This route was used by Butch Cassidy and gang to access the maze of canyons in the area.

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Robbers Roost

This is a view from the top of one of the sandstone formations looking toward the Henry Mountains.

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Robbers Roost

This is a view from the top of one of the sandstone formations looking toward the Henry Mountains.

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Robbers Roost

This is a very hardy plant found in this area growing out of cracks in the rock.

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Robbers Roost

Close-up of previous image showing the very hexagonal structure of the stems of this plant.

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Robbers Roost

Another view from the top of one of the sandstone formations along the trail.

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Robbers Roost

Typical view along the Angel Trail as you weave around, in between and descend these rock formations. This is not an easy area to access. It is 45 miles on mostly unmarked dirt/rock/sand roads. The access route is not suitable for most automobiles but a 2WD high clearance vehicle should be capable of the trip.

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