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Continuing straight up from the saddle via switchbacks to the top of
the higher Aztec Butte.
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View from inside an alcove on the edge of Aztec Butte looking into Trail Canyon.
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This is just one of several granaries tucked into alcoves around the perimeter of this butte.
The view from this spot into Trail Canyon is impressive.
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A more full view of the alcove from the previous two images. A trail follows the perimeter
of the butte just below the top providing access to several alcoves.
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View inside the granary from the previous image. This is the most well preserved of all of
the granaries on Aztec Butte.
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This is a stone ruin at the north end of the mesa top. The top is flat and approximately two acres.
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View north from the opposite side of the stone ruins in the previous image.
Book Cliffs on the far horizon
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Skirting the edge of Aztec Butte. This is off trail. Mountains on the horizon are the Henry Mountains.
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Returning to the connecting saddle on the hike back to the trailhead.
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View south from the connecting saddle to the first and lower of the two Aztec Buttes.
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