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Looking into the Joint Trail at the entry point stairway.
Stone steps have been added to an east-west joint that provides access
from the surface into the main north-south running and progressively
deeper section of the trail.
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View looking south in the first part of the trail near a point where
intersecting joints cross at 90 degrees. The walls on either side
are shear and range from 15 feet to 30 plus feet.
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View west inside an east-west intersecting joint to the main
north-south trail. This joint is approximately one foot wide
and passable by scooting sideways. This joint crosses two more
north-south intersecting joints.
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View is north at a point where the trail drops to a deeper elevation.
The very narrow slit at the top is typical of the sky view inside the
Joint Trail. Hiker provides scale.
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Sky view at the intersection of north-south and east-west joints in
the Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
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View south inside a portion of the trial that encounters softer rock
that has eroded a wide chamber.
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A typical view in the north-south portion of The Joint Trail.
The Joint Trail turns 90 degress to the west in it's final leg accessing
an intersecting chamber to exit into an unnamed drainage. Highly
recommended.
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