Veteran's Day on Copper Ridge

[IntrepidXJ]

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

This Veteran's Day I wanted to check out the Copper Ridge trail. I have been on bits and pieces of this trail before, but have never done the whole thing in one shot before. I made my way to Moab and topped off my tank before heading north out of town and turning onto the old highway just opposite of the Gemini Bridges Road. I followed the old higway for about a mile and a half before turning left at the start of the Copper Ridge trail. The trail follows along part of the Bar M Loop at this point.

Arths Rim in the background

Arches in the distance in front of me

Traveling around Sevenmile Canyon

Coming down some switchbacks

Travelling through the Sovereign Trail area

 

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Crossing an expanse of slickrock at the Arches National Park boundary

Slickrock in the background

Marching Men peeking up in front of me

 

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Near the Klondike Bluffs trail

Dinosaur tracks near the end of the Copper Ridge trail

These tracks were weathered pretty badly, and certainly not as good as the ones I saw a few weekends ago

After heading up through an old mining area, I made my way back down to the highway again and headed home. It was a nice day off of work