Mark's Scenic Arizona

Pueblo Canyon (Sierra Ancha) Ruins = November 02, 2010

As we expected the hike was neither an afternoon drive nor a walk in the park

But the results made the drive and the climb through the brush well worth it

View from Devil's Chasm trail head
Cross here and save 4+ miles hiking RT
The bank we'll climb on the return trip
Steep but still climable with my CR-V
First view of ruins this trip
Ruins zoomed 10x
Ruins from another 1/4 mile along the trail
Ruins zoomed 10x again
First ruins on south canyon wall
At the first ruin
Entrance to old uranium mine
Ruin immediately in front of mine
Ruins on the horth wall from the uranium mine entrance
View ENE from uranium mine
View of ruins outside uranium mine
Cliff face by first ruin
Approaching ruin on south canyon wall
First of possibly two rooms in this ruin
From second room of ruin
Last shot before continuing to main ruins
Westernmost ruins on north canyon wall
Waterfall at the head of the ravine
Lower part of falls
Trail is to left of moss where falls hits
Looking back toward falls from north canyon wall
View ESE from north wall
Same shot zoomed 10x
View up to Pueblo overlook from Murphy Trail
View from north wall to south wall
First ruin on the north wall
Holes provide evidence of roof beams
One of the surviving roof beams
Line up of ruin walls
Fallen roof beams
Room with rock ceiling
More partial ruin walls
Appeared to be a storage area
Rocks in opening are recent
ESE from the first ruins
This roof beam looks pristine
Looking the other direction
Roof/floor of one level was across center
Weathered beams
End wall of second grouping
Looking back toward first buildings
This opening was filled by original inhabitants
Other side of closed portal
Looking across to uranium mine
Uranium mine entrance zoomed 10x
View toward head of canyon
Second section of ruins on north face
Some ruins 2 & 3 stories high
More ruins
This unit was three stories tall
Ancient condo
One of the few beans with center support
This
More ruins
More ruins
Another portal sealed way back when
Arizona toad at the ruins
Arizona toad at the ruins
View from second section across to mine
Trail traverse horizontally across center
Trail traverse horizontally across center
Trail went behind the leaning rock
A live occupant of the ruins
The few pottery shards still left
Beams weathered by the sun
The only identifiable ancient painting we found
Ruins under large overhang
More ruins
More ruins
View from in ruin across canyon to mine
SSW from under large overhang
Knarled old tree near ruins
Another shot from under falls
Upper part of falls
Lower part of falls
Part of
Approaching uranium mine on return trip
North canyon wall from mine on south
North canyon wall from mine on south
North canyon wall from mine on south
Looking back toward mine
Part of the Manzanita
Another knarled tree
Cliff Dwellings of the Sierra Ancha

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