Checkerboard Arch - 4.16.2016
A photo of the GPS track of our trip to Checkerboard Arch... 4.9 miles roundtrip, gaining 1705 feet of elevation.
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We parked in a pull-out on Hwy 9... across the highway from the drainage that separates Checkerboard Mesa from Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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Heading up the drainage that separates Checkerboard Mesa (left) and Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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Looking back toward Hwy 9 as we continue up the drainage that separates Crazy Quilt Mesa and Checkerboard Mesa.
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Continuing up the drainage that separates Crazy Quilt Mesa from Checkerboard Mesa.
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Looking up at the canyon wall of Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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We got a little bit above the drainage on the way in... and are correcting our error here.
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Looking up at the canyon wall of Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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Continuing up the drainage.
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Denali Girl working her way up toward the saddle between Checkerboard Mesa and Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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Class 2 climbing near the saddle that separates the two mesas.
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At the saddle... looking back at our route up the canyon.
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On the south side of the saddle the terrain is more open.
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The south end of Checkerboard Mesa.
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A pano shot from the south end of Checkerboard Mesa.
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The south end of Checkerboard Mesa.
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Checkerboard Arch on the left side of the bump in the middle... near the top.
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Looking east.
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The south end of Crazy Quilt Mesa and Checkerboard Mesa... with Nippletop on the far left.
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Nippletop from the south end of Crazy Quilt Mesa.
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Heading back to the saddle between Crazy Quilt Mesa (left) and Checkerboard Mesa.
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Working the slickrock on our way back to the saddle.
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Back at the saddle between the two mesas... showing our route back to the car.
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Almost back to the car.
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