Panorama Point in the Wonderland of Rocks - 1.28.2019
The unpaved parking area for this unsigned trailhead is located less than a half-mile NE from the very popular Barker Dam paved parking lot.
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Hiking on the obvious path that will take a person out to the Wall Street Stamp Mill... but we will take the path leading off to the left after hiking a very short distance.
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We have reached the Worth Bagley homestead after hiking less than a quarter mile... the homestead is also referred to as the Wonderland Ranch and the Pink House.
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We have hiked a mile or so in the Wonderland of Rocks and get our first good look at the Astro Domes... very popular sport climbing area.
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Continuing north in the wonderland... locals refer to the rock formation in the center of the photo as 'The Camel'.
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Heading east now in the wonderland... with the Red Obelisk in the distance... the west end of Queen Mountain is on the horizon.
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Continuing east and looking back at the Red Obelisk.
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Starting to angle NE in the wonderland.
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Hiking one of the washes in the wonderland.
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Lots of awesome rocks in the wonderland.
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Looking back up the wash we are using.
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Where in the world is Star Dancer taking us?
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Denali Girl and dksman watch as Star Dancer takes us down under this monster boulder.
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Looking back at the huge boulder we came through... or was it under?... does anyone else see an angry looking face on the big boulder?
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Continuing NE in the wonderland.
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Continuing NE in the wonderland.
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We kind of hit a dead end in our wash... time to scramble down into another wash.
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We have headed north again... in our new wash.
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Looking over at the west end of Queen Mountain as we continue north in the wonderland.
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Locals call it 'The Shrine'... obvious living quarters at one time... lots of petroglyphs.
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'The Shrine' up close.
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Underneath 'The Shrine'.
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Star Dancer leads us down into 'The Chute'.
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Denali Girl heads down 'The Chute'.
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dksman starts down 'The Chute'.
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Looking back at 'The Chute'... all I can say is 'shoot'.
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Looks like we are close enough to touch the west end of Queen Mountain.
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Star Dancer is leading us out to what I call Panorama Point.
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Welcome to Panorama Point... looking into the northern portion of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Leaving Panorama Point and heading to 'Flower Henge'.
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Scrambling our way up to a higher wash.
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Looking over at the west end of Queen Mountain.
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More or less tracing our steps back the way we came in.
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A dead end in this wash... so just scramble up to another one.
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And here is the next wash.
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Time to scramble up again.
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On our way to 'Flower Henge'.
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Star Dancer leads us up to 'Flower Henge'.
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Coming up to 'Flower Henge'.
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dksman coming up to 'Flower Henge'.
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dksman and Star Dancer hanging out at 'Flower Henge'.
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Heading down from 'Flower Henge'.
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A little more up will be necessary.
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Into another wash.
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Heading back out of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Hiking another wash.
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Coming up to another wash.
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We are back in the main wash... no more up today... and no more scrambling.
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We have closed the loop portion of our hike and have a couple miles of hiking left to get back to the car.
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The wonderland is just as awesome hiking out as it is hiking in.
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Hiking south out of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Hiking south out of the Wonderland of Rocks.
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Almost out of the wonderland.
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Back at the 'Pink House'... less than a quarter-mile from the car.
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Beautiful sky... back at the parking area... our trip was 8 miles, gaining 750 feet of elevation.
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