Upper Section of the Bone Trail

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Upper Section of the Bone Trail

Upper Section of the Bone Trail

Click for fulll size. This is the upper section of the Bone Trail. My kids (Kessler is center right in the photo) like to call it the Bone Trail as apparently not all animals that attempted the trail made it through for some reason and their bones are scattered along parts of the trail. Just above the photo the trail fades away and it's mostly cross country travel to reach the higher points on the mountain.
Scott
on Oct 22, 2007 8:31 pm
Lat/Lon: 40.36920°N / 107.7678°W
Image ID: 349984

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Saintgrizzly

Saintgrizzly - Oct 23, 2007 12:56 am - Voted 10/10

Interesting photo...

...do you know what caused all the "holes" in the rock? Maybe water?

Scott

Scott - Oct 23, 2007 10:21 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Interesting photo...

It's known as differential weathering and very common in the region. The rock is all sedementary, mostly sandstone, but where the sandstone contains more clay or less iron, it erodes away faster leaving these pockets (also known as huecos).

See here for better examples:

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