Granary/Canyon Hike on August 25, 2011

     Eight of the local Rodeo/Portal Hiking group met this day to hike up and check out a Ancient Native American Granary in a small cave at the base of a large bluff in the Chiricahua Mountains. It was a morning hike so as to beat the heat that was to come in the early afternoon. The 8 hikers and one small dog made it up to the granary.

Founding checking out the granary. Two hikers and the dog went back to the house we staged at while the other six myself included ventured on up the canyon to look at other sites and views of the canyon. At the mouth of the canyon were large rocks with pictographs on them. On up in the canyon were steep slopes and lush grasses and wildflowers. The early morning light made for a beautiful hike with stunning view of both the canyon and valley to the east!! Here are some sights and views!

At the upper end of our hike we found a beautify large cave. No pictographs in it but something big lives there because of a large disturbance on the cave floor where it lays! Fortunately it was not home so we were able to photograph inside for "Caves Beautiful"! :)  

We all will have to come back to this canyon again as we only explored a tiny portion of it and there are yet more interesting and beautiful sights to see there I'm sure!! - Roger