CHECKERBOARD MESA SUMMIT
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| Looking down to the little drainage that we scrambled up. BUY PHOTO |
| To get to the "bow" viewpoint, return to the north-south saddle and follow the overgrown ledge system under the summit block. BUY PHOTO |
| The wonderful "bow" viewpoint with Checkerboard Mesa's cone of sandstone right beneath us. BUY PHOTO |
| Looking west straight down the Upper East Canyon (Clear Creek). BUY PHOTO |
| I spy with my little eye... three cars far below. BUY PHOTO |
| Carefully follow the ledge system back out, staying safely away from the edge. BUY PHOTO |
| Indiana Jones reads from the old book: "Across the desert and through the mountain to the Canyon of the Crescent Moon..." BUY PHOTO |
| And now it's time to descend back down the obstacle-filled chute. BUY PHOTO |
| And finally back at ground level with Route 9 and the Checkerboard Mesa viewing area close in the distance. BUY PHOTO |
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