Wednesday, 25 April, and Thursday, 26 April 2018
It's fun to get up close in the cliff dwellings, but seeing them from a distance helps put things in perspective.
It's fun to get up close in the cliff dwellings, but seeing them from a distance helps put things in perspective.
Cliff Palace
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| Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. It is built into a natural sandstone alcove and at one time held a village of about 100 people. |
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| A closer look at towers and kivas at the southern end of the dwelling. |
Balcony House
A previous post talked about our tour of Balcony House. Below is an overview from the Soda Canyon Overlook Trail. |
| An overview of Balcony House. (1) Access ladder. (2) North Plaza. (3) Kiva Plaza. (4) Rock hiding small exit tunnel, ladder, and rock-cut steps. (5) Final ladder back to the parking lot. |
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| (1) Tour participants climbing double ladder at entrance. |
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| (2) Visiting the North Plaza. |
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| (3) Visiting the Kiva Plaza. |
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| (4) Tour participants lined up to go through the small exit tunnel. |
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| (4 & 5) Exiting the tour. You can just barely make out some of the rock-cut steps just to the left of the large rock. |
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