In 1995 I spent a week in this BLM area called
Grand Gulch Primitive Area. It is located in SE Utah. Ancient communities inhabited Grand Gulch for over a 1,000 years. It is a fifty two mile long gulch that contains many pictograph and petroglyph panels, as well as remains of Puebloan dwellings. Travel is limited to hiking or horseback. There were no signs, no trails, a very rudimentary map, and no drinkable water. It was very hot during the day and warm in the evenings. There are many areas where native people lived that have been preserved. They are in remarkably good condition mostly because the area is so dry and hot.
I climbed up into this open cavern for some shade and discovered a kiva in perfect condition! I went down inside and took this photograph of the ladder and opening. I wouldn't recommend this trip to anyone that was not an experienced hiker/camper. The bottom of the gulch is well over 300' deep in most places and very few ways of getting out if there was an emergency. If you go you will be rewarded with an incredible opportunity to see fantastic rock formations and step back in time to share the same area as that of the early inhabitants of Grand Gulch, Utah.
In 1995 I spent a week in this BLM area called Grand Gulch Primitive Area. It is located in SE Utah. Ancient communities inhabited Grand Gulch for over a 1,000 years. It is a fifty two mile long gulch that contains many pictograph and petroglyph panels, as well as remains of Puebloan dwellings. Travel is limited to hiking or horseback. There were no signs, no trails, a very rudimentary map, and no drinkable water. It was very hot during the day and warm in the evenings. There are many areas where native people lived that have been preserved. They are in remarkably good condition mostly because the area is so dry and hot. 
I climbed up into this open cavern for some shade and discovered a kiva in perfect condition! I went down inside and took this photograph of the ladder and opening. I wouldn't recommend this trip to anyone that was not an experienced hiker/camper. The bottom of the gulch is well over 300' deep in most places and very few ways of getting out if there was an emergency. If you go you will be rewarded with an incredible opportunity to see fantastic rock formations and step back in time to share the same area as that of the early inhabitants of Grand Gulch, Utah.
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