McElmo style masonry_Small only 65 rooms and 5 kivas

Southeastern alignment, possibly orients to the minor lunar standstill

No great kiva or plaza but is does have a tower kiva on the west end

There is a small Chacon stairway up to North Mesa behind that is easy to miss

Interesting window shape

First a narrow ribbon of trail seems to disappear into a boulder field but a series of sandstone steps take you up between a narrow gap in the cliff to reach the top.

Pueblo Arroyo from North Mesa

For working in?

Fendlers bladder pod

Fossils from when it was all under a sea

Kin Kletso from North Mesa

South Gap and Pueblo Arroyo

Stone circle

Pueblo Bonito from above

Looking East up Chaco Canyon

Chetro Ketl from North Mesa. Center left you can see where the Chacoans created a plaza above the desert floor by bringing in 12 feet of fill

Part of an ancient ramp up the side of the canyon wall

Lichen and a blooming cactus

Up the crack!

A tight fit on the North Mesa Trail

Squeeze through

Keep breathing

Find some handholds

Step and Pull!

Pull up!

Almost there

Almost to the top

More fossils

On Top, New Alto & Pueblo Alto

Raven flying

New Alto

McElmo masonry

Remnant of the ancient road system

Coming back down to the trailhead

Pay attention

One foot in front of the other with purpose

Careful

Loose rocks

maintain balance

Some steps that aren’t to code

Easy does it!

Almost there! End of a 5 mile loop. 

Southeastern alignment, possibly orients to the minor lunar standstill

No great kiva or plaza but is does have a tower kiva on the west end

There is a small Chacon stairway up to North Mesa behind that is easy to miss

Interesting window shape

First a narrow ribbon of trail seems to disappear into a boulder field but a series of sandstone steps take you up between a narrow gap in the cliff to reach the top.

Pueblo Arroyo from North Mesa

For working in?

Fendlers bladder pod

Fossils from when it was all under a sea

Kin Kletso from North Mesa

South Gap

Stone circle

Pueblo Bonito from above

Looking East up Chaco Canyon

Chetro Ketl from North Mesa. Center left you can see where the Chacoans created a plaza above the desert floor by bringing in 12 feet of fill

Part of an ancient ramp up the side of the canyon wall

Lichen and a blooming cactus

Up the crack!

A tight fit on the Kin Kletso Trail

Squeeze through

Keep breathing

Find some handholds

Step and Pull!

Pull up!

Almost there

Almost to the top

More fossils

Ancient stairway and Moqui steps

On Top, New Alto & Pueblo Alto

Raven flying

New Alto

McElmo masonry

Remnant of the ancient road system

Coming back down to the trailhead

Pay attention

One foot in front of the other with purpose

Careful

Loose rocks

maintain balance

Some steps that aren’t to code

Easy does it!

Almost there! End of a 5 mile loop.