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| no partners | | Found a peak off of FR 58 that I liked for a potential ruin...was a long bumpy road that looked relatively untraveled but after almost an hour of seeing no one else, eventually seeing another old red Jeep coming back from the way I was heading in, I had some reassurance that I could keep driving down the path that google maps counts as a road for a bit longer.
Eventually I parked a bit south of Hutch Mesa and started my hiking, first at a steep peak that I wanted to look into, and then following the ridge to my main objective. I saw nothing at the first peak, then very small signs of crude walls along the ridge towards my destination, although they were very crude and near some old barbed wire fence making me think they could have been from a farmer, until a small circular ruin on the saddle gave me some increased hope.
Gradually the walls started to improve and finally I saw the main fortress walls on top of the peak that I had marked on my map a few years ago. In this case the research paid off. I saw no gyphs in the area and almost no pottery until arriving at the edges of the main ruin. The ruin appeared to have had about 6 rooms, but with no metates or glyphs, and given its high location with clear visibility towards all directions, this was likely less for living and more for defensive / communication purposes.
There were no other footprints, litter, or signs of humans in the area other than some old fencing near the area. The ruin wasn’t the best I’ve ever seen but the remote location and lack of recent disturbance in the area, along with great views and weather, made it a worthwhile experience. |
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