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West Bench Pueblo - 1 member in 12 triplogs has rated this an average 3 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Apr 25 2023
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 Joined Apr 06 2005
 Phoenix, AZ
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Hiking avatar Apr 25 2023
Hansenaz • Triplogs 526
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A few of my occasional Happy Hour friends (we all worked together in the '80s) are amateur photographers and one proposed a trip to White Pocket, a return for him. The four of us booked two nights at Cliff Dwellers Lodge near Marble Canyon and planned some other stops along the way.

Wupatki NM: We drove through on the way up and headed to a corner I've been wanting to see. We stopped at Wukoki Pueblo which is off the main road and nice to visit. Then we continued along to Black Falls Crossing which I think is the next one downstream from Grand Falls. Lots of water there right now, but no falls.

White Pocket: Next day we met our ride at the south end of House Rock Rd (we knew that road is difficult so a guide was hired) and bumped our way up to the WP parking area. Road conditions were pretty good and private parties slightly outnumbered guided ones. I did see one all-wheel drive car (a Honda Passport) had made it to the end. Of course it's a fantastic place to walk around and a lot of fun. Scenic as heck but our mid-day experience I'm sure can't compare to the low sun pictures that can be found on HAZ.

West Bench Pueblo: I had noticed this place in the WP vicinity posted by @PaleoRob. It was a short detour for us and the road leads right to it. Pretty standard ruin and pottery scatter at the main location - I'm sure there's more to find if you look around.

Upper Soap Creek: I noticed a HAZ post by @ddgrunning leaving from Cliff Dwellers and heading up the canyon. So after WP my friends drove down to Lee's Ferry to take pictures and I walked up the canyon about a mile. A leg stretcher, not too interesting in this section.

Coal Mine Canyon: On the way home the next day we went to CMC. Several of us had been there before and knew it was a tricky place because the Navajo authorities didn't seem to want visitors there. Well things have changed. On our way up the first day, we stopped in Cameron to see if we could get a permit and were told we didn't need one (surprise #1). When we actually arrived there we found a couple Navajo surveyors studying the area (a subsidence concern associated with mining) and they "implied" the area was opening up (surprise #2). And as we walked around "development signs" were obvious, including simple hand rails making access safer and more organized (surprise #3). Interesting.

After walking around this main site we drove to another location we'd heard about (and I won't describe it here) which gave some alternate cool views of this big canyon complex.

Successful trip!
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Jun 16 2008
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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More excavations with Mike and crew.
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Jun 09 2008
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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Great day doing some historic excavations, the first real archaeology ever done east of the Kaibab, at West Bench Pueblo with a crew from ASU/NAU. Just a few of us really, but super neat none the less. Weather was perfect.
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My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
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Jun 05 2008
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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Chatted with some archaeologists from NAU doing some work out here.
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
-Old Spiritual
My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Apr 30 2008
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Apr 30 2008
PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
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My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Sep 26 2007
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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Stopped by today, and what did I see? Some archaeologists under contracts with the BLM out of St. George, and some FS volunteers, doing some basic excavation on West Bench Pueblo! There's talk of turning it into an interpretive site, and maybe even a field school! Pretty exciting stuff. They're worried about the effect of an access road that runs through the pueblo, and the BLM may reroute that road in order to protect the ruins. Got lots of neat info. They'll probably be wrapping up their work by the end of the week, so its just great luck I happened along at the right time!
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
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My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Jul 18 2007
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
Houserock Valley/Paria Plateau, AZ 
Houserock Valley/Paria Plateau, AZ
 
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
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My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
May 02 2007
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Paria Plateau, AZ 
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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You wouldn't think it was May with all this cold wind and even a touch of snow! Yikes. Glad to be warm again.
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
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My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Sep 13 2006
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West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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Actually in an area near WBP, not at the ruin itself. Ran across another site, much smaller. Rectangular pueblo with a small plaza, probably single story. Very little visible wall remains - mainly the southeast wall, with a small toppled fragment on the NW wall. Good luck if you're looking for this one - you don't know you're there until you're on top of it.
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-Old Spiritual
My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Aug 17 2006
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
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West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
-Old Spiritual
My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Jul 27 2006
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 27 2006
PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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 Culture
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
-Old Spiritual
My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
Jun 01 2006
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44 male
 Joined Apr 03 2006
 Pocatello, ID
West Bench PuebloNorthwest, AZ
West Bench Pueblo
Northwest, AZ
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PaleoRob • Triplogs 1,135
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"The only thing we did was wrong was staying in the wilderness to long...the only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight..."
-Old Spiritual
My book, The Marauders on Lulu and Amazon
 
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