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Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The trail crosses the West Fork of the Gila River.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The trail crosses over a small stream several times.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The trail is quite steep in places.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The trail crosses over a stream several times.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The first view of the cliff dwellings after a quarter of a mile.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Close-up view of the cliff dwellings.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Climb a staircase to enter the third cave.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
A staircase assists visitors in climbing over the fragile walls of the ruins.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The ruins in caves four and five.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
There are several staircases in the ruins.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The Ancestral Puebloans who inhabited these cliff dwellings had an amazing view.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Looking inside one of the rooms.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Pictograph located high on the cliff wall.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
There are many ladders you can climb to peer into the rooms.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Climb down the ladder to take the trail back.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
The trail back to the parking lot.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
View of the parking lot and footbridge in the valley below.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date: 
12/26/2017
Javelina (or the collared peccary) are often spotted in the area.

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