Klondike Bluffs...

sits in a remote corner of Arches National Park and was the focus of a long hike today in search of hidden pictographs somewhere in the complexly jointed terrain.

View south towards the La Sal Mountains.

Stratiform malachite mineralization (Cu₂CO₃₂) in the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic).

Look closely at this image to see petroglyphs carved over the older pictographs.

GPS track overlain on Google Earth for the 9.3 mile (1,300 foot vertical) exploration.