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