| Salt Trail Road Log!
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0.0 Proceed west from Cedar Ridge (Road 6110, if the sign is still there). 6.8 Turn left onto Road 6120. (Road 6110 continues straight.) 7.4 Bear right at fork. Ignore secondary roads bearing off to the right for the next 2 miles. 11.4 Continue straight in a southerly direction. Do not take road bearing to the left. 13.8 Pass wooden shack and a corral. Marble Canyon is visible in the distance on the right. 16.9 Turn right off the southerly graded main road. The unmaintained road follows a slight rise in elevation. This is was the easy part. What follows is a menagerie of roads in various states of repair. One mistake from now on can get you very lost ...trust me. The forks are numerous and tightly spaced from here on in. If you get lost, return to the two hogans and corral at mile 17.3 and try again from there, since it is your best reference point. Generally speaking, if you wander into any significant drainage along the way, then you are lost. Also if you encounter any true 4WD roads, you are probably lost. If my mileage?s stop making sense, turn back; all the way to the two hogans/corral ...trust me. 16.9 Junction of main road and the turnoff to the first unmaintained road. 17.0 Stay right. 17.3 Two hogans (primitive Navajo homes) and a corral are located in a slight depression. Be very careful with your bearings here! Drive right up to the abandoned settlement. As you face the settlement, you are facing west. As you approach the settlement from the main road, turn left around the south side of the abandoned settlement, and proceed south, up and out of the slight depression. Memorize this spot; you may have to return to it. I have tried to take into account all junctions from here on in; even those in which you clearly stay straight on your current road instead of veering off onto some faint road. Reset your trip odometer here. 0.0 Two hogans and a corral, as above, with your trip odometer reset. 0.1 Bear right. 0.4 Bear right. 1.1 Bear left. 1.3 Bear right. 1.5 Bear right. 1.6 Bear left. 1.7 Stone Hogan visible on the right. 2.0 Bear left. 2.2 Bear right. 2.4 Pass by a large cairn on the hilltop. Hopi Salt Trail Canyon and the trailhead parking lot are visible from this hilltop. 2.5 Turnoff to trailhead parking. Congratulations - hope you find your way out OK. |
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