![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36022a.jpg)
Passing the weather Station (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36023a.jpg)
Weather Station (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_35974a.jpg)
Past weather station, hiker approaches trail junction (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34707a.jpg)
Trail junction (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34708a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail turns to run northeast (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_28202a.jpg)
Designated Route sign (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_35978a.jpg)
The trail heads out along-side the visitor center (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_35979a.jpg)
Moenkopi and Grand Circle trails diverge on the hillside (view NE |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_35980a.jpg)
Trail eventually wraps around behind the visitor center (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34709a.jpg)
Approaching trail junction; turn left (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34710a.jpg)
Trail junction; turn left (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45620a.jpg)
Trail junction sign (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45621a.jpg)
The trail heads north (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45622a.jpg)
Slight incline (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34711a.jpg)
Approaching an information sign about Prehistoric Sand Dunes |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45624a.jpg)
Information sign along the trail |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45625a.jpg)
The landscape levels out (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45626a.jpg)
Heading towards the Calico Hills (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45627a.jpg)
Trail runs parallel to Moenkopi Ridge (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45628a.jpg)
The trail became a fireline in 2005 (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45629a.jpg)
The fireline didn't stop the fire here (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34712a.jpg)
Unused sign post along the trail (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45630a.jpg)
Still heading north (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34713a.jpg)
Approaching a trail junction; stay left (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34714a.jpg)
Trail junction sign; Moenkopi Trail stays left (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45636a.jpg)
Still angling up across the side of Moenkopi Ridge (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45637a.jpg)
Approaching the back of a sign (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34738a.jpg)
Looking back to read the sign (half is missing; view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45639a.jpg)
Original Loop Fire sign: 859 acres burned (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45640a.jpg)
The trail follows a limestone outcrop (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45642a.jpg)
Approaching an information sign (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45643a.jpg)
Sign: Moenkopi Limestone -- an ancient seabed |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45644a.jpg)
Some of the white flecks are fossils |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45645a.jpg)
Snail shell and other fossils in the limestone |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45647a.jpg)
Coral fossil eroding out of the limestone |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45648a.jpg)
The Moenkopi Limestone outcrop continues along the ridge (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45651a.jpg)
Trail climbs onto the crest of the ridge (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45653a.jpg)
Approaching the highest point of Moenkopi Ridge (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45654a.jpg)
The top of Moenkopi Ridge (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45656a.jpg)
Bench and information sign on the top (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45655a.jpg)
information sign: fault lines |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34741a.jpg)
The sign is getting hard to read |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45657a.jpg)
Grand view: Visitor Center in the middle distance (view SE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45660a.jpg)
Grand view: La Madre Ridge in the distance (view N) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45661a.jpg)
Grand view: Calico Hills in the middle distance (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43921a.jpg)
Grand view: White Rock Hills and La Madre Mountains (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43922a.jpg)
Grand view: Wilson [Red Rock] Cliffs (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43924a.jpg)
Grand view: Wilson [Red Rock] Cliffs (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43926a.jpg)
Hiker on bench enjoying the view (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43927a.jpg)
Hiker departing the summit (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43928a.jpg)
The trail runs down the ridgeline (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43930a.jpg)
Continuing down the ridgeline (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43931a.jpg)
Trail runs on a band of Moenkopi Limestone (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43933a.jpg)
The trail starts angling off the crest of the ridge (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43934a.jpg)
Interesting band of Moenkopi Limestone just below soil surface |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43935a.jpg)
Continuing down across the hillside (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43936a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43937a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43938a.jpg)
Passing a trail sign and a closed trail (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43939a.jpg)
The trail continues down across the hillside (view NW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43940a.jpg)
Hiker arriving at the bottom of the hill (view W) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43942a.jpg)
Trail follows the base of the hill (view SW) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43943a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/RX10_43944a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45676a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45677a.jpg) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45678a.jpg)
Back down on the desert flats (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34743a.jpg)
Approaching junction with Grand Circle Trail; stay left (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34744a.jpg)
Junction with Grand Circle Trail (view S) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/IMG_45684a.jpg)
This old-road trail heads back towards the Visitor Center (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_34745a.jpg)
Passing the trail junction near the weather station (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36024a.jpg)
Final trail junction: stay left to Visitor Center (view E) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36025a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36026a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36027a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail approaching the Visitor Center (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36028a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail approaching the trailhead (view NE) |
![Moenkopi Trail](p-mh/S120_36029a.jpg)
Moenkopi Trail at the trailhead signs (view NE) |
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More to come ... |