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Navajo Mountain Five hours southwest of Bluff, on the Navajo Reservation, Navajo Mountain
rises to 10,388 feet. Geologically unique as an isolated, laccolithic
dome, the mountain towers above 1500 foot deep canyons and breath-taking
contours of Navajo sandstone. All the pre-history and 970-667-7411 ~ buckhorn@llamapack.com Home
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history characteristic of the Colorado Plateau is here to enjoy with
the added attraction of Navajo culture. Trips take place on ground
continuously inhabited by the Navajo since they settled in this area
in the 1300’s. Abandoned hogans are in evidence along with the
cattle and sheep of modern Navajos, living and working on their ancestral
lands. If available, a Navajo guide will accompany our groups. The
mountainside and canyons offer opportunities to view Anasazi ruins
and rock art, archaic and paleo-indian hunting camps, and evidence
of the large mammals they hunted. The route itself is identifiable
as the route pioneered by the Cummins-Douglas expedition which culminated
in the first, official, Anglo discovery of Rainbow Bridge. Other historic
expeditions led by John Wetherill can be traced through journal accounts
and physical evidence along the way. The trail around the mountain
averages 5,500 feet in elevation and combines travel across open sandstone,
through pinon and juniper groves, with short descents and ascents
of 100 to 500 feet while crossing five major canyons. The canyons
themselves, fed by run off from the peak, offer a reliable source
of water, and a beautiful swimming hole at one camp site. Deer, mountain
lion, and the song dog are commonly sighted. The reliable water promotes
a varied population of reptiles and allows the growth of the unique
Red Bud shrub. Most of our trips end at Rainbow Bridge National Monument
where our guests have arranged passage on a Lake Powell tour boat
down to Page, AZ. Some trips continue from Rainbow Bridge around the
mountain to the old Rainbow Lodge trailhead. This part of the trail
is not always passable with llamas and this route is contingent upon
our annual scouting trip.