Hike to Horseshoe Canyon and the Great Gallery

Hike to Horseshoe Canyon and the Great Gallery - Canyonlands

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Note: sorry about the audio changes in the video. It was very windy and I tried to shield my camera so you could hear my voice better.
This is a brief video on the incredible hike through Horseshoe Canyon to the Great Gallery and other rock art panels. The pictographs in Horseshoe Canyon were created thousands of years ago and are still in amazing condition! This is a very remote part of Canyonlands National Park in Utah, so you will need to be prepared in terms of food, water, fuel, and appropriate clothing.
This video will give you a great idea on what to expect from this adventure, but if you want an in-depth hiking guide including tons of photos and details, visit The Trek Planner for more info:
thetrekplanner.com/horseshoe-...

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@joyfullone3968 6 ай бұрын

Nothing “creepy” about seeing a wild burro it is a privilege nature gave you!💕💕

@haroldj.hutchinson9434 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for recording this. I am 75 now and never would have ever seen such sites. Thank YOU!

@mrestum Жыл бұрын

Next time you're there, look for the dinosaur track on the trail down to the canyon floor.

@debramiller3548 10 ай бұрын

Donkey…✌🏼 the alcove seems to me to be a sacred place … the horseshoe canyon is awe inspiring.. thank you for taking us along with you 💗✌🏼💯

@michaeltaylor4984 5 ай бұрын

Got to visit back in the 70s with the Boy Scouts. Thanks for taking me back, again.

@ToddBradley-pz2jr 5 ай бұрын

I finally watched this one. I took this hike in July 2001. I remember the sand being just as irritating as you mentioned. It was an especially long and hot hike in July. But that night, camped nearby, I had a surprise visitor in camp. A little fox smelled the chili I was warming up on my camp stove, and decided to come check me out. He stayed just at the edge of the light from my lantern, and wouldn't come any closer.

@anncoster7458 Жыл бұрын

I love your vids. Thank you for taking me on this trek. I will not be able to do it any more but in my younger days I loved hiking.

@ingvarellingsen2925 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

@TheTrekPlanner Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ingvar!

@lucindajennings148 Жыл бұрын

That was totally awesome. Love watching these. Will never see them myself but enjoy seeing them ..and the beautiful surroundings ..thru your"eyes". Thank you.

@higherresolution4490 10 ай бұрын

The Hopi, the Zuni and Navajo all have histories with the Kachina visitors from another star system. Apparently, according to them, they were very tall, in the range of 10 ft. At the end of this video, you captured some great images of them, and one in particular stands taller than the rest.

@michaeltaylor4984 5 ай бұрын

I had the honor of visiting the Zuni Spaceman Petroglyphs. Been 30 years and I am still baffled. The Ancients didn't see 50's Sci-Fi movies.

@shawnlanphere3978 Жыл бұрын

That place is beautiful! Thank you for taking us there. ❤

@nj1255 Жыл бұрын

The nature you have over there is absolutely stunning. Sure, we have some pretty sights here in northern Sweden as well, but nothing that compares to your canyons.

@krissy2752 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! You shot this well and it gives a great idea of the hike. Thank you.

@TheTrekPlanner 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Krissy! It helps that this was a great place to explore!

@inezwatson6192 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, for sharing this journey..such an amazing sight... walking back in tbe dark... that must have been a whole different experience.. I thoroughly enjoy this video..

@TheTrekPlanner 11 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! After all these years, this is still one of my favorite hikes!

@goblincorebby 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for filming this video! I am an anthropology student doing a project on the Barrier Canyon Style rock art, and I really want to visit this place myself, but I haven't been able to yet. After reading dozens of educational, however mind numbing, academic papers, this video really helped this place come alive in my mind, and I can't wait to go there some day!

@sueball595 10 ай бұрын

You’re a brave soul hiking in the dark, but I loved this hike. The pictographs are amazing.

@mstalcup1973 4 ай бұрын

I just got to see this now but wow wonderful hike wonderful panels thank you

@redpat8832 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! We did this with our hiking group years ago. The trek back up and out was grueling as we did it in the heat of that day. I just sent this video to some NFT artists interested in rock art. It is the same basic area where “172 Hours” was made, and Aron Ralston got stuck in the slot and had to amputate his arm.

@TheTrekPlanner 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I can't imagine doing this in the heat of the day! The trek though all the sand made me VERY tired, but I still loved it! Yeah, if you keep going up the canyon you will eventually come to Bluejohn where Aron was.

@ernestjenkins1855 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking me along.

@ianwilkinson4602 9 ай бұрын

Magnificent, thanks Jeff.

@johnfuhrman1352 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video, stunning!

@betornween Жыл бұрын

Can 8nly imagine how many have fallen down over the centuries of rain erosion and freeze and thaw.

@koarivera9151 11 ай бұрын

Utah is amazing

@lotuspod17axemaster93 9 ай бұрын

This place right here gives me such an uneasy feeling but at the same time it puts life in perspective in such a way it puts a balance on everything if that makes sense , i sure wish i had known about this place before I had moved away from Arizona, my opinion they didn't use ladders i think they could float or fly to a certain extent nonetheless this place is so epic and almost makes me speechless, thank you because had you not made a video of this place i may have never known about it , be safe brother and again thank you for letting me tag along 😢tears of joy of course

@chrism5586 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, great stuff

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

@charlielaudico3523 2 жыл бұрын

I was there in 99 when my son lived in Moab Utah I guess it has changed for the worse,! The town and the national parks! Who can't people leave things alone?

@leamercatwild3354 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the hike.

@johnhallford239 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for sharing

@robertodebeers2551 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Well done.

@mercedithcompala8148 11 ай бұрын

Excellent,thank you

@davidfoster9073 5 ай бұрын

The figures in the panels might represent men behind shields. Not shields for fighting other men but shields used for camouflage to hunt animals....small hunters blinds. The anteni could be plants. Some appear to have sheep horns...

@anthonyrenaud5783 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to do that hike someday. It's looks like a very beautiful place.

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

It has turned into one of my favorite places in the San Rafael Swell! You'll love it!

@motorcyclemikel711 Жыл бұрын

Been watching your vids for a week or so and subscribed tonight. I really like seeing the art and old buildings.

@SongOfSongsOneTwelve Жыл бұрын

2:21 😮Beautiful! 😊❤

@michaelcapeless3268 4 ай бұрын

Some people think that seeing the landscape without narration is a waste -- like this one. The landscape says all I need to hear. This video is better when it is muted.

@zekegonzalez3881 Жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks for sharing this!

@jburnett8152 Жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorites that you have done. Beautiful. Thank you.

@larrybesel9423 Жыл бұрын

Thank ,you for your incredible videos… ❤

@lindabriggs5118 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic! It hasn't changed much from when I last saw these back in the 1980's. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to understand the meanings of those pictographs? The ceremonies and the teachings of knowledge handed down through the generations of these now lost indigenous tribes and people.?

@FlatlandMountaineer-1 Ай бұрын

On my bucket list!

@katesutton1476 Жыл бұрын

Awesome hike. Souch to see. Walking in the dark there is spooky. Thx 4 sharing

@albertomartinez2479 Жыл бұрын

Always wanted to go there. Grand Gallery. Your video was like being there. Thanks.

@davemartinson2550 3 ай бұрын

I have mentioned before, that you could expand your knowledge of rock symbols ten fold, by aquainting yourself with the work of the plazma physicists on the thunderbolts channel. Many of the symbols you are showing us, actually have a known origin, and are used all over the world. They date back thousands of years.

@DuanesMind Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the Drakensburg mountains we have in South Africa. Also many gorges with bushman paintings.

@nickcaunt1769 10 күн бұрын

In Europe it is not rare to find rock art in alcoves. The Spanish call them oratories and it is believed that they were places where the Shaman addressed the people in a place with excellent acoustics. The rock art has more in common with Native American art than differences. I have been lucky enough to visit both types of place. I recommend that you check acoustics and also note the compass directions visible from the alcove and the relation to thecanyon rim or mountains etc. Especially check E, SE, SW and W.

@HootOwl513 11 ай бұрын

[2:20] Mimbres Burro! [3:49] I guess they had to build the T-shaped doorways to accomodate these dudes with Wide Shoulders.

@roachnole 2 жыл бұрын

Subscribed. Really nice video! I appreciate that you made the hike about your surroundings and not yourself. A couple of questions. What date was your hike? Did you drive to the TH from the north (UT 24 near Goblin Valley) or the east from Green River? What vehicle did you drive? Is a 4 wheel drive required, or is high clearance good enough? Sorry for all the questions. I'm spending 5 weeks in Utah in March-April 2022, and I'm looking for less visited hikes like this one. Thanks. I appreciate it.

@TheTrekPlanner 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for subscribing! It means so much to me! I came in from the road near Goblin Valley. I had my Chevy Impala (not recommended) even though I didn't really have any troubles with roads. It was rough in spots, but overall a high-clearance vehicle will be just fine for this. I wouldn't say 4 wheel drive is required unless there were recent rains or snow on the ground. I visited on Oct 24, 2020! This is such a great adventure! You'll love it!

@clairejeannette8454 11 ай бұрын

You move the camera too fast! I wanted to take a closer look at the art! And, nonetheless, thank you so much for bringing me along on these trips. I’m an older person who might fall despite Mei being a good shape so I wouldn’t do what you’re doing.

@clairejeannette8454 11 ай бұрын

My apologies. Now you are honing in on them. Thank you.

@byronlemay2166 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice...I've been there several times. First was in 1988. Every time I came here, I wondered if there will be anyone around to look at it a thousand years from now. BTW...I think the burros aren't wild...I know some locals winter them in the canyons.

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! I was wondering if someone knew more about those burros

@charlielaudico3523 2 жыл бұрын

I was there in 99 and did see wild horses in the canyon!

@toughenupfluffy7294 Жыл бұрын

My sister and I went there in the Late 80s in January. We camped at the trailhead the night before, and it was so cold our 5 gallon water jug froze solid. It was hard to make coffee the next morning, but we had a little water that thawed in the car with us. The only way we kept warm was by starting the car and letting the heater run for awhile, turning it off to save gas and freezing some more. It was a miserable night, but the next day made up for it, because we were the only hikers in the canyon that entire day. That was the first time I ever visited Horseshoe and I'll never forget it. Every adventure has an element of pain...

@georgiecelli1856 6 ай бұрын

Awwww he’s cute

@JamesJones-cx5pk Жыл бұрын

Some petroglyphs look like arrow/spear points or shields. Is that a warning? Great vids. 👍👍

@olivernash2240 8 ай бұрын

👍

@kevinthepilgrim5441 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if the figures in the great gallery depicted venerated family members in their decorated shrouds as a lasting memorial?

@laramassano2340 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos make me want to return to Utah ASAP. It really is the best place. What is that app called that you used to check your distance, speed, elevation gain, etc? It looks really good!

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Lara! Utah does have some of the most amazing places out there! I use an app called Motion X GPS. It's sadly not listed on the App store anymore, but it still works for what I need!

@scottfowler2651 Жыл бұрын

I am curious, did you have to get permits to use your drone and also videotape in the park

@TonyStark-or3er 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing...subscribed! Lots of different trail maps online to choose from, which one did you use?

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for subscribing! Really means a lot! I just used Google Earth to plot out my trail lol I then made one you can download and check out on our website if you want to see it!

@keymastersrod 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these wonderful & important videos. I am a budge fan & have been watching every night in bed making me dream about this stuff. Have you ever come across Kokopelli art?

@JulianaBlewett Жыл бұрын

White horses were prizes by the natives as spirit horses. That was definitely a burro 😅

@Shoop... Жыл бұрын

I think there's a little more to it than that but yeah, and why every pick-up truck you see on the rez is white...

@franzwaltenspuhl8892 Жыл бұрын

A pictograph is painted while a petroglyph is picked or pecked with a tool. It looks like there are both.

@GlenGilbert-xz2oi Ай бұрын

Can you tell us anything about the blue coloring on the walls in one spot? It's a lot of blue colored rock or is it just tricks of the light and shadows?

@Mogasvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Were you holding the camera? (Type?) - Or mounted on your person? -- Great video BTW. I'll have to check it out someday - very informative.

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Joe! I consider this one of the best rock art adventures around! You'll love it! I was just holding my GoPro 7 Black in my hand. In some of the zoomed-in shots I was using my Canon 6D Mark ii.

@ivang97997 Жыл бұрын

Which Track Recorder are you using now? Thanks!

@donb7113 10 ай бұрын

What app do you use for distance traveled?

@mantequilla4760 3 жыл бұрын

Did you backtrack on the return? Or go up Deadman’s Trail?

@TheTrekPlanner 3 жыл бұрын

I went back the same way. It was too dark to do any more exploring during this visit

@dougmartin8664 3 ай бұрын

Would this be possible with an offroad mobility scooter. With a non- handicapped friend, of course.😊

@TheTrekPlanner 3 ай бұрын

It might be! Although there is a gate near the top that is very narrow and I barely fit through it. The rest is deep sand.

@nosillalaluna7078 Жыл бұрын

HeeHaw Y'all ! Lol

@nathanbuford6417 Жыл бұрын

Did you guys camp somewhere the night before doing the great gallery?

@TheTrekPlanner Жыл бұрын

I camped at the Temple Mountain campground which is about an hour away. There are plenty of spots near the horseshoe canyon trailhead to camp on BLM land though, but I wanted to be in a more public area. Some people just camp at the trailhead too. It was crazy windy though

@larooo69 Жыл бұрын

What app did you use? I like it!

@TheTrekPlanner Жыл бұрын

It’s called MotionX-GPS. I don’t think they sell it anymore but they still support the GPS in it. I haven’t found an alternative that I like and I’m not a fan of all the corporate outdoor website apps out there

@larooo69 Жыл бұрын

@@TheTrekPlanner roger that. Thanks brother

@franzwaltenspuhl8892 Жыл бұрын

Seeing a wild horse observing you isn’t creepy. They’ve been persecuted for ever & have reason to fear us.

@Shoop... Жыл бұрын

Everything wild has a reason to fear us. Humans are really great, aren't they?

@susansmeeton4321 Ай бұрын

would have liked more time spent on the galleries and less on the hiking. Great video thank you

@toughenupfluffy7294 Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's more appropriately called Horsesh*t Canyon? lol.

@bradgibson516 8 ай бұрын

That horse is a donkey 😁

@elizabethf8078 4 ай бұрын

Love you, love your channel, but you tore through these, moved your camera a lot, and I found myself getting frustrated because I didn't have the opportunity to really "see" most of what you were pointing at. Too much of a whirlwind tour..Not your best video... Guess I'm going to have to add that to my Bucket List & see it for myself!

@tomevenson8077 4 ай бұрын

It was a donkey. They are an invasive species, and the Park Service tries to keep them out of the canyon.

@bethbartlett5692 Жыл бұрын

X✓

@chrism3872 Жыл бұрын

That looked like a mule, not a horse…

@Lecknye1961 10 ай бұрын

It was not a horse. It was a donkey.

@markberryhill2715 Жыл бұрын

If you wanna ride,ride the white horse 🐎,don't ride the white pony.

@bryang5412 Жыл бұрын

The drawings look like sarcophaguses or mummies....

@toughenupfluffy7294 Жыл бұрын

Regarding how high up those pictographs are: there have been at least three major episodes of arroyo cutting in the American Southwest since ~2000 years ago, so the artists weren't necessarily that far below their artwork at the time they were painting it. These artworks are as old as 7000-8000 years BP. geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/geology/arroyos/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_Canyon_Style