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Salt Wash provides access to the north trailhead.
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Pass Patrol's quest to conquer Big Pocket began years ago. Several of us had spent the week traveling over Elephant Hill and into Beef Basin. On the way to Dugout Ranch, we camped on the mesa just north of Cathedral Butte. The view of Big Pocket was spectacular from our 1,000 foot high perch
Leadfoot had backpacked into Big Pocket a few years earlier. She told us about Canyonlands pride and joy called Big Ruins and another called the All American Man petroglyph. Using 21x power binoculars, we were able to pick out the ruins and an old cabin, but the rock art was well hidden. On that day, I decided I just had to see Big Pocket "up close and personal" before my legs and back deteriorated to a point making it impossible to do so.
In order for me to get in (and back out of) Big Pocket, would take careful planning. As Dirty Harry would say, "Man's gotta know his limitations".
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