Roan Cliffs

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1. I 70 (left) goes between Roan Cliffs and Battlement Mesa 60 miles to De Beque 2. CO 13 (center) goes between Roan Cliffs and Grand Hogback 15 miles to Meeker
Feb 28 2020 - 10:07 am

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Roan Cliffs are formed by the Green River Formation overlying the Wasatch Formation (dashed line)
Feb 26 2017 - 1:31 pm

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Mt. Logan (8,413') dominates the NW skyline near De Beque
Jan 08 2017 - 11:40 am

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Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area (these are Davis Murphy copper sculptures, "The Running Horses" made for Kessler Canyon Ranch)
Jan 12 2018 - 2:06 pm

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Roan Henge Mountain (7,864')
May 05 2017 - 5:45 pm

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Roan Henge
May 05 2017 - 5:46 pm

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Collection of old farm implements for 200 yards along the road
May 05 2017 - 6:06 pm

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Deep in the Piceance Basin
Jan 12 2018 - 12:38 pm

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Life-blood of the west, irrigation ditches
May 05 2017 - 5:41 pm

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Mt. Callahan (8,606') near Parachute
Feb 26 2017 - 1:35 pm

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Colorful Wasatch Formation under snow capped Roan Cliffs
Feb 26 2017 - 1:38 pm

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Discontinuous sandstones in the Wasatch Formation
May 05 2017 - 3:22 pm

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Sandstone bedding in the Wasatch Formation indicating deposition by streams
May 05 2017 - 3:28 pm

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Clear Creek Road in January, beyond horse statues: (time to turn around)
Jan 12 2018 - 2:17 pm

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Clear Creek Road in May, (another view of Davis Murphy's "The Running Horses" sculptures)
Jun 27 2017 - 5:11 pm

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Kessler Canyon Ranch Monunment
May 05 2017 - 5:02 pm

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Roan Cliffs south of Meeker covered by forests (all the way to Colorado River where SW facing forest-free slopes begin)
May 20 2020 - 6:42 pm

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Roan Cliffs from US 6: (Mt. Logan, right, is just a low-angle corner of the Roan Cliffs)
Jul 03 2021 - 1:58 pm

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Spires (like Finger Rock) at the top of Mesa Verde sandtone surface (stripped of Wasatch Formation shales)
Jul 03 2021 - 4:16 pm

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Stream on Mesa Verde sandstone surface (weaker Wasatch Formation eroded away)
May 05 2017 - 4:02 pm

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Riparian Green along Roan Creek
May 05 2017 - 5:22 pm

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Eby Point (8,210') from the juntion of Roan and Brush Creek Roads
May 05 2017 - 5:02 pm

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Rock Sculpture in the Wasatch
May 05 2017 - 3:47 pm

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Does anybody else see a Madonna figure holding swaddled baby Jesus?
May 05 2017 - 3:46 pm

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Mt. Logan, soil developed on eroding slopes
Mar 18 2017 - 11:10 am

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Colorado River Valley cut along Mesa Verde sandstone surface dipping into the Piceance Basin, Flat Tops Range in background
Feb 26 2017 - 1:28 pm

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Roan Henge Mountain in January
Jan 12 2018 - 12:43 pm

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Erosion of the Green River Formation
Jan 12 2018 - 2:41 pm

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Chocolate colored Wasatch Mountain
Dec 05 2018 - 4:30 pm

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Stream channel carved in Wasatch sandstone
May 05 2017 - 4:02 pm

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Special lighting
Jan 07 2019 - 11:35 am

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Wild turkey hens nonchalantly crossing the road
Jan 12 2018 - 1:15 pm

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Green vegetation on the north facing slopes roads everywhere getting to drilling sites in the carbon-rich Piceance Basin, oil, gas, and kerogen, now fracking
May 05 2017 - 5:53 pm

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