I went with all four of my children and my son-in-law to Horseshoe Canyon during the Fall break for the local (Alpine) school district. Lynn, Joan and I did this hike back in September of 2006 on one of our Daddy-Daughter Campouts, but my camera was in the shop and we only got mediocre photos. This time, I took the digital SLR and a tripod. We left home on the morning of Friday, the 15th, and arrived at the trailhead around 1:00 p.m. We hiked down into the canyon and visited all four pictograph sites: The High Gallery, the Horseshoe Gallery, the Alcove Gallery, and the most impressive one, the Grand Gallery.
Photo from the Grand GalleryThese panels are primarily Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) pictographs (Indeed the style is named after these panels, since Barrier Canyon is now called Horseshoe Canyon). are are likely several thousand years old.
I tried shooting some of the Horseshoe Gallery figures with an infrared filter, but didn't get anything interesting. I did get some very nice photos from the Grand Gallery, however, which was fully in shade by the time we got there.
We hiked back up out of the canyon and made it back to the trailhead as the sun was going down. We decide to camp there a bit west of the trailhead proper. Several groups showed up in the middle of the night and the area was relatively crowded in the morning.
We drove to Black Dragon Canyon and looked at the BCS pictographs there before heading home.
At the trailhead (Evan, Joan, Alan, Lynn & Jarom)
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