![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/SX280_05833a.jpg)
Trail passes left behind shaded corral (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon Loop](p-fc/RX10_44175a.jpg)
Beyond corrals, trail drops into wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44176a.jpg)
Trail runs up along wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44177a.jpg)
Crossing the wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44178a.jpg)
Hiker across the wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44179a.jpg)
Trail continues along east side of wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44180a.jpg)
Boulder with interesting fossil sponges (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44181a.jpg)
Fossil sponges along the trail |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/SX280_05891a.jpg)
Sponge fossil along the trail |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/IMG_52505a.jpg)
Sponge fossils along the trail |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44182a.jpg)
Trail turns up the hillside (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44183a.jpg)
Trail runs across burned area (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44184a.jpg)
Cave and Fossil (aka Echo) canyon ahead (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44185a.jpg)
Trail drops back towards the wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44107a.jpg)
Hiker on trail (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44186a.jpg)
Trail enters a wash and heads uphill (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44187a.jpg)
Trail continues up the wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44188a.jpg)
Approaching Cave Canyon - Fossil Canyon trail junction (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44189a.jpg)
Cave Canyon - Fossil Canyon trail junction (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44190a.jpg)
Trail runs up to the edge of Cave Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44191a.jpg)
Use-trail dips steeply through Cave Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44192a.jpg)
Trail climbs out of Cave Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44193a.jpg)
Trail continues through burned area (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44194a.jpg)
Fossil Canyon trail on east side of Fossil Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44195a.jpg)
Trail drops into and crosses Fossil Canyon Wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08690a.jpg)
Another limestone boulder with fossils |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44196a.jpg)
Trail runs up west side of Fossil Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08692a.jpg)
Another limestone boulder with fossils |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44197a.jpg)
Trail approaching fossil encrusted boulder with no shrubs (view S) |
![fossil canyon](p-fc/Picture_0397a.jpg)
Hiker by healthy Mormon Tea and fossil encrusted boulder before fire |
![Fossil Canyon Loop](p-fc/IMG_52608a.jpg)
Sad Mormon Tea and fossil encrusted boulder after the fire |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_19663a.jpg)
Dead Mormon Tea at fossil encrusted boulder after the fire |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44198a.jpg)
More fossil encrusted boulders (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44199a.jpg)
Trail runs up west side of Fossil Canyon Wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44200a.jpg)
Mylar balloons trash the desert and injure wildlife (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44201a.jpg)
Buckhorn cholla pressing on the trail (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44202a.jpg)
Trail exits the burn zone (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44203a.jpg)
Back in typical Mojave Desert Scrub vegetation |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44204a.jpg)
Trail drops into Fossil Canyon Wash (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44205a.jpg)
Trail runs on rocky limestone slabs in the wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44206a.jpg)
Trail runs on rocky limestone slabs in the wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08707a.jpg)
Hiker on rocky limestone slab above wash bottom |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44207a.jpg)
Route passes large boulder on the left (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08708a.jpg)
Hiker passing left of large boulder (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44208a.jpg)
Approaching a pour-over in the wash (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08712a.jpg)
Somewhat more interesting low pour-over (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44209a.jpg)
Lots of hand and foot holds (view W) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44210a.jpg)
Highest and last pour-over along the route |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08714a.jpg)
Hiker climbing highest and last pour-over along the route |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08715a.jpg)
Hiker above last pour-over (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44212a.jpg)
Boulder on left side of pour-over with fossilized algal mats |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44213a.jpg)
Look closely for scallop-like shell fossil (view E) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44211a.jpg)
Continuing past the boulder on left side of pour-over (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44214a.jpg)
Trail continues up the canyon (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44215a.jpg)
Trail bushwhacks up the canyon (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44216a.jpg)
Trail continues up the canyon (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44217a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44218a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44219a.jpg)
Approaching limestone boulder with lots of fossils (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44220a.jpg)
Limestone boulder with lots of fossils (view E) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44221a.jpg)
Nice examples of sponge fossils in the limestone boulder |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44222a.jpg)
Nice examples of sponge fossils in the limestone boulder |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44223a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44224a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44225a.jpg)
Trail on bedrock with many fossils (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08725a.jpg)
Bedrock with many fossils |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08726a.jpg)
Hiker still on bedrock with many fossils (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44226a.jpg)
Trail becomes better defined again (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08727a.jpg)
Continuing up the canyon |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44227a.jpg)
Trail continues up the canyon (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08728a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44228a.jpg) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08729a.jpg)
Another boulder with fossils |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08731a.jpg)
Crinoid fossil in bedrock |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44229a.jpg)
Canyon walls begin to lay back (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08732a.jpg)
Hiker in sandy canyon (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44230a.jpg)
First brown, conglomerate boulders in the wash bottom (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08733a.jpg)
Hiker passing first brown boulder in the wash bottom (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08734a.jpg)
Hiker beginning to exit the canyon bottom (view SE) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44231a.jpg)
Second brown, conglomerate boulder in the wash bottom (view S) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08735a.jpg)
Hiker on trail exiting canyon bottom past second brown boulder |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44232a.jpg)
Trail exiting the canyon bottom (view SW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08736a.jpg)
Hiker at base of the stone stairs (view SW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44233a.jpg)
Stone stairs; trail switchbacks right (view SW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08737a.jpg)
Hiker starting up the stone stairs (view SW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44234a.jpg)
Trail switchbacks at stone stairs (view N) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08738a.jpg)
Hiker atop the stone stairs; route cuts left (view W) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44235a.jpg)
Trail above the stone stairs (view SW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44236a.jpg)
Route zigzags up steep hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08739a.jpg)
Route zig-zags up steep hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44237a.jpg)
Trail approaching the top of the steep hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/S120_08740a.jpg)
Hiker atop steep hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44238a.jpg)
Trail traverses the hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44239a.jpg)
Trail traverses the hillside (view NW) |
![Fossil Canyon](p-fc/RX10_44240a.jpg)
Fossil Canyon Trail approaching Fossil Trail (view NW) |
Fossil Canyon Trail merging with Fossil Trail (view NW) |