Kutz Stairway - Greater Chaco Viewscape
The Great North Road from Chaco Canyon leaves
Pierre's Outlier heading directly to Upper Twin Angels mound in the Angel Peak Badlands. A small shrine-like ruin sits on top of
the mound. This marks the point
where the North Road ends and the Kutz Stairway descends 500 feet into the canyon. People
of Chaco traveled along the
bottom of Kutz Canyon to Twin Angels Outlier over 800 years ago. The
stairway is a challenge to define due to hundreds of years of erosion
and the industrialization of the area by oil and gas development.
Kutz
Canyon is dotted with well pads and multiple crisscrossing oil and gas
access roads. Along the canyon rim the Great North Road has been
covered with fracking fluid evaporation ponds.
Nancy
and I spent several days last week along the rim and in the canyon
working to capture the spirit, meaning and importance of this sacred
site. Click here to view Kutz Stairway - Greater Chaco Viewscape.
be strong, be safe, Talon
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