A place to rest on the way to Spruce Tree House
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Spruce Tree House
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Ladder down into a reconstructed kiva
Pictographs in ancient plaster
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Leaving Spruce Tree House
Spruce Tree House from above
Much of the forest looks like this after the 2000 fire
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Sun rising from our balcony
Not called "Far View Lodge" for nothing
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Hiking through Ute Mountain Park to unprotected ruins
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Tool sharpening grooves in the soft sandstone
Nordenskiold House #5
Mark left in the late 1800s by explorer Nordenskiold
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Pottery sherds
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Approaching Nordenskiold #4
An unusual pictograph
Animal pictograph
Nordenskiold #4
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Window at Nordenskiold #3
A looted grave in one of the rooms, probably a child's grave
Small upper building