Is it Castle Rock or Castle Butte? I can't remember.
Lake Powell Rock Formations
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I call this one Pinnacle Rock. Years ago this was a canyon wall. Then the rocks fell and this Pinnacle was the only thing left standing. The location is the San Juan arm just before entering Cha Bay.
Meatwagon
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Castle butte is in GHB, and Castle Rock is in Wahweap bay.
Ryan
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Likely an omen, warning all to stay away from that treacherous locale.......
CHRIS MCBETH
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I honestly don't know either, but I think it was in Labyrinth at these coordinates: 37.00286004831289, -111.28715835939644
JFRCalifornia
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Pretty sure that one is Boundary Butte, which separates Labyrinth and Face canyons......
JFRCalifornia
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Here's one of my favorite rock formations at Powell... I posted this one a while ago in a different thread, but I'll let you guess the location...
Bill Sampson
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Definitely one of my favorite formations. I have watched it decrease in size over the years
Rivergoer
Keeper of San Juan Secrets
Couldn’t remember which one because (thankfully) you post SO MANY great hikes now on my bucket list…this one is Hidden Passage as noted in this thread:
Lake Powell’s tallest freestanding pinnacle?
Found this a couple days ago. It is taller than the bathtub ring so I’m guessing in the neighborhood of 175’. It is completely separated from the wall - at the top the width of separation is more than the width of the structure - which is only about 1’ at the top. Yet looking face on it’s about...
San Juan River Arm? I think you round that and then approach Cha Canyon??
That is correct! WG
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