Three Fingers Canyon
Three Fingers Canyon is a destination ride along dirt road. You'll only enter about 100 yards into the canyon itself. (You can hike up further if you want.) At the end of the ride are panels of pictographs on the Navajo sandstone. The round trip is 16.6 miles. It's a fairly quick trip. Outbound was under an hour, stopping for photos. Return was 35 minutes. The ride starts at 4100 feet elevation on the edge of the San Rafael Reef. Total climbing will be 900 feet for the round trip.
Riding notes, Three Fingers Canyon:
0.0   From Black Dragon side, into wash southbound.
N38 55.580 W110 25.091
Go under freeway. Keep heading south on road.
0.0   From Three Fingers side, park near gate.
N38 55.438 W110 25.113
Follow road to wash.
3.5   Road veers east and downhill
N38 52.978 W110 26.883

5.1   Turn R at fork with faint DT
N38 52.344 W110 25.419
6.0   Critical fork. R on smaller DT
N38 51.608 W110 25.667
8.3   Stash bike and hike.
N38 51.448 W110 27.867

Getting there, from US-6 through Price: Eastbound on US-191/US-6, turn west (right) onto I-70. Nine miles later, cross the San Rafael River. Slow down and get ready! 0.3 miles later, watch carefully for a gravel turnaround between freeway lanes, with a dirt road leaving the freeway on the right. (The dirt road is hard to see until you're passing it. N 38° 55.531' W 110° 25.023') Go through the gate, turn L and park near the wash. Get into the wash heading south and cross under the freeway. Join the road (or rather, the wash joins the road) heading south.

Westbound on I-70: Westbound, descend through the scenic rock canyon. As soon as you see sage brush, slow and watch for a dirt road with a metal gate. Park along the side and follow the road down to the wash and head south.

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