Hiking Grand Gulch via Collins Canyon, ruins, Utah

	Grand Gulch via Collins Canyon
	The Banister Ruin, an Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwelling built between A.D. 1060 and 1270, is one of the more prominent cliff dwellings in Grand Gulch. Hikers with a sharp eye can discover many other ruins, petroglyphs and pictographs in the area, especially if they get off the trail.
	The wooden "railing" in the upper part of this cliff dwelling led to its name, the Banister Ruin. The smaller structure at the bottom of the photo is a kiva. These pictographs, located downstream from the Banister Ruin, off the trail just a bit, are striking not for their design but for their size. Each image is no bigger than the palm of your hand. *The book Ruins Seldom Seen* is available from** www.GlobePequot.com