Robbers Roost is 19 miles northwest of Sedona in beautiful red rock country.
While it was to be our destination for this day, we first drove into the higher mountains beyond for the views of the red sandstone territory.
Can you see the little face and big ears sticking out of the crack just to the left of the prickly pear? It's a rock squirrel. They have amazingly large ears relative to the size of the head.
Robbers Roost is the red monolith below as we drive back down.
We parked here for the hike first down into the drainage....
then back up to the base of Robbers Roost.
The views appear to be almost limitless. The wind is serious, gusting to around 30 mph.
It had been my hope that we would go around this narrow ledge to the other side. With the wind so strong, we made the decision to quit at this point. I'm not sure how intrepid I would have been had I not had the wind for an excuse.
The ledge is no more than 8" wide and it's a loooooo-ong way down.
The top is just above us.
Finally I found a route to the top. The views don't change much but now I can see all 360 degrees.
Descending we found a pathway that took us around in the other direction...
but here we reached the end.
Somewhere there is a ruins within a cave with an almost perfect 6' round opening - a picture window to the world outside. We didn't find it!
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