WINGATE DRIVE SIDE TRIP
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Throughout most of its 6-mile length the Redlands fault is a vertical or nearly vertical normal fault, but along and near this 0.7-mile stretch it is a reverse fault that dips from 45° to 60° to the southwest, as shown in [figure 40] and in the cross section of [figure 8]. Good views of the fault are seen all along the fence, but especially at points one-tenth and four-tenths of a mile northwest of the first turn, the second of which is shown in [figure 40]. Just after turning north on South Broadway, let us turn west a few hundred feet on paved Wingate Drive to see the northwest end of the Redlands fault, which passes through a col to the left of updragged remnants of the thinned red Chinle Formation and the Wingate Sandstone, as shown in [figure 41].
REVERSE PART OF REDLANDS FAULT, looking N. 65° W. from point on South Broadway along boundary fence. Most of Chinle Formation has been squeezed out, but lower part of Wingate Sandstone may be seen dipping about 45° southwestward beneath dark Proterozoic rocks. Next pink band to right is Entrada Sandstone. Jumbled mass of white sandstone slabs at right of photograph is part of Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation and is known locally as “White Rock”. (Fig. 40)
NORTHWEST END OF REDLANDS FAULT, passing through col to left of updragged remnants of Chinle Formation and Wingate Sandstone. Fault, which here is normal, ends against unbroken Lizard Canyon monocline in next canyon to northwest. Looking west from point just south of Wingate Drive a few hundred feet west of South Broadway. (Fig. 41)
MONUMENT CANYON TRAIL
About half a mile north of the last turn, South Broadway rejoins Broadway (Colo. Highway 340) at a stop sign. After we turn left on Broadway and reach the first curve, we get a nice view westward into Monument Canyon, as shown in [figure 42]. The Park Service hopes to establish a new trailhead at the bridge one-tenth of a mile west of the curve, from which a new section of trail will follow the normally dry wash southwestward to join the old Monument Canyon Trail. After we cross the creek leaving the canyon, we pass a low hill of the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation on the left. Just beyond the hill, the dirt road leading southwest to a farmhouse formerly was the beginning of the Monument Canyon Trail ([fig. 3]). There is a new temporary trailhead a quarter of a mile north, but it is hoped that a permanent one can be built at the bridge about a quarter of a mile to the southeast, as noted above. Hikers may see buffalo along this trail and should watch out for outcast bulls.
