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.
[Illustration: LOOKING WEST INTO MONUMENT CANYON, from curve on
Broadway just northwest of end of South Broadway, showing
Independence Monument. This monument was seen in figure 6 and will
be seen again in figure 51. Redlands fault ends in this canyon;
Lizard Canyon monocline can be seen on extreme right. (Fig. 42)]