[Mile-marker 10]
After turning south on Rim Rock Drive from the intersection with
Colorado Highway 340 (Broadway), we cross the Monument’s northern
boundary and reach the checking station at the West Entrance, where a
small entry fee is charged during the summer. At the first left turn we
are in red beds of the Chinle Formation, then in sheared and broken beds
of the Wingate Sandstone along the Kodels Canyon fault. At the
easternmost loop of the road we may look southeastward across Lizard
Canyon to the Lizard Canyon monocline (fig. 30), and if we look down the
slope to the east we will see one of John Otto’s well-built trails that
formerly ascended the west side of Lizard Canyon to what is now the
campground, long before Rim Rock Drive was built. Do not try to stop at
the curve, however; play it safe, drive on, and park at Redlands View a
quarter of a mile west.