[Mile-marker 13]
This foot trail is part of the old stock trail over which sheep and
cattle once were driven down to the Grand Valley from Glade Park and
Piñon Mesa. The road then winds upward through a series of switchbacks
cut into the Kayenta Formation to Distant View and then to a parking
spot at the relatively new Fruita Canyon View, which affords a splendid
view of Fruita Canyon. Figure 45 was taken from a point about a tenth of
a mile to the east. On the right are housing facilities for Monument
personnel.