A quarter of a mile west of the Liberty Cap parking area in the west arm
of Ute Canyon is a junction with a gravel road that leads 5 miles south
to the Glade Park General Store and Post Office, where groceries, beer,
gasoline, and fishing and camping supplies are available. Glade Park
connects with scenic roads leading east, west, and south. Later, we will
cover in more detail a round trip from the intersection in Ute Canyon to
one near Cold Shivers Point, and another round trip from Glade Park
around the head of No Thoroughfare Canyon and back to Grand Junction via
the Little Park Road.
But to continue with the trip through the Monument—from the intersection
with the gravel road to Glade Park, Rim Rock Drive turns abruptly to the
southeast and follows the west arm of Ute Canyon for some 3 or 4 miles,
past many interesting points. For the next 1⅓ miles to the first
culvert, which crosses a large tributary, the roadcuts are in the
Summerville Formation and Entrada Sandstone. The photographs in figures
16 and 17 were taken looking north from the culvert and from just
northwest of the culvert, respectively.