Featured Photo: Steer Gulch

In this photo, students from the Latin School of Chicago, make their way up Steer Gulch in Southeastern Utah. Backpacking into the scenic solitude of Cedar Mesa, an area of the Colorado plateau rich in Ancestral Puebloan ruins and beautiful rock formations, is a journey back into both human history and geologic time. The group, who chose to take on this challenging landscape as a class trip during their spring break, were led by Brett LeCompte, Bri Boertman, and Wendy McCreight. Steer Gulch was actually a second choice of location. Scouting the start of the planned Fish and Owl Canyon loop, Brett discovered that the unusually wet spring had left a lot of water in the canyon bottom. Still, Steer Gulch made for a fantastic alternate, and everyone had a great time on the trip:

I think this experience taught me about myself and about nature in a new and exciting way. I think that everyone should try a Deer Hill trip. – Latin School participant