White Pocket

White pocket is out of Knab and 7 miles east of The Wave. You have to go with a guide unless you have a full size truck based SUV with 10-12 inches of ground clearance and tires you can lower the air pressure in. That is because the road is about 30 miles of sand and rock. The rock isn't a problem but the sand is.  All the outfitters use trucks that dig tracks in the sand that are deep requiring a lot of clearance. If there has been rain recently, and not much traffic, the sand will be firmer and not subject to deep ruts. Tires only dig down to the layer of moisture in the sand.

When you arrive at the parking area this is the bluff on the right. Following down the wash along it you come to a shelter cave with petroglyphs on the right side of the opening.

The petroglyph by the shelter cave.

Artifacts the rangers have found in the cave.

  Leaving the shelter and climbing the opposite sand hill puts you in the White Pocket area.

The terrain is very convoluted and larger than you would think. I try to get people in some of the shots for perspective.

See Brenda in this one?