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Dayhikers pause to view the canyon on the Grandview Trail. For bonus views of the Rockies on your way out, follow the ridgeline north from Pawnee Pass to Pawnee Peak and look out over the Great Plains and the eastern edge of the mountains. Boaters running Lava Falls Rapid in Grand Canyon National Park. The next morning, retrace your steps back over Pawnee Pass and to Brainard Lake.Pitch camp in easy walking distance of the water at mile 8. Leave the trail and aim for the northern end of the lake, west of the outlet. In Navajo legend, a skinwalker is a medicine man who has gone to the dark side and is able to shapeshift into animals and other people.Drop down the west side of the pass, linking scramble-y tight switchbacks through talus until the trail bends north as it approaches the lake at mile 7.7.

#DAYWALKERS NAVAJO SERIES#

Continue on the Pawnee Pass Trail, switchbacking up a series of benches before cresting the pass itself at mile 5.8.

Snake past Long Lake and climb to the western end of Lake Isabelle at mile 3.2, where views of Navajo, Apache, and Shoshoni Peaks dominate the skyline. In the Navajo culture, a skinwalker is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal.

You may need to connect a couple park roads and herd paths to get there if you’re parked in the overflow lot (common on weekends). While perhaps the most common variety seen in horror fiction by non-Navajo people, the yee naaldlooshii is one of several varieties of skin-walkers in Navajo culture specifically, they are a type of ántihnii. Legends of the Navajo skinwalkers: terrifying mythical creatures from folklore (or 'cryptids) that are human, but can take the form of hideous beasts. Turn-by-Turn from Brainard Lake Recreation Area In the Navajo language, yee naaldlooshii translates to 'by means of it, it goes on all fours'. Luckily I’ve got none of their urgency driving me with camp pitched and not another backpacker in range, I’ve well and truly escaped the Front Range hordes.

From my vantage point at the edge of the water, I can almost pick out the dayhikers atop the pass racing to get back to their cars before sunset. Sitting on the northern end of Pawnee Lake, watching the sunset’s glow drift over the surrounding peaks without anyone else around, I think hoofing it up and over 12,511-foot Pawnee Pass was well worth it. But with a bit of extra exertion, and a permit for the less-popular Cascade Creek Backcountry Zone, I’ve managed to find a piece of solitude among the madness. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Ĭolorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness is no stranger to crowds-That was pretty obvious as I tried to park my car earlier this morning.