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August 18, 2011

Keet Seel hikes, tours and making reservations for 2011 is closed for the season by management due to severe flooding in the canyons which caused damage to the trails and formed quicksand. For more information click "here" to download Keet Seel news in a pdf format.

Below is photos of Keet Seel Canyon after the flash flood. 

 
New boulders liters the Keet Seel Canyon bottom
Patrick Joshevama
Keet Seel Canyon after flash flood with new boulders littering the canyon bottom.
 
Quicksand
Patrick Joshevama
Quicksand area where a bull and tractor got stuck.
 
Trail washout
Patrick Joshevama
The trail that leads to the Keet Seel site is eroded away and the slick rock is exposed with high embankment on both side of the eroded trail.

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Did You Know?
Most pueblo villages in Tsegi canyon were built in the canyon bottoms or on the mesa tops. Over the past seven centuries wind, rain, and snow has reduced them to piles of rubble. Most of the cliff pueblos survive because they were built in alcoves.
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Last Updated: August 18, 2011 at 15:35 MST