Known as Elevator Ruin or Pedestal Rock Ruin, the reason for the name becomes very obvious once you see it.

 

The ancient Puebloan Indians who built their home here were truly ambitious or just really valued a good view. There are no other ruins around Comb Ridge or along the Lower Bulter Wash Road in Bears Ears National Monument that come close to what you will see here.

• Dogs okay
• Hiking Poles
• Binoculars

• From the parking area walk south cross-country following the cliffs at a distance for about 1/2 mile, often crossing gullies and different social trails. This beginning area is confusing but the further south you get the less false trails there will be until you get onto a single trail that will take you eventually to the ruins.
• Follow the trail always paralleling the cliffs, eventually where the cliffs angle back southeast the trail will lead you to the foot of Pedestal Rock at ( 37.305278, -109.622222 )

Following the trail south 

You can see the rubble pile to the left, the ledge with the structure on the left, the seep in the middle, and the main ruins on the right on top of the rock pedestal

What a view they must have had

• All sites on the Lower Butler Wash road can be reached from the north from Highway 95, or the south from Highway 163. The road is a good quality dirt road that cars can traverse.

From the North

• Exit south from Highway 95 at ( 37.534608, -109.620771 ) onto the un-named dirt road
• Continue for 0.3 miles (passing the dinosaur footprints trailhead).
• At the T, turn right onto Lower Butler Wash road (country road 262), and continue south for 11 miles.
• Turn right at the Y at ( 37.392207, -109.618686 ) and continue south for 5.9 miles.
• The turn-off for the short spur road to the parking area for the Pedestal Ruin from Lower Butler wash road is at ( 37.317196, -109.625605 )
• You might need a 4-wheel drive to make it up the first hill, then it’s about 1/2 mile to the trailhead. If you can’t make it up the first hill you can park and walk to the trailhead.
   

From the South

• Exit north from Highway 163 at ( 37.264230, -109.641849 )
• Follow Lower Butler Wash road north for 4.1 miles.
• The turn-off for the short spur road to the parking area for the Pedestal Ruins from Lower Butler wash road is at ( 37.317196, -109.625605 )
• You might need a 4-wheel drive to make it up the first hill, then it’s about 1/2 mile to the trailhead. If you can’t make it up the first hill you can park and walk to the trailhead.