Forgotten Canyon Ruins

Forgotten Canyon holds Ancestral Puebloan ruins, the best known being Defiance House, a cliff dwelling in an alcove about three miles up the canyon. The canyon opens off the east side of the main channel at about mile 106, roughly a dozen miles uplake from Bullfrog and Halls Crossing. Defiance House was lived in from about AD 1250 to 1285 and is named for a pictograph of three figures with shields. Boat into the canyon, then walk up the canyon to the cliff trail; how far you walk depends on the lake level.

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Elevation

3,835 ft (1,169 m)

Updated

11/1/2026