Bluejohn Canyon is a popular slot in the Roost. Just past the Horseshoe Unit of Canyonlands, Robbers Roost is an area where Butch Cassidy's gang used to hole up between robberies, among other places like the Hole in the Wall. You can easily see why law enforcement officials were reluctant to pursue bad men into the Roost country. It was not suited to the advantage of pursuers. The Bad guys could easily lose any posse that might be chasing them through this maze of canyons and winding valleys they knew so well.
I first visited the Roost with the BYU group, and have been back several times to explore the canyon mazes and to look for cowboy loot. I never found any. Just dust and sand.
