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At 9500+ feet elevation, Albion Basin above Alta, Utah in Little Cottonwood Canyon offers a beautiful respite from the summer heat in the ...(more)
Published almost 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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Located at the end of a mostly easy hike from trailhead parking (0.75 miles with a pair of moderately steep switchbacks near the end), Cecre...(more)
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The Hickman Natural Bridge rises 125 feet above and spans about the same in length across a dry stream bed within Capitol Re...(more)
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To move his cattle from winter to summer grazing areas, an early Utah pioneer, John Atlantic Burr, cut switchbacks through a notch in ...(more)
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A short hike off the main Burr Trail within the Capitol Reef National Park, Surprise Canyon is a narrow gorge carved into the Entrada and Navajo sandstone at edge of the Waterpocket Fold.
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Halls Creek Overlook, located 3 miles down a rough unsurfaced road from the main Burr Trail, offers a superb view of the east...(more)
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At the southern end of the Burr Trail, Pedestal Alley derives its name from a collection of sandstone toadstools and hoodoos. Hard...(more)
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Located off the southern end of the Burr Trail, the Bullfrog Creek Canyon overlook offers stunning views east and to the sou...(more)
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During the Cretaceous period between 66 and 144 million years ago, a range of mountains known as the Sevier mountains rose i...(more)
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Walking through Box Canyon seems like walking through two stream beds turned on their sides. A slot canyon off off Maple C...(more)
Published almost 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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Walking through Box Canyon seems like walking through two stream beds turned on their sides. A slot canyon off off Maple C...(more)
Published about 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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Between 175 and 200 million years ago, the region including Snow Canyon was part of a great dune desert at the we...(more)
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A source of water in the desert, the springs have long been associated with human settlement dating back at least 1000 ye...(more)
Published about 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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A source of water in the desert, the springs have long been associated with human settlement dating back at least 1000 ye...(more)
Published about 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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The South Kaibab Trail descends into the Grand Canyon from near the Yaki Point overlook. The full trai...(more)
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Behind the Glen Canyon Dam, the inflow of the Colorado river and its tributaries into the canyon cou...(more)
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An easy hike off of Highway 89 near milepost 19, the Toadstools were formed when harder rock capped and protected the softer underlying layers...(more)
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One of the access trails to Coyote Buttes North, home of The Wave in the Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area, Wire Pa...(more)
Published about 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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Located in the Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area, portions of Buckskin Gulch can be hiked during dry periods by following the dr...(more)
Published about 2 years ago by John Austin Roberts
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Dune formation requires a combination of geology, geography and prevailing winds. In the case of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, a gap b...(more)
