Bryce is Twyce as Nyce When it Snows

It snowed 3-4 inches at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah yesterday. With only a 2 hour drive to get there, naturally I was going to check it out. Fresh snow on the Bryce Hoodoos is just the extra icing on the cake to produce these outside the box images. I also stopped at Red Canyon on the way and shot its snow- splashed hoodoos. To purchase prints of these images and more, go to Dawn2Dawn Photography

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

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Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Bryce Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

 

Red Canyon Snow

Surf’s Up! The only things missing were a surfboard, an ocean and Spicoli’s van!

I was able to secure a permit for The Wave at Coyote Buttes North!  I showed up last Friday at the BLM office in Kanab, Utah to enter the dreaded lottery. During winter months when the BLM office is closed on weekends, they conduct the lottery on Friday for Saturday, Sunday and Monday permits This is the BEST TIME of the year to get a permit. If anyone is interested in going to The Wave, let me know and I’ll try to score one for you during these winter months. I plan to go back a few more times as I continously find more exotic things to shoot out there. All the permits for Saturday, Sunday and most of Monday were selected until they finally picked my number 15.  A group of six jumped up and down and screamed when their number was picked for Sunday. It turns out this was their 3rd day in a row of trying and they were  justly rewarded for their patience. I ended taking about 1,000 exposures so I will present the images in 4 posts. This post is an introduction and shows images of me surfing even though I was about 500 miles from the nearest ocean.

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Do NOT attempt to reproduce this permit!

 

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Teepees on the trail out to The Wave

 

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Natural art seen along the trail

 

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More abstract art.

 

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Approaching The Wave along with its twisted hoodoos and various teepees.

 

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Getting closer

 

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Hang ten!

 

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Shooting the curl

 

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The only things missing were a surfboard, an ocean and Spicoli’s van!

 

Bryce is Cool

A quick trip to Bryce Canyon for a photo workshop left me just enough time to snap these shots.

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos