Cathedral Valley In Monochrome
Storm clouds appear over Cathedral Valley at Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
A Small Slice Of Lake Powell
Lake Powell has more shoreline than the United States’ entire Pacific Ocean Coastline. Approximately 2,200 miles of it. Pictured here are only a few miles of it but it’s pretty cool. The lake’s water level changes throughout the year as its primary source, the Colorado River, provides more water via snow melt in the Rockies.
Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell stand out in the desert landscape of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
Eroded sandstone is the predominate feature along Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah
Southern Utah Winter Scenes
The heavy snow last week turned rural Southern Utah into a winter wonderland.
Bryce Is Twyce As Nyce In The Winter
With a foot or two of fresh snow, Bryce Canyon National Park was a required venture. The hoodoos never looked better. The weather forecast called for a high of 20 degrees(F) with a windchill of minus 22, so I quickly took care of business.
Someone wrote in the snow, a love note that I believe is in Japanese. There were a lot of Japanese tourists around.
The Peculiar South Coyote Buttes
Located within Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on the Utah/ Arizona border, this landscape is one of a kind. Sandstone anomalies produced through millions of years of erosion has given this place its look. And its not easy to get to especially on a cold, windy day.
The road was difficult.
Utah’s Highway 12
State Route 12 is another scenic highway in Southern Utah. It is listed as one of Utah’s Scenic Byways. It starts near Capitol Reef National Park, ascends the Dixie National Forest to an elevation nearing 10,000 feet, and ends near Bryce Canyon National Park. Here’s just a few images I took when I traveled Highway 12 a few weeks ago.
Unusual sandstone rock formations are seen along Utah’s rural Highway 12 along Calf Creek.
Aspen trees along Utah’s Highway 12 in the Dixie National Forest near Boulder Mountain.
The sun sets amongst a smoldering brush fire in rural Utah.
Near Bryce Canyon National Park.
Utah’s Extraterrestrial Highway
Highway 24 is a fascinating stretch of remoteness and anomalies. I’ve never been to Mars but images of its landscape are remindful of the sandstone quirks along Highway 24.
Unusual sandstone rock formations are seen along Utah’s rural Highway 24.
Classic desert sky………
Looks like an abandoned Buddhist Temple
A Manhattan Office Tower?
A wind storm passes through the dusty hamlet of Hanksville. Henry Mountains in back.
Highway 24 at Capitol Reef National Park.
Factory Butte
With Teeth
I Want To Believe
Hiking Canyonland’s Needles District
Canyonlands National Park in Southeastern Utah, is one of my favorite places, especially the Needles District. It is raw, stark and relatively untouched by humans. It’s amazing that you can actually hike through this landscape, although its not for everyone. The trail I took was a loop hike, 11 miles in length. I started at Squaw Flat Campground and negotiated the ups and downs through Elephant and Squaw Canyons. There was one spot just past Squaw Canyon where I could barely fit through a crack in the sandstone. Couldn’t even get a photo of it.
This slot is about 2 1/2 feet wide.
They embedded this metal ladder into the sandstone so you can get up into the remarkable Squaw Canyon
This is Squaw Canyon. You can see the second ladder towards the bottom center.
Six Shooter Peak
The sun sets at the Needles District at Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Finishing at one of the best campgrounds you’ll ever find
Relaxed in time to watch the supermoon rising.
The Nautilus
The aptly name Nautilus is an unusual rock formation carved by erosion in Southern Utah.
The wash leading up to The Nautilus
Unusually shaped and colored rock formation just before The Nautilus.
