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GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALENTE NATIONAL MONUMENT – Hikes

1. ESCALENTE CANYONS. The most popular area of the monument follows the last discovered river in the continental US from its origin.


Calf Creek Falls

HOUSE ROCK VALLEY ROAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metate Arch, Devils Garden

Zebra Canyon

Neon Canyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peekaboo & Spooky Slots

Coyote Gulch. My favourite day hike X5. Camp at the Water tank→Crack in the Wall →Escalente River→Stevens Arch→Coyote Bridge→Jacob Hamelin Arch→Water tank

Stevens Arch. It is an easy scramble into the middle of the arch. A small plane could fly though the arch.

Coyote Bridge

Coyote Gulch

2. KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU Separates the Escalante Canyon area from The Grand Staircase area. The 1,600-square-mile Kaiparowits Plateau features unique sedimentary rock formations containing an unbroken record of fossils spanning 30 million years.

3. GRAND STAIRCASE AREA
It is remote and infrequently visited, but contains the most extensive network of slot canyons in Utah.
The “Grand Staircase” marches northward from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to the 9,000-foot edge of Utah’s High Plateaus. The succession includes, from south to north, the Shinarump Cliffs, the Vermilion Cliffs, the White Cliffs, the Gray Cliffs, and the Pink Cliffs. Each cliff band is separated by progressively higher terraces.

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Grosvenor Arch

Antelope Canyon

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I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.

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