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Syncline Loop Trail Around Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands National Park

[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;"] I [/dropcap]sland in the Sky is a thousand foot high mesa in the isthmus between the Green and Colorado Rivers that forms one of Canyonlands National Park's four distinct districts. There is excellent hiking on each side of the mesa, including this … Continue reading →
May 17, 2015 1 Reply

Lathrop Trail, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park

[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;"] L [/dropcap]ocated on the east side of the Island in the Sky District, Lathrop Canyon drops off the mesa to the White Rim, then dives all the way to the Colorado River. The Lathrop Trail enables a short, medium or long hike, depending on the level … Continue reading →
December 14, 2014 2 Replies

Elephant Canyon, Needles District, Canyonlands National Park

[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;"] T [/dropcap]he Needles District forms the southeast corner of Canyonlands National Park and was named for the colorful spires of Cedar Mesa Sandstone that dominate the area. The district's extensive trail system provides many opportunities for … Continue reading →
December 7, 2014 Leave a reply

Island in the Sky Trails, Canyonlands National Park

[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;"] C [/dropcap]anyonlands preserves a wilderness of rock at the heart of the Colorado Plateau in Southeastern Utah. Water and gravity, this land's prime architects, cut flat layers of sedimentary rock into hundreds of canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, … Continue reading →
October 23, 2013 Leave a reply

Chesler Park, Needles District, Canyonlands National Park

[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;"] C [/dropcap]anyonlands National Park is in the southeastern corner of Utah, near Arches and Dead Horse Point. It is divided into four distinct districts: Island in the Sky, Needles, Maze, and Horseshoe Canyon. The Needles District forms the … Continue reading →
July 16, 2011 5 Replies
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