Canyonlands National Park UT Day 2

 

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Day 2

December 25, 2017

 Canyonlands National Park is a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. 

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PHOTOS

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Butte and La Sal Mountain Vista

Location: Upheaval Dome Overlook Trail. The La Sal Mountains are part of the southern Rocky Mountains. The maximum elevation is at Mount Peale, reaching 12,721 feet above sea level. The name of the mountain range dates to Spanish times, when the Sierra La Sal (meaning the "Salt Mountains") was a prominent landmark on the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe and Los Angeles.

Dead Tree
Location: Upheaval Dome Overlook Trail.

Rock Cairn & Pot Holes

Location: Upheaval Dome Overlook Trail. A rock cairn is a pile, mound, or stack of rocks. You’ll typically see them on hiking trails, where they’re used to mark the correct trekking route.

Mary and Frozen Potholes

Location: Upheaval Dome Overlook Trail.

View From Orange Cliffs Overlook

View From Bucks Canyon Overlook

View From Green River Overlook

Sunset From Dead Horse Point Overlook

Location: Dead Horse Point State Park, just outside the Canyonlands Park.

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