Trips in the spring 1999
Cedar Breaks NM, Zion and Bryce Canyon NP
I did this trip during a 3 day weekend in the middle of March with a friend who came to visit. On Friday, right after the snow storm, we drove to Brian Head and then skied towards and on the rim of Cedar Breaks National Monument. That night we camped in the Quail Creek State Park. On Saturday we hiked in the Zion Natl. Park, Angel's Landing trail, in particular, and camped in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. On Sunday, after checking out the dunes, we stopped in Bryce Canyon N.P. for a while.
Pictures
Crossroads towards the Cedar Breaks, the road is closed for cars in the winter.
Cedar Breaks from the rim at the cross country skiing trail we took.
Second half of the amphitheatre from the road (now ski and snowmobile trail).
Valley towards Cedar City from the same overlook.
Quail Creek in the morning.
Angel's Landing from the bottom.
About 1/3 high on the trail.
Narrow ridge on which the trail goes.
Chains help to stay on the trail.
View north towards the end of the canyon.
On the top of the Angel's Landing
Wind eroded rock in the eastern part of the park.
Northern part of Coral Pink Sand Dunes.
And view to the south.
View from the Bryce Point.
View from the Sunset Point.
Thor's Hammer, an interesting piece of rock.
Moab and surroundings
Another friend came to visit in the end of March, so another 3 day weekend I went to the Moab area. First night we camped in the Dead Horse Point State Park. On Friday we looked around the Dead Horse Point, hiked a bit in the Canyonlands N.P. , Island in the Sky area and in the afternoon did a few small hikes in the Arches N.P. (Windows and Delicate Arch trails). We camped in one of the BLM campgrounds in the Colorado River valley. Half of Saturday we still spent in the Arches, hiked the Devils Garden trail, and in the afternoon drove a loop road from Colorado River valley thru the La Sal Mountains and back to Moab. We camped in a small BLM campsite right next to the Canyonlands, Needles area entrance. On Sunday we hiked whole day in the Needles, about 12 miles around the Chesler Park area.
Pictures
Upheaval Dome in the Canyonlands Island in the Sky district.
View thru the Mesa Arch also in the Island in the Sky.
View to the west from the Upheaval Dome, towards Green River canyon.
Delicate Arch, dominant of the Arches NP.
Chesler Park in the Canyonlands, Needles district. A large meadow surrounded by the rocky spires.
Slot canyon right after Chesler Park.
Other side of Zion NP
I made this trip in the middle of May together with several Czechs living in SLC (thus it was a typical Czech trip, with a camp fire, guitar, beer...). We hiked a canyon off the Kolob Terrace Road in the western part of Zion NP one day, and then checked out the canyon from the top, approaching it from another side.
Pictures
Cascades of the creek in the canyon we went thru.
Me in the cascades a bit farther upstream.
A higher waterfall at the beginning of creek narrows.
Climbing the rope to get further upstream.
The narrows.
Our campsite that night.
North Guardian Angel, a sandstone hill towards which we went on Sunday.
Rattlesnake we met on the way.
Ma above the canyon, on the side of the North Guardian Angel.
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