It is an overwhelming adventure, a time of wonder with light and thunder, to witness a monsoon thunderstorm wave rolling across the Grand Canyon at sunset. Surrounded by storm cells, torrential rain and lightning striking far too close behind me, I was deeply...
The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River, downstream of Glen Canyon and Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, marks the spectacular gateway to the Grand Canyon. The sweeping panorama of the canyon, with the Paria Plateau and Vermilion Cliffs in the distance beneath dramatic...
The Subway, with its wedged tree trunk, is a uniquely shaped slot canyon along the Left Fork of North Creek in Utah’s Zion Wilderness. Its remoteness and the difficulty of reaching it only add to the sense of wonder inspired by this spectacular place. The Virgin River...
The Wave is a spectacular undulating rock formation in the Coyote Buttes of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in Arizona. It originated from sand dunes that formed about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and eventually lithified into Navajo...
Fantasy Canyon, south of Vernal in Utah’s Uintah County, was once home to the intricate Teapot Formation, a uniquely shaped sandstone figure that originated from sediments deposited in Lake Uinta about 40 million years ago during the Eocene. The fragile formation...
