Blogs from Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States, North America - page 4

The national parks become really quiet after Monument Valley and far less developed. The trails are mostly marked by stone cairns and occasional trail sign show the way. It does not matter very much anyhow what is national park or not. Every dozen miles dirt roads lead into side valleys and canyons and local climbers bolder rocks. The landscape has an amazing variety of snow capped mountains, Juniper doted plains and rocks from dark brown, over red to white colors forming canyons, needles or bridges. We drove from Monument Valley north to Bridges National Monument, took base in the small town of Monticello and explored the needle features of Canyonlands National Park. Heart of the landscape is the upstream part of the same Colorado river forming later Grand Canyon. Unfortunately it was still cold with temperatures ... read more

After we got back on the hard surface road we drove a short distance to Canyonlands National Park, also known as the Island in the Sky. Again the scenery was unreal.... read more

Trip to Utah was planned two or more months back! This was the Memorial Day weekend and we wanted to make a longer trip rather than usual weekend activities in California. We flew to Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday night; rented a Hummer 3 from the airport and drove south to Moab, UT. Utah is very famous for its national parks and desert. There are 4-5 national parks featuring red canyons. Canyonlands can be thought as a national park from the same family as Grand Canyon. Colorado River is the same primary reason for its formation. Moab is a small town near Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park, 4 hours drive from Salt Lake City. We had a two-night reservation at Moab Valley Inn. We reached there around 2am and crashed. Next morning, we ... read more

After 10 days in Utah and a few nights in the scum of Vegas, I depart again into the desert solo. I don't have time to write now, but I did throw a few photos online. Photos... read more

Today our photographic journey begins at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park . Of course that means we rise before dawn for the 45-minute drive from Moab into the Island in the Sky portion of the park. Once again, it’s dark when we take the short hike to our destination. Other photographers have arrived before us but there’s still room to set up tripods before the sun rises. Now, we must wait for the perfect shot. The early morning start is worth it. As the sun rises, it lights up the arch with a yellow-orange glow. Taking a shot of the distant rock formations through the colorful arch provides the classic photograph of Mesa Arch. After the sun rises, the group drives to the Green River overlook where nature has created a rugged land of canyons. ... read more