Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bryce Canyon
My current favorite places in the Great Basin are Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and the vague area known as the San Rafael Swell, which has its own page. I’ve spent a lot of time in Grand Staircase-Escalante, and am barely beginning to explore it. This is an extraordinary area. I’ll add more notes soon.
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Hoodoos, Fairyland Basin, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT, 2002

Hoodoos, Fairland Basin, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT, 2002

Escalante River Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Escalante River Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Natural Arch, Escalante River Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Driving the Hogback - Calf Creek Canyon on the right, Boulder Creek Canyon on the left, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Calf Creek Canyon, view from the Hogback, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

View from the Hogback, Calf Creek Canyon below, 50-Mile Mountain in the distance, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Calf Creek Canyon, Boulder Mountain and Aquarius Plateau in the distance, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Upper Calf Creek Falls, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2016

Unnamed Pinnacles, East Edge of Big Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2017

Slickrock Breaks at East Edge of Big Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

50-Mile Mountain, from Highway 12 heading west into Escalante, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2017

Long Canyon in the Rain, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Above Hole-in-the-Rock, Nice Alignment with Navajo Mountain in the Distance, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT, 2013

Cottonwood Canyon, Across from Hole-in-the-Rock, route of the Mormon Emigrant Trail, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT, 2013

Hole-in-the-Rock, route of the Mormon Emigrant Trail, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT, 2013

Lake Powell below Hole-in-the-Rock, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT, 2013

Panorama, Hole-in-the-Rock, Glen Canon National Recreation Area, UT, 2016

Neon Canyon below Golden Cathedral, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2015

Neon Canyon below Golden Cathedral, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2015

Golden Cathedral, Neon Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2015

Golden Cathedral, Neon Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2015

Golden Cathedral, Neon Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2015

Slickrock Along the Boulder Mail Trail, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2016

Left Hand Collet Road up Fifty Mile Mountain, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Left Hand Collet Road up Fifty Mile Mountain, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Moqui Marbles on Navajo Sandstone, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Moqui Marbles on Navajo Sandstone, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Multicolor Clay Hills below the Circle Cliffs, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Potholes in Navajo Sandstone, Big Spencer Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Potholes in Navajo Sandstone, Big Spencer Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Patterns on Navajo Sandstone, Big Spencer Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2018

Patterns on Navajo Sandstone, Big Spencer Flat, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 2014

Sandstone Monoliths, Devil's Garden, Grand Staircase-Escalante, UT, Vince Pitelka, 2020
