March 2020, Desert Trip

While the Coronavirus rages in the rest of the US, my dad and I took to the desert for some hiking. Weather was fairly good, almost no crowds, and while it isn't skiing, the photo opportunities were amazing.

View of Ute Canyon from the rim

It looks like a long way down to the canyon floor

Rock formation visible while going down the canyon

Beautiful desert varnish on the far canyon wall

Same rock formation as before, now lower down

Small rock spire

Surprisingly, there was a pool of water at the canyon floor

View of Liberty Cap and the end of the canyon

View up the canyon

More canyon walls, this time with some ledges containing trees

Trail through the canyon floor. There is a suprising amount of vegitation.

The beginnings of an arch

People overlooking the Coke Ovens

Tip of the Coke Ovens formation

Far canyon wall, seen from Artist's Point

More canyon walls, seen from Artist's Point

Wash leading to Little Wild Horse and Bells Canyons

The canyon starts to develop

Layered and eroded sandstone in the floor of the canyon

Father scaling a small dryfall in the canyon proper

A short section of canyon with high walls

Pockets eroded in sandstone

Wild Horse Buttress, taken by drone

Father, having surmounted a chockstone in Little Wild Horse Canyon

Winding slot canyon

More winding slot canyon

Father surmounting a small obstacles in Little Wild Horse Canyon

A wider section of the canyon

Erosion almost makes the sides of the canyon look like waves

Large amphitheater in the canyon

Another short dryfall to scale

Rock formation in the San Rafael Swell

Sandstone cliffs

In Bells Canyon

Narrow section of Bells Canyon

More narrows in Bells Canyon

A purple layer of rocks mixed in with the red and yellow

Arial view of the San Rafael Swell

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