14/09-14/10/2013 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay

Emerald Pools Walk

Massive cliffs above the Upper Emerald Pool

Afternoon shadows

Pine Creek Canyon

Canyon formation

Looking down the gorge to the final abseil, the cutting of the Zion-Mt Carmel tunnel clearly visible in the cliff wall high above the canyon. The roar of traffic was audible throughout much of the canyon as there were multiple cuttings.

Canyon Tree Frog

Birch Hollow

The final spectacular flute

Typical Zion peak

The Grand Arch

Russell Gulch and the Subway

Classic Subway shot, thanks to another photographer who lent me his tripod to stick my tiny camera on for a long exposure! Beats handholding!

Wave?

Middle Echo Canyon

Canyon formation

The Echo Chamber

View from the trail back down of (front to back) the Organ, Angels Landing and Cathedral Mountain

Orderville Canyon and The Narrows

Orderville Canyon

Orderville Canyon then flows into The Narrows (of the North Fork of the Virgin River)

The Narrows

The Narrows

The Streaked Wall and The Sentinel at sunrise

Mystery Canyon

View down the main canyon from Observation Point

Virgin River

Fat Man's Misery

The Barracks

Zion NP

Mule Deer - these were common in the park

...on alert!

The Streaked Wall and the Sentinel before dawn

The West Temple, the Sundial and the Altar of Sacrifice

Bryce Canyon NP

Pronghorn

Hoodoos as far as the eye can see!

Prairie Dog

Bryce Canyon NP - Queens Garden and Navajo Loop

Sunrise from (ha ha) near Sunset Point

Pinnacle

Kodachrome Basin SP - Panorama Trail

Ballerina Spire

Capitol Reef NP - Cassidy Arch Canyon

Looking up at the arch

Middle Leprechaun Canyon (Shimrock)

Rick and Rachel

Dawn over North Wash

Slideanide Canyon

Anya and Rachel

Arscenic Canyon

Rachel and Tom (and Arscenic Arch)

Pleiades Canyon (Walk!)

The cause of the snow

Dead Horse Point Loop

View from Dead Horse Point

Goblin Valley State Park

Goblins at dawn

Mesa

Goblins at sunrise

Blarney Canyon (Left and Right Forks)

The Right Fork had some magnificent sculpted corridors

Hogwarts Canyon

Cactus cluster (Echinocereus sp)

White Canyon

Jacobs Chair at dawn

White Canyon at dawn

Goosenecks State Park

Gooseneck

Seeing double?!

Monument Valley

The Mittens

The Mittens and Merrick Butte