Red Canyon Trail

by Robert Bales

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Red Canyon Trail

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Robert Bales

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A view of a trail in Red Canyon.
UT 12 approaches Bryce Canyon National Park from the west via Red Canyon, a shallow valley in the side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau surrounded by much exposed, orange red sandstone. The rocks are eroded into the familiar pinnacles, spires, columns and hoodoos also found in the national park a few miles to the east, here on a smaller scale and with less color variation, and although the main road is quite busy, most visitors hurry on to Bryce without stopping, and the areas away from the highway are usually quiet and empty. The formations line UT 12 for about 4 miles, starting quite abruptly at the edge of the plateau (a long escarpment known as the Sunset Cliffs) then fading away as the road reaches the flat grasslands on top, and extend several miles north, including two other large valleys of Losee Canyon and Casto Canyon - all within land of the Dixie National Forest. There is another Red Canyon 50 miles south, near Kanab - this is a narrow slot canyon through deep red Navajo sandstone rocks.

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March 8th, 2012

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