The red rock of the Colorado Plateau sets the stage for some of America's most dramatic scenery. As you travel down from the high country, the power of wind and water eats away at the red rock ridges. In Bryce Canyon this results in fantasic amplitheatres of rock, hoodoo towers, and unstable archways. In winter these images are softly framed by deep snow, but later in spring that snowpack restarts the fast erosion process that gives birth to ever-changing badlands scenery. As you journey father down the plateau the red rock gets harder and is carved into majestic deep hanging valleys and the awe-inspiring canyons of Zion Canyon. The air isn't as cold in these canyons but feels just as chilling as the winds whip through the twists and turns and the sun disappears quickly. Finally as you exit the red rock canyons the landscape mellows in broader and less sculptured valleys that give you the opportunity to look back on the grand staircase of canyons, valley, and plateaus.
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Mike
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