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Willow Springs Dinosaur Tracksite
I’m very picky when it comes to dinosaur prints. I guess I’ve visited too many sites that touted their “dinosaur…
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Rock Canyon to the Sewing Machine Needle
My most recent hike in the Maze District (well, near the Maze District) was up Rock Canyon to the Sewing…
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Off-trail to Blocked Arch and Crystal Arch
Blocked Arch and Crystal Arch are not the most famous arches in Arches National Park. In fact, they’re off the…
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Hat Shop in Bryce Canyon
I’ve put off visiting the Hat Shop in Bryce Canyon for years. It seemed to me to be a long…
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Upheaval Dome – Unique for Island in the Sky
The Upheaval Dome Trail easily makes it to my list of “best hikes in Canyonlands.” At only 1.5 miles round…
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Lake Blanche, Lake Florence, and Lake Lillian in Big Cottonwood Canyon
If there is one famous hike I heard about more often than any other before visiting the Wasatch Mountains near…
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Map of (Almost) All the Arches in Arches National Park
A Facebook acquaintance recently asked if anyone had a map with all 2,000 of the documented arches (only a little…
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Red Breaks Slot Canyon – So Narrow!
Red Breaks Canyon is spectacular. I don’t know how else to describe it succinctly, so here goes a longer description:…
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Lost Spring Canyon and its Side Canyons
The far northern side of Arches National Park is definitely overlooked. It’s also extremely inaccessible. It can’t be accessed from…
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Yellowstone vs. Other National Parks
Every national park has a lot of competition from its neighbors – especially when the parks are famous or especially…
