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Top photo: North of Orderville, UT. Glendale Bench is a 7,000 foot plateau a few miles east of Zion National Park, bordering the east side of the Virgin River valley, composed of a thick layer of white Navajo sandstone - the same rock seen prominently in the national park, and ringed by steep slickrock slopes of the Elkheart Cliffs.
At lower elevations, a thinner, red colored component of the same geological formation extends a mile or so west, ending at a low escarpment and crossed by around a dozen small drainages, some of which have eroded short slot canyons as they cut into the edge of the sandstone.
BOTTOM PHOTO: Wellsville Mountains as viewed near Logan, UT. The Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah, United States and are often considered part of the Wasatch Mountains. By the way, the drive to Logan from SLC is fabulous; incredible scenery. We drove to Logan so that my cousin could check out a quilting factory.
Top photo: North of Orderville, UT. Glendale Bench is a 7,000 foot plateau a few miles east of Zion National Park, bordering the east side of the Virgin River valley, composed of a thick layer of white Navajo sandstone - the same rock seen prominently in the national park, and ringed by steep slickrock slopes of the Elkheart Cliffs.
At lower elevations, a thinner, red colored component of the same geological formation extends a mile or so west, ending at a low escarpment and crossed by around a dozen small drainages, some of which have eroded short slot canyons as they cut into the edge of the sandstone.
BOTTOM PHOTO: Wellsville Mountains as viewed near Logan, UT. The Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah, United States and are often considered part of the Wasatch Mountains. By the way, the drive to Logan from SLC is fabulous; incredible scenery. We drove to Logan so that my cousin could check out a quilting factory.
Jun 06 2022