It was hard to capture the various colors of the aspen trees amongst the fir trees. This is actually a zoomed/stitched pano using my cell phone. It's much better if you click on original.

I have to tell you, I was totally unaware of the volcanism of this area so it's been quite a lesson.

Products of an older episode of volcanism producing trachytic, andesitic and rhyolitic lavas that were succeeded by basaltic lavas of two different ages. Several lines of NE-SW-trending cinder cones occur within the volcanic field, with the youngest flows being located near Panguitch Lake (where we were earlier) on the north and Navajo Lake on the south. Navajo Lake formed when a thick blocky flow dammed Duck Creek.

Young lava flows, many of which are fissure fed, have distinct margins and covered or diverted stream drainages, which have for the most part not been reestablished across the flows. Although the precise age of the lava flows is not known, the oldest trees on the youngest flows at Panguitch Lake date to about 1050 CE (Gregory, 1949), consistent with legends of the Southern Paiute (who arrived in the area about 1000 CE) noting ejection of fiery rocks and molten lava flows (Palmer, 1957).