TIM McLENEGAN

Grand Staircase Slot Canyons September 2021

  1. The Table Cliff Plateau. part of the same Pink Cliffs formation as Bryce Canyon and Cedar Breaks.
  2. Bryce as seen from the Powell Point viewpoint.
  3. Powell Point’s Pink Cliffs above the next step in the Grand Staircase: the Gray Cliffs.
  4. I must have made a wrong turn…
  5. Interesting pattern in the rock on the trail to the slot canyons. I think these are sandstone layers that have been bent vertically.
  6. In one trail section, there were these small crystal(?) balls on the outside of the rock.
  7. Closeup of a chunk of the mysterious rocks.
  8. Canyon country.
  9. Getting ready to climb up into our first slot canyon.
  10. The first canyon had about a 12' climb to negotiate.
  11. Yessica is strategizing how to handle the next obstacles before we finish climbing into the canyon.
  12. Arches above the entrance to the canyon.
  13. Excited (and overwhelmed) to finally be in the canyon.
  14. The canyons were often very narrow — less than 2 feet wide at times.
  17. Climbing out of the first canyon.
  18. Green plant in red sand
  19. Together in the next canyon.
  20. Ducking under a small arch.
  24. Relieved at not falling when climbing down.
  33. Climbing under a boulder jam/
  34. We made it out of the second canyon!
  35. Looking back at the entrance to the first canyon.
  36. Walking back through the third and final canyon, which wasn’t as narrow as the first two.
  41. Impressed by this tree branch wedged in the canyon.
  42. One last obstacle…
  43. One last obstacle…
  44. Nice textures on the canyon wall as we’re climbing out.
  45. Large cracks in desert mud.
  46. Smoke from California wildfires as seen from Utah.