Posts by Paul Jones

Willis Creek

Willis Creek

Willis Creek is a narrow canyon with sculpted sandstone walls that tower up to 300 feet above the stream...

The Wave and North Coyote Buttes

The Wave and North Coyote Buttes

The Southwest is packed with strange landscapes, but The Wave offers a special brand of surrealism. No artist could have...

Buckskin Gulch

Buckskin Gulch

The grandeur of Buckskin Gulch is almost oppressive. Some landscapes subtly affirm nature’s mastery of the sublime. There’s nothing...

Indian Paintbrush on Yellow Rock

Yellow Rock

Just west of Cottonwood Creek in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, great lumps of Navajo sandstone lie jumbled on...

Jacob City: A Ghost of Utah’s Past

Jacob City: A Ghost of Utah’s Past

The Ford Bronco II pitched and rolled up the narrow canyon. It’s oversized rear windows afforded a crystalline view into...

Naturalist Basin

Naturalist Basin

Oblique rays of golden light sliced like laser beams between thick columns of pine. The sharp illumination at our backs...

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