jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Cathedral Valley is one of the highlights when visiting CRNP. It is not for everyone as a high clearance 4x4 or AWD vehicle is recommended for traversing the 58 mile dirt/rock road. Normally takes 6-7 hours to complete the loop and and you have to ford the Fremont River on the west entrance. I took the east entrance part of the loop last week as spring run-off made the river too high to ford. Still it took over an hour to go the 16 miles to the Temple's of Cathedral Valley...the Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon.

These Temple's are 400' high sandstone monoliths that are slowly eroding way. At their base, you can see deposits of loose sandstone that has eroded.

1. Sign at the start of east entrance

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2. Stay to right and heed the warning

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3. Candy-striped dome along the way

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4. As you approach the Temple's

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5. Temple of the Sun fore-front, Temple of the moon in the background

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6. Temple of the Sun - notice the erosion

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7. Temple of the Moon and my trusty steed

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8. Another look at both Temple's

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9. Last look at Temple of the Moon

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Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

A very nice informative set. Well done!

GOR

Fantastic photos, everyone was excellent. You just added another bucket list item to my list.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

#3, 5 & 9 stand out a bit from this very nice series.

jliane Loc: Washington state

A veRy interesting and different park compared to the other well traveled parks in the area--a favorite of mine after only one visit. Did not see this area but glad to know an AWD will work.

jliane Loc: Washington state

A veRy interesting and different park compared to the other well traveled parks in the area--a favorite of mine after only one visit. Did not see this area but glad to know an AWD will work.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent set Jederick.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thank You Michael...I appreciate you looking and leaving a comment!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thank You GOR for stopping by and I'm happy to add to your list!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thank You Sirius...it was a beautiful day to be out there photographing...never saw another soul...it was bliss!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thank you jliane appreciate you stopping by. Be careful if the roads are wet as it is easy to get stuck in the Bentonite gumbo mud. When wet, Bentonite will absorb moisture and can swell up to six times its normal size...as it dries it will shrink back to normal size.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thanks Jim, glad you had a chance to see this part of the country.

Redrock51 Loc: Utah

Nice shots. Thanks for sharing.

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Excellent downloads and interesting series jederick. The colours and textures of the rock are beautiful.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment!