A Brief Overview of Capitol Reef
Located in south-central Utah in the heart of red rock country, Capitol Reef National Park is a hidden treasure filled with cliffs, canyons, domes and bridges in the Waterpocket Fold, a geologic monocline (a wrinkle on the earth) extending almost 100 miles.
Located in south-central Utah in the heart of red rock country, Capitol Reef National Park is a hidden treasure filled with cliffs, canyons, domes and bridges in the Waterpocket Fold, a geologic monocline (a wrinkle on the earth) extending almost 100 miles.
It's a fairly small park, when we first got there we found out that the scenic road was closed due to flooding from the rain the night before. Apparently there were only two trails that the rangers were recommending as well, naturally, they were all crowded. So on some misguided level we decided to go on a trail going through a pass that was completely muddy.
A couple of posts ago I wrote about my new hiking boots I had just bought, well the very first time I wore them was for this particular hike, thus they are now covered in red mud :l I know, its what's hiking boots are for, but still! So much mud!! It was a bit unnecessary. After our muddy hike we managed to find a parking spot at the trail head to a hike that took you up to a natural bridge. It was about a mile and a half hike up, luckily during the hike the mud flaked off the bottom of my boots thus I was now not tracking mud into the car. When we headed back to the visitors centre we found out that the scenic drive had re opened, it took about half an hour to drive through it.
We then left to head up to the resort that we were staying at in Park City, Utah. It was about a 4 hour drive, once we got there we just went grocery shopping and then ate some supermarket chicken for dinner. We also got around to watching "The Help" which I thought was a pretty good movie. =]
National Parks Count:
1. Zion National Park
2. Bryce Canyon National Park
3. Capitol Reef National Park
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