Zion National Park, Utah – Team Utah took a break from the volcanic field to explore some of Utah’s (more famous) sedimentary rocks. We visited Zion, Utah’s first National Park.
Zion is a geological wonderland, featuring striking sheer cliffs and narrow slot canyons.
The students hiked the Kayenta trail to the Emerald Pools. Credit: T. Hall
This is the Court of the Patriarchs, so named for figures from the Old Testament by Frederick Vining Fisher in 1916. Abraham Peak is on the far left. Isaac Peak is in the center. Jacob Peak is the white peak that can be viewed just beyond Mount Moroni on the right.
View of The Narrows, a trail that winds through slot canyons in the famously cross-bedded Navajo Sandstone.
The Wooster crew cools off in the Virgin River at the end of an awesome day in Zion. Credit: T. Wilch
One of my favorite places in the world, and now graced by Team Utah. Love the images!