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FEATURE (Category: Americas | USA | Colorado Plateau | autumn | outdoor | hiking | naturereserves)
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Deep in the heart of the Colorado plateau the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area begins. An inaccessible and breathtakingly beautiful area. This is where we start our search for The Wave: the best-kept trekking secret of the USA. Read excerpts of this feature.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28045/469659891_MHGvB-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28047]
’Holes in the rock.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28047/2048581_VWdEZ-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28047]
’Holes in the rock.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28050]
’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit & Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28050/469659627_7UP3j-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28050]
’Overhanging canyon cliff-1.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit & Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28055]
’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk & Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28055/469659814_ThZth-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28055]
’Overhanging canyon cliff-2.’
The base of this sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk & Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7740]
'Crossing the Paria.’
A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-7740/2048558_zJAM9-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7740]
'Crossing the Paria.’
A trek through the colourful Paria Canyon involves crossing the water every hundred meters. Using a stick can help you to avoid quicksand. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28059]
’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’
View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a landscape of finely layered sandstone. On the bedrock surface many stone balls can be found: globular concretions which have been eroded out of the encasing sandstone. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28059/106652498_6tfCZ-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28059]
’Sandstone landscape in Paria Canyon.’
View in downstream direction through the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) The river is surrounded by a landscape of finely layered sandstone. On the bedrock surface many stone balls can be found: globular concretions which have been eroded out of the encasing sandstone. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28061]
’Rock and roll.’
Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-organic origin, dating from the Jurassic era. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28061/2048564_EKwEN-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28061]
’Rock and roll.’
Balls of layered sandstone are eroding out of the bedrock surface in the canyon of the Paria. (a tributary of the Colorado.) They may be of micro-organic origin, dating from the Jurassic era. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28063/469659834_LkVYe-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28063]
’Layered sandstone-1.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28064]
’Layered sandstone-2.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28064/106648567_MwSvA-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 28064]
’Layered sandstone-2.’
A small dry valley above the Paria Canyon shows a finely layered bedrock surface that is composed primarily of wind-blown sand from a vast ancient desert. Later the desert dunes were covered by other materials, they petrified and surfaced again when the Colorado Plateau was uplifted and then eroded. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
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’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.
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’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/UtahArizona-in-Search-of-the/usa-28045/469659891_MHGvB-S.jpg "> [USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.")
[USA.UTAH 28045]
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.
’Crooked pillars-2.’
The base of this vertical sandstone wall in the Paria Canyon has been undercut during floods by swirling water and hard stones transported from upstream. The resulting overhanging cliffs seem to lean on crooked pillars that look like the work of crazy sculptors. The canyon of the Paria (a tributary of the Colorado) can be found east of Kanab and south of route 89. Photo Paul Smit.
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