Zion National Park
The Virgin River is what cut through this area forming the Zion Canyon. The sandstone throughout the canyon is mainly red from the iron oxide. The white from calcium on the mountains is also very obvious. The black in the canyon is either from the water or from the growth on the rock itself. The movement of the sand dunes is obvious in the Navajo sandstone by the sweeping lines of contracting colors on the mountains. The eastside of Zion has a checkerboard effect which is different from the main canyon. We were able to take advantage of a number of hikes and Sue got up to about 6500 feet before she quit hiking. The park runs a shuttle bus making numerous stops at various sights which was a nice way to travel through this landmark. After visiting a number of national parks it has known to us that there are many geological contrasts which have created diversity in the land of this great country of ours. When you go from the south entrance to the east entrance of the park you pass through a one mile tunnel that was built in the 1930’s. They cut open ventilation spaces in the side of the mountain so that there would be fresh air in this very dark tunnel.
The Virgin River is what cut through this area forming the Zion Canyon. The sandstone throughout the canyon is mainly red from the iron oxide. The white from calcium on the mountains is also very obvious. The black in the canyon is either from the water or from the growth on the rock itself. The movement of the sand dunes is obvious in the Navajo sandstone by the sweeping lines of contracting colors on the mountains. The eastside of Zion has a checkerboard effect which is different from the main canyon. We were able to take advantage of a number of hikes and Sue got up to about 6500 feet before she quit hiking. The park runs a shuttle bus making numerous stops at various sights which was a nice way to travel through this landmark. After visiting a number of national parks it has known to us that there are many geological contrasts which have created diversity in the land of this great country of ours. When you go from the south entrance to the east entrance of the park you pass through a one mile tunnel that was built in the 1930’s. They cut open ventilation spaces in the side of the mountain so that there would be fresh air in this very dark tunnel.
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