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  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Pool-Reach.tif
  • The Grand Combin massif, Switzerland.
    CH-Grand-Combin_3.tif
  • Along stage 6 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane du Mont Fort and Cabane du Prafleuri, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage6_4.tif
  • Skiers track their way up a powder slope near the Sangree Froelicher Hut above Leadville, Colorado.
    CO-TracksFork.tif
  • Crossing the wind swept dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park, in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
    CO-GreatSandDunes-LoneFigure.tif
  • Above the Lac de Moiry, along stage 10 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane de Moiry and Zinal, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage10_3.tif
  • The Augstbordpass, along stage 12 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Gruben and St. Niklaus, Switzerland.
    CH-Augstbordpass_3.tif
  • A visitor gazes up at the sights of the Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    UT-HorseshoeCanyon-GreatGallery1.tif
  • Dwarfed by the crevasses and peaks of the Mont Blanc Massif, four climbers snake their way across the valley atop the Alps between Courmayeur, Italy, and Chamonix, France.
    FR-MontBlanc_21.tif
  • Eardley Pool sits near the mouth of Eardley Canyon, in Utah's San Rafael Reef at the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell.<br />
<br />
The swell, approximately 75 miles (121 km) by 40 miles (64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline  of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up millions of years ago. Since that time, infrequent but powerful flash floods have eroded the sedimentary rocks into numerous valleys, canyons, gorges, mesas and buttes.
    UT-EardleyPool-SanRafaelReef.tif
  • The Matterhorn looms over the Mattertal, along the Europaweg, Switzerland.
    CH-Matterhorn1.tif
  • Because of its proximity to the popular Goblin Valley State Park, is easily explored, and has narrow passages as fine as any other Southwest slot, Little Wild Horse Canyon has become the most visited location in the San Rafael Swell, within Utah's Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area.
    UT-LittleWildHorseCanyon1.tif
  • Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Switzerland.
    CH-Mont-Blanc-de-Cheilon_5.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-EnteringNarrows-from-...tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Pocket.tif
  • Fortknocker Canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-FortknockerNarrows3.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Pool-Stretch.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-EnteringNarrows-from-...tif
  • Big red rock walls loom over a visitor to Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    UT_Horseshoe_Canyon_Wall.tif
  • Because of its proximity to the popular Goblin Valley State Park, is easily explored, and has narrow passages as fine as any other Southwest slot, Little Wild Horse Canyon has become the most visited location in the San Rafael Swell, within Utah's Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area.
    UT-LittleWildHorseCanyon2.tif
  • Because of its proximity to the popular Goblin Valley State Park, is easily explored, and has narrow passages as fine as any other Southwest slot, Little Wild Horse Canyon has become the most visited location in the San Rafael Swell, within Utah's Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area.
    UT-LittleWildHorseCanyon3.tif
  • A hiker heads through the narrow canyons of Sulphur Creek's Goosenecks, in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
    UT-CapitolReefNP-SulphurCreekNarrows.tif
  • Because of its proximity to the popular Goblin Valley State Park, is easily explored, and has narrow passages as fine as any other Southwest slot, Little Wild Horse Canyon has become the most visited location in the San Rafael Swell, within Utah's Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area.
    UT-LittleWildHorseCanyon-from-above.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Narrows-Jumping.tif
  • Fortknocker Canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-FortknockerNarrows.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Toward-the-BlackHole2.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Narrows-Bending.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-JumpingReflection.tif
  • This unnamed canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-UnnamedAlcove-vert.tif
  • This unnamed canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-UnnamedAlcove.tif
  • This unnamed canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-UnnamedAlcove2.tif
  • Fortknocker Canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-FortknockerAlcove3.tif
  • Fortknocker Canyon is a tributary of Utah's White Canyon, which makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-FortknockerNarrows2.tif
  • Eardley Pool sits near the mouth of Eardley Canyon, in Utah's San Rafael Reef at the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell.<br />
<br />
The swell, approximately 75 miles (121 km) by 40 miles (64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline  of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up millions of years ago. Since that time, infrequent but powerful flash floods have eroded the sedimentary rocks into numerous valleys, canyons, gorges, mesas and buttes.
    UT-EardleyPool-SanRafaelReef2.tif
  • A visitor gazes up at the sights of the Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    UT-HorseshoeCanyon_GreatGallery2.tif
  • A hiker pauses to enjoy the humbling scale and beauty of the narrows of Lower Death Hollow, near the Escalante Canyon of Utah.
    UT-LowerDeathHollow-Narrows.tif
  • A visitor searches for pictographs and petroglyphs in Horseshoe Canyon, part of Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
    UT_HorseshoeCanyon_LookingUp.tif
  • Giant car-size rocks, reminiscent of dinosaur heads, loom over the scattered rubble of Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
    UT_Canyonlands_BigRocks.tif
  • Utah's White Canyon makes a gorgeous, serpentine cut through Cedar Mesa, near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. But it remains unprotected.<br />
<br />
It lies at the heart of the proposed Glen Canyon Wilderness, where the vast expanse of Paleozoic-era sandstone known as Nokai Dome eases its way to the upper reaches of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.  This region also includes the soaring Wingate Cliffs of the Red Rock Plateau, Mancos Mesa, Moqui Canyon with its meandering stream, Red Canyon, and the serpentine side canyons of White Canyon. This is one of the most remote regions of the state, but it lacks protection and is threatened by increasing ORV use.<br />
<br />
It is all part of the San Juan-Canyonlands region of Southeastern Utah, one of the most iconic landscapes recommended for protection in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, boasting dramatic geologic features wrought by elemental forces, as well as internationally significant cultural sites of the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mormon Pioneers. Adorned with buttes and arches, vast stretches of slickrock deposited over 250 million years ago, ancient pinyon-juniper forests and an artist's pallet of red-hued sandstone, the San Juan-Canyonlands region has inspired explorers since the days of John Wesley Powell, and its wonders represent some of the greatest unprotected wilderness in the country.
    UT-WhiteCanyon-Toward-the-BlackHole.tif
  • A hiker casts a long, sinuous shadow on a Utah afternoon in Capitol Reef National Park.
    UT-CapitolReefNP-HikerShadow.tif
  • Sitting beside a Sulphur Creek waterfall, a hiker is dwarfed by the Goose Neck Canyons of Capitol Reef National Park.
    UT_CapitolReef_SulphurCreek.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_2.tif
  • Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_2.tif
  • The Grand Combin massif, Switzerland.
    CH-Grand-Combin_2.tif
  • Sunset from the Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_9.tif
  • Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_9.tif
  • Monts de Cion, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_4.tif
  • Snow and fog blanket the slopes near the Augstbordpass, along stage 12 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Gruben and St. Niklaus, Switzerland.
    CH-Augstbordpass_1.tif
  • Along stage 9 of the Walker's Haute Route, between La Sage and Cabane du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage9_1.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_4.tif
  • Along the Europaweg, above the Mattertal, Switzerland.
    CH-Europaweg_6.tif
  • Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Switzerland.
    CH-Mont-Blanc-de-Cheilon_4.tif
  • Lac des Dix, near Cabane de Prafleuri, Switzerland. Mont Blanc de Cheilon can be seen at the head of the valley.
    CH-Lac-des-Dix_1.tif
  • Lac Bleu, near Arolla, Switzerland.
    CH-Lac-Bleu_2.tif
  • Along stage 6 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane du Mont Fort and Cabane du Prafleuri, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage6_1.tif
  • Snow and fog blanket the slopes along stage 11 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Zinal and Gruben, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage11_3.tif
  • Sunset from the Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_8.tif
  • Glacial tarns along stage 6 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane du Mont Fort and Cabane du Prafleuri, Switzerland.
    CH-Grand-Desert.tif
  • Glacier du Tour, above Tour, France.
    CH-Glacier-du-Tour_1.tif
  • The Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_8.tif
  • Along the Europaweg, above the Mattertal, Switzerland.
    CH-Europaweg_5.tif
  • The lush grass of Col de Balme, between Tour, France, and Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Col-du-Balme.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_1.tif
  • Below the Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-Izzy-near-Mont-Fort.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_3.tif
  • Lac Bleu, near Arolla, Switzerland.
    CH-Lac-Bleu_1.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_5.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_6.tif
  • The Grand Combin massif, Switzerland, with the Glacier de Corbassiere flowing from its base.
    CH-Grand-Combin_5.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_10.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_7.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_8.tif
  • Glacier du Trient, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Trient_9.tif
  • Heading towards the Fenetre d'Arpette, above Trient, Switzerland.
    CH-Fenetre-d-Arpette_1.tif
  • Above Val d'Entremont, near Sembrancher, Switzerland.
    CH-Foggy-Valley.tif
  • The shoulder of Bec des Rosses, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_1.tif
  • Bec des Rosses, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_2.tif
  • Monts de Cion, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_3.tif
  • Monts de Cion, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_5.tif
  • Monts de Cion, above Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_6.tif
  • Sunset from the Cabane du Mont Fort, Switzerland.
    CH-from-Cabane-du-MontFort_7.tif
  • The Grand Combin massif, Switzerland.
    CH-Grand-Combin_1.tif
  • The Grand Combin massif, Switzerland.
    CH-Grand-Combin_4.tif
  • Along stage 6 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane du Mont Fort and Cabane du Prafleuri, Switzerland. The Petit Combin can be seen in the background.
    CH-Stage6_2.tif
  • Along stage 6 of the Walker's Haute Route, between Cabane du Mont Fort and Cabane du Prafleuri, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage6_5.tif
  • Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Switzerland.
    CH-Mont-Blanc-de-Cheilon_1.tif
  • Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Switzerland.
    CH-Mont-Blanc-de-Cheilon_2.tif
  • Mont Blanc de Cheilon, Switzerland.
    CH-Mont-Blanc-de-Cheilon_3.tif
  • The view from the Col de Riedmatten, looking down into the Montagne d'Arolla.
    CH-Montagne-de-Arolla.tif
  • The Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve flows from the slopes of Pigne d'Arolla.
    CH-Glacier-de-Tsijiore-Nouve.tif
  • The Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve flows from the slopes of Pigne d'Arolla.
    CH-Glacier-de-Tsijiore-Nouve_2.tif
  • Along stage 9 of the Walker's Haute Route, between La Sage and Cabane du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage9_2.tif
  • Climbing to the Col du Tsate, along stage 9 of the Walker's Haute Route, between La Sage and Cabane du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage9_3.tif
  • Descending from the Col du Tsate, along stage 9 of the Walker's Haute Route, between La Sage and Cabane du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage9_4.tif
  • Glacier de Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_13.tif
  • Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland. To give you a sense of scale, look for a group of mountaineers on the far right of the glacier.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_1.tif
  • Glacier de Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_14.tif
  • Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_3.tif
  • Atop the lateral moraine of the Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland. The Cabane du Moiry can be seen atop the ridgeline to the left of the center of the photo.
    CH-Glacier-du-Moiry_4.tif
  • Glacier du Moiry, Switzerland.
    CH-Stage9_5.tif
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