{"id":1280,"date":"2019-10-22T07:45:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2020-09-03T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T23:36:39","slug":"grand-staircase-escalante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/grand-staircase-escalante\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Staircase-Escalante"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Slot canyon in Spooky Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the largest yet least explored parks in the country, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument\u00a0is a vast desert\u00a0landscape of mesas, slot canyons, petrified sand dunes, archaeological treasures and American history.\u00a0Divided by a single long ridge called the Kaiparowits Plateau, this remote region was\u00a0the last place in the continental United States to be mapped and is\u00a0a wonderful\u00a0destination to find that desert solitude that Edward Abbey so passionately wrote about.<\/p>\n

From the south,\u00a0the Vermilion, White, Gray, and Pink cliffs rise to\u00a0form the giant multi-hued terraces of the Grand Staircase. And to the east the Escalante Canyons are a labyrinth of geologic wonders slowly\u00a0winding their way down to Lake Powell. Together these escarpments expose 200 million years of the earth’s history in a visual feast for the eyes, and contain the most continuous record of Late Cretaceous terrestrial life in the world.<\/p>\n

For the photographer, the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument is a sublime location where the possibilities are endless and the light, which\u00a0seems to glow from within, is worthy most anytime of day. I’ve often said you could\u00a0spend your whole life in southern Utah and not see it all, but that might just be true of this very special park. The temptation to try is always present.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Russ Bishop\/All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the largest yet least explored parks in the country, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument\u00a0is a vast desert\u00a0landscape of mesas, slot canyons, petrified sand dunes, archaeological treasures and American history.\u00a0Divided by a single long ridge called the Kaiparowits Plateau, this remote region was\u00a0the last place in the continental United States to be mapped and is\u00a0a … <\/p>\n

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