Sentences with phrase «slot canyons»

You're hiking at the bottom of a narrow slot canyon that is sometimes 20 feet across and 2000 feet deep.

On your way to Utah, make time to go underground at the breathtakingly beautiful slot canyons of Antelope Canyon, test your nerves at Horseshoe Bend and detour off - road to see some of the most colorful mountains in Paria townsite in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

You can also visit Lake Powell Tribal Park to see Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon, slot canyons on Navajo territory that are highly photographed and in demand.

Scramble through slot canyons, drive on dusty, dirt roads, and be amazed at the diverse beauty of this part of the United States.

Sculptures such as Serra's Sequence (2006) and Kapoor's Cloud Gate (2006) might arouse representational urges — a Utah slot canyon for the former; a kidney bean for the latter — but each, enveloping from inside or outside, demands physical exploration more than mental riddle - solving.

This is the quintessential slot canyon hike.

So to his parents, the gorgeous open valley where the Virgin River dumps out of a narrow slot canyon looks like pristine wilderness, Kim says.

You'll have opportunities to tackle more slot canyons, off - road to hidden arches, climb 500 - foot slabs of slickrock, or just enjoy a lifetime's worth of views from the comfort of your car.

This will take you to Little Wild Horse Canyon, a perfect hike for those interested in a little slot canyon exploration.

Located on native land and only accessible when accompanied by an authorized escort, this wonder is considered one of the most stunning slot canyons in the world.

Carlos, our divemaster, leads us through a series of swim - throughs and slot canyons at around 50 feet.

Two different slot canyons make up Antelope Canyon and both offer very different experiences.

Fun to explore and extremely photogenic, slot canyons provide a unique hiking experience.

Located in Page, Arizona, Upper Antelope Canyon (also simply referred to as Antelope Canyon) is one of several slot canyons available for tourists to visit.

NEW YORK — Elaine Lorenz used 3 - D modeling software to create «New World,» an abstract sculpture inspired by slot canyons in Arizona.

Lake Powell's piercing blue water is a stark contrast to the golden cliffs and lush hanging gardens, and creates extremely narrow slot canyons that just beg to be explored.

I experienced some of that myself last summer when, on the one day off from an intensive week killing invasive Russian olive trees in Utah's Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument — a trip organized by Wilderness Volunteers and my first time camping in 30 years — I joined a few others on a hike to a slot canyon.

Add dramatic sunsets, gorgeous red rocks, slot canyons, massive buttes, and mesas to the list of Arizona beauty.

But environmentalists who have backed the monument — which Clinton had hoped would rally green voters to his bid for a second term as he preserved cliffs, slot canyons and sandstone arches — point out that the plateau has proved to be a paleontological jackpot since the monument's establishment, producing tens of thousands of fossils.

Like the Slot Canyons, your yoga practice has to be experienced and appreciated for what it is in the moment — not what it was at some other time, under different conditions.

The Slot Canyons in Lake Powell are a fascinating location — their very appearance changes depending on the weather and time of day.

Natural phenomena like the Slot Canyons are a great reminder that the world is full of areas that defy our predictions and expectations.

But then, I also was dismissive of Aron Ralston, the real - life adventurer who hacked off his right arm with a dull knife after being pinned by a rock in a slot canyon for five days in 2003.

Based on Between A Rock and A Hard Place, the book Aron Ralston wrote about his ordeal of being trapped in a slot canyon by a massive boulder pinning his hand, 127 HOURS was conceived by director / co-screenwriter Danny Boyle as a spiritual journey of a man forced to confront the solitary existence he had chosen for himself.

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The slot canyons and sandstone cliffs are minutes from our family's ranch, a rugged playground where my father and I have always escaped to bond and horse around, usually with a rifle or a shotgun pointed at the footwell, appropriate for plinking at rocks or clay pigeons.

Just before my visit, a party of hikers was killed when a flash flood swept through a slot canyon not far from here.

James Franco magnificently portrays Aron Ralston, a man trapped in the vast desert of Moab for 127 hours in the most dire of circumstances - virtually no water, no food, no sleep, and the small inconvenience of having his hand stuck in between a slot canyon he was traversing, and a half - ton boulder.

You chose to come here today; you chose to do this descent into the slot canyon by yourself.

Trapped in a slot canyon in a Utah desert for five nights and six days gives him a sense of clairity that he compares to a second adolescence.

Sometimes, when exploring new opportunities for marketing my books, I feel a little like the tiny guys at the bottom of this slot canyon: Experiencing an awesome opportunity but overwhelmed by the learning curve.

Ding & Dang is another slot canyon hike just up the road from Little Wild Horse Canyon, which is a slightly more difficult hike and should only be attempted by experienced hikers.

You can scramble to the top of cliffs, hike through the river in a slot canyon, or explore the many lakes of a high plateau.

The river freezes over and you can walk through the slot canyon on what would normally be rushing water.

Wade into the Virgin River, which cuts through the slot canyon, and take in jaw - dropping views of the park's high plateaus, sculpted rock towers, and sheer sandstone walls.

Located near Page Arizona on Navajo land, Antelope Canyon is a favorite subject matter of both amateur and professional photographers who come here to photograph «The Crack» (aka Upper Antelope Canyon) a picturesque «slot canyon», plus «The Corkscrew», which is Lower Antelope Canyon and referred to by the Navajo as «spiral rock arches.»

Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon formed by the erosion of the soft ever present Navajo sandstone.

Antelope Canyon is made up of two slot canyons, Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon.

It is a «trail» through the middle of the Virgin River leading you through 10 + miles of dramatic cliffs, narrow slot canyons and gorgeous scenery.

A slot canyon is a narrow canyon that is formed from water rushing through rock.

Paquette also recommends exploring Zion National Park, which was Utah's first national park and is home to narrow slot canyons, a variety of massive sandstone cliffs that range in color, and trails that lead to mesmerizing views.

From short, easy, scenic walks to all day technical hikes, take your pick of the slot canyons you want to explore.

Slot canyons can be several meters wide or just one foot wide.

If you only have time for one slot canyon, which one should you choose?

We heard horror stories of people waiting an hour or longer in the hot sun just to enter the slot canyon.

Gaze up at massive sandstone cliffs that soar out of the earth, and experience the wilderness of the narrow slot canyon.

With its darker canyon walls, falling sands, and light beams shining through the dusty air, the Upper canyon has been the more popular of the two slot canyons.