Guess the spot: Utah Edition

[XID_AZ]

well, I don't know but is that maybe some Abajos behind a Cedar Mesa canyon?

Abajos, yes.
Cedar Mesa, no I wouldn't consider it Cedar Mesa. Head North.

 

[gnwatts]

Dark Canyon?

 

[XID_AZ]

A bit further North.
The canyon may not be a hiking destination, but the head end of the canyon does see slow moving traffic, probably on a regular basis.

 

[BeardoMcGrath]

Is this the upper portion of N Cottonwood Creek? I can't quite tell the vantage of this photo but if you were up high on Cathedral Butte or something this might make sense

 

[XID_AZ]

No. I'm not on Cathedral Butte, but you can see Cathedral Butte in the photo. A little left of center.

 

[Magnus]

Cove canyon? From somewhere on the block?

 

[XID_AZ]

Cove Canyon is the closest one yet, but not Cove.
This canyon shares its name with another nearby named place on the map.

 

[Magnus]

ahhh then it must be teapot!

 

[XID_AZ]

ahhh then it must be teapot!

Ding ding ding!
You're up.

 

[Magnus]

Any guesses on where this fjords-styled overlook is?

 

[BeardoMcGrath]

This looks to be the Green River just above the confluence with the Colorado...there is a trail on the map from the Maze District to this area but I'm not sure what the official overlook name is

 

[Magnus]

Well I'll give it to you, close enough. It's in the maze district looking southwest down the Colorado just past the confluence. It doesn't have a name that I know of, but there are some carved names a few hundred feet out this ridge near this overlook for the 80s.

Either way! Your turn!!!

 

[BeardoMcGrath]

Nice I would have guessed that was the confluence in the distance but I guess it's just a bend in the river.

Finally got to a good spot to look down into this canyon in the lower part of this image from above last month (this feature also has a secondary name)

 

[XID_AZ]

Nice I would have guessed that was the confluence in the distance but I guess it's just a bend in the river.

Finally got to a good spot to look down into this canyon in the lower part of this image from above last month (this feature also has a secondary name)

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Holy cr*p, that is an amazing view. Now you have clenched it for me that I need to get up on the Kaiparowits Plateau and do the trek out to Bull Ridge. You're looking down into Navajo Valley or Twilight Canyon.

Every time I drive HITR, I love seeing the straight cliffs and Navajo Mountain. I tend to do my hiking in the summer, so getting up on the plateau would be a nice change in temp from all of the canyons down below.
Was there any good water up there or would I need to pack it all in?

 

[BeardoMcGrath]

Holy cr*p, that is an amazing view. Now you have clenched it for me that I need to get up on the Kaiparowits Plateau and do the trek out to Bull Ridge. You're looking down into Navajo Valley or Twilight Canyon.

Every time I drive HITR, I love seeing the straight cliffs and Navajo Mountain. I tend to do my hiking in the summer, so getting up on the plateau would be a nice change in temp from all of the canyons down below.
Was there any good water up there or would I need to pack it all in?

You got it! I dm'd you about some of this info. As for water specifically we just did a long day hike so we didn't worry about that. I've read there isn't a lot of water up there but maybe after a wet winter like this year it would be better.

 

[Janice]

Any guesses on where this fjords-styled overlook is?View attachment 121788

Cool picture!

 

[XID_AZ]

This should be an easy one, so someone else can post a quality pic.

Where was this taken from and what are we looking at?

 

[Henk]

Waterpocket Fold from Boulder Mountain?

 

[XID_AZ]

Waterpocket Fold from Boulder Mountain?

Got the right feature, but wrong mountain. Bonus if you can provide the location of the unfortunately named "unpleasant" location.

 

[regehr]

from the Elkhorn Road?