Two Weeks in the Canyons of Utah

April 2014  |  Utah

Photos from two weeks of travel and hiking in the deserts and canyons of southern Utah, including the San Rafael Swell, Capitol Reef, Escalante, and Bryce Canyon.

A spring snowstorm passes over the Little Grand Canyon, through which the San Rafael River flows.
Little Grand Canyon

A spring snowstorm passes over the Little Grand Canyon, through which the San Rafael River flows.

Storm clouds over a remote canyon in the San Rafeal Swell.
Clouds Over Canyon

Storm clouds over a remote canyon in the San Rafeal Swell.

Rain clouds pass over remote canyon country in southern Utah.
Storm Over the Swell

Rain clouds pass over remote canyon country in southern Utah.

Chimney Canyon, San Rafael Swell, Utah, tree, April, desert, 2014
Stormy Juniper
Chimney Canyon, San Rafael Swell, Utah, campfire, April, desert, Sony A7R, A7R, large prints, 2014
Campfire Over the Swell
A labyrinth of colorful bentonite hills.
Bentonite Maze

A labyrinth of colorful bentonite hills.

Psychedelic landscape of raspberry cheesecake hills.
Ice Cream Hills

Psychedelic landscape of raspberry cheesecake hills.

Remote desert and bentonite hills in southern Utah.
Bentonite Valley

Remote desert and bentonite hills in southern Utah.

Large-scale light painting amongst the spires of Cathedral Valley.
Cosmic Beacons

Large-scale light painting amongst the spires of Cathedral Valley.

Sunrise light in Lower Cathedral Valley.
Temple of the Sun

Sunrise light in Lower Cathedral Valley.

The Henry Mountains rise above the slickrock desert between Boulder and Escalante.
Henry Mountains Sunset

The Henry Mountains rise above the slickrock desert between Boulder and Escalante.

Camping under a huge alcove near the Escalante River.

Camping under a huge alcove near the Escalante River.

Hiking through a deep canyon tributary of the Escalante River.
Glowing Passage

Hiking through a deep canyon tributary of the Escalante River.

A little whirlpool generates bubbles in a small canyon creek.
Canyon Bubble

A little whirlpool generates bubbles in a small canyon creek.

Sunset reflection in a small waterhole at our slickrock campsite along the Boulder Mail Trail.
Slickrock Camp

Sunset reflection in a small waterhole at our slickrock campsite along the Boulder Mail Trail.

Sunrise illuminates a sea of slickrock along the Boulder Mail Trail between the towns of Escalante and Boulder.
Slickrock Sunrise

Sunrise illuminates a sea of slickrock along the Boulder Mail Trail between the towns of Escalante and Boulder.

Hiking through the river in Death Hollow.

Hiking through the river in Death Hollow.

A calm river pond deep in Death Hollow canyon.
Death Hollow Pond

A calm river pond deep in Death Hollow canyon.

Hiking through the river in Death Hollow.

Hiking through the river in Death Hollow.

Ominous stormy clouds over Bryce Canyon National Park - April.
Stormy Bryce

Ominous stormy clouds over Bryce Canyon National Park - April.

Sunset over Panguitch and the Sevier River valley as seen from Red Canyon.
Red Canyon Sunset

Sunset over Panguitch and the Sevier River valley as seen from Red Canyon.

Ominous clouds signal the approach of a spring storm - April.
The Coming Storm

Ominous clouds signal the approach of a spring storm - April.