{"id":10268,"date":"2025-11-22T22:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=10268"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:15:24","slug":"20251122chiricahua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122chiricahua\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson, Chiricahua National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of my 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson, I found myself wandering through the enchanting labyrinth of hoodoos at Chiricahua National Monument, where nature has sculpted the stone into an intricate forest of fantastical forms.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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Its fields of soaring stone pillars created such an exhilarating and wondrous spectacle that kept me spellbound for the entire day.<\/p>\n<p>I started my day from the town of Willcox along Interstate 10, the gateway town to Chiricahua National Monument. From there, it&#8217;s an hour-long drive through the pleasant countryside into Chiricahua National Monument.<br \/>\nWith a full day at my disposal to explore this geological wonder, I decided to tackle the Big Loop (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/us\/arizona\/the-big-loop--2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllTrails link<\/a>), plus the spur trail to Inspiration Point. The route totaled approximately 15km with 560m of elevation gain (9.3mi\/1870ft). I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s a preferred direction for this loop, so I randomly picked the clockwise direction, and set off just before 10 o&#8217;clock in the morning.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Loop_Hike_in_Chiricahua\">Loop Hike in Chiricahua<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking of my hike:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=254654571&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/embedv2.do?id=254654571&#038;measures=on&#038;elevation=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Right from the trailhead, the path threaded its way between various hoodoos. I found it particularly intriguing that many of these formations were heavily eroded, with numerous small rocks intricately wedged between them, creating fascinating and complex topological shapes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7736C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7736C11.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Rocks with Opening in Middle\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rocks with Opening in Middle<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_095808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7748.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7749.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7736C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7736C11.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks with Opening in Middle\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rocks with Opening in Middle<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_095808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_20251122_095808.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_101556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_20251122_101556.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail amid Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail amid Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7738.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7747.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7747.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7743.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7743.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few rocks wedged together.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7745.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A few rocks wedged together.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7748.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7749.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small rock wedged in between two large ones.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>My hike was accompanied by the lovely chirping sound of birds. I ran into a particularly bold one (slideshow below) along the trail that wasn&#8217;t shy about my camera. (ChatGPT thinks it&#8217;s a scrub jay.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7762C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7762C11.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bird<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7761C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7761C11.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bird<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7756C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7756C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bird<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7762C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7761C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7756C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of a bird along the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7762C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7762C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bird<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7761C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7761C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bird<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7756C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7756C11.jpg\" alt=\"Bird\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bird<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I spotted the bird above near the end of Rhyolite Canyon, where three trails (Ed Riggs \/ Hailstone \/ Mushroom Rock) converged. There, I found myself at the base of hillsides adorned with soaring hoodoos, their imposing presence striking the perfect balance between quantity and proximity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7751.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7751.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7766.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7766.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7753.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7767.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7768.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7769.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7769.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7751.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7766.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7753.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7768.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7769.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7751.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7751.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7766.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7766.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7753.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7767.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7767.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7768.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7769.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7769.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Continuing onward, the trail entered a more wooded section as the hoodoos gradually receded from view. That is, except for &#8220;Mushroom Rock&#8221;, a top-heavy formation that was intricately balanced.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7771C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7771C.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mushroom Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7772.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7772.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mushroom Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mushroom Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Inspiration_Point\">Inspiration Point<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Not long after that, I went on the spur trail to Inspiration Point. Though this part of the trail itself offered little in the way of scenery, the destination proved well worth the effort. There, a series of boulders perched above Rhyolite Canyon, providing a spectacular panorama of the extensive hoodoo fields of Chiricahua National Monument, constituting what was likely the most expansive vista this monument had to offer. The light conditions were ideal as well, with the midday sun brilliantly illuminating the remarkable formations spread before me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7780.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7780.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7777.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7777.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7789.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7789.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rhyolite Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I can see the trail to Echo Canyon for the latter part of the loop trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7775.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7775.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7801.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7783.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7783.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The direction where I came from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7790.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7790.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sugarloaf Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7786.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7786.jpg\" alt=\"Cochise Head\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cochise Head<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7788.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7788.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7780.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7777.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7789.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7775.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7801.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7783.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7790.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7786.jpg\" alt=\"Cochise Head\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7788.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos taken at Inspiration Point of Chiricahua National Monument.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7780.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7780.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7777.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7777.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7789.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7789.jpg\" alt=\"Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rhyolite Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I can see the trail to Echo Canyon for the latter part of the loop trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7775.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7775.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7801.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7783.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7783.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The direction where I came from.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7790.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7790.jpg\" alt=\"Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sugarloaf Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7786.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7786.jpg\" alt=\"Cochise Head\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cochise Head<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7788.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7788.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7791_DSC_7799-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7791_DSC_7799-9.jpg\" alt=\"View from Inspiration Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Inspiration Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video from Inspiration Point:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/Inspiration_Point_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/Chiricahua_Inspiration_Point_2160p60_H265_20bps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">8 seconds, 2160p60fps, H265 only, 20Mbps\/21MB file size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I spent about 25 minutes at Inspiration Point before continuing onward. Leaving Inspiration Point, the trail started out as an unremarkable passage among fields of shrubs, before hoodoos gradually densified. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7805.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7805.jpg\" alt=\"Chiricahua Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chiricahua Mountains to the South<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7807C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7807C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7808.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom-Shaped Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mushroom-Shaped Hoodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7810.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7812.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7812.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7805.jpg\" alt=\"Chiricahua Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7807C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7808.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom-Shaped Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7810.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7812.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7805.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7805.jpg\" alt=\"Chiricahua Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chiricahua Mountains to the South<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7807C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7807C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7808.jpg\" alt=\"Mushroom-Shaped Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mushroom-Shaped Hoodoo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7810.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7812.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7812.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The next attraction along the trail was a named &#8220;Balanced Rock&#8221;. While there were many other (unnamed) balanced rocks scattered around the monument, this particular formation featured what was arguably the largest and most perfectly balanced specimen of them all. Interestingly, right next to it there was another boulder that was toppled over and wedged between two other rocks, a formation I dubbed &#8220;Unbalanced Rock.&#8221; The comparison only served to heighten the remarkable equilibrium of its neighbor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7817.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7817.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos around Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7816.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7816.jpg\" width=\"44.6%\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7825.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7825.jpg\" width=\"44.6%\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7821.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7821.jpg\" alt=\"Unbalanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unbalanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7815.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These three rocks looked like a family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7820.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos towards Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos towards Heart of Rocks Loop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7822.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7822.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7817.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7816.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7821.jpg\" alt=\"Unbalanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7815.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7820.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos towards Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7822.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of &#8220;Balanced Rock&#8221; and its surroundings.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7817.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7817.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos around Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7816.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7816.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7825.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7825.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7821.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7821.jpg\" alt=\"Unbalanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Unbalanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7815.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These three rocks looked like a family.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7820.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos towards Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos towards Heart of Rocks Loop<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7822.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7822.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Heart_of_Rocks_Loop\">Heart of Rocks Loop<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Balanced Rock&#8221; was right next to the entrance to Heart of Rocks Loop, which was no doubt the highlight of the entire hike. Here, the rocks presented themselves in the most bewildering array of shapes, many so distinctive that they had earned individual names. This marked the first of two sections along the trail where the path wound intimately among the hoodoos, bringing visitors tantalizingly close to these geological marvels. Something new and exciting seemed to await around every corner, inviting exploration and sparking imagination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_122632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_122632.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_122853.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_122853.jpg\" alt=\"Rock with Textures\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock with Textures<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_123236.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_123236.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_123311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_123311.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_123537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_123537.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_122632.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_122853.jpg\" alt=\"Rock with Textures\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_123236.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_123311.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_123537.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_122632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_122632.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_122853.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_122853.jpg\" alt=\"Rock with Textures\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock with Textures<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_123236.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_123236.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_123311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_123311.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_123537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_123537.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7829.jpg\" alt=\"Pinnacle Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pinnacle Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7831.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7831.jpg\" alt=\"Camel\u2019s Head\" \/><\/a><\/br>Camel\u2019s Head<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7834C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7834C.jpg\" alt=\"The Old Maid\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Old Maid<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7840.jpg\" width=\"96.7%\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/a><\/br>Thors Hammer<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Very rugged, but didn&#8217;t look that much like a hammer to me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7841.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7829.jpg\" alt=\"Pinnacle Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7831.jpg\" alt=\"Camel\u2019s Head\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7834C.jpg\" alt=\"The Old Maid\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7840.jpg\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7841.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7829.jpg\" alt=\"Pinnacle Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pinnacle Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7831.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7831.jpg\" alt=\"Camel\u2019s Head\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Camel\u2019s Head<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7834C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7834C.jpg\" alt=\"The Old Maid\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Old Maid<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7840.jpg\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Thors Hammer<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Very rugged, but didn&#8217;t look that much like a hammer to me.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7841.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>About halfway into Heart of Rocks loop, a few vistas offered an overview of this forest of hoodoos to the south, with Chiricahua Mountains lining the horizon. <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7832.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7832.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7839.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7839.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7849.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7849.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_124852C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_124852C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7863.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7863.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7832.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7839.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7849.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_124852C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7863.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7832.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7832.jpg\" alt=\"Path along Heart of Rocks Loop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path along Heart of Rocks Loop<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7839.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7839.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7849.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7849.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_124852C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_124852C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7863.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7863.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Heart of Rocks Area<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In addition, a few openings among the rocks offered glimpses of views to the north, reminiscent of those earlier from Inspiration Point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7857.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7852.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7846.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7846.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Dos Cabezas Peaks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Dos Cabezas Peaks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7859.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7853.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7853.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7864.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7864.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7857.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7852.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7846.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Dos Cabezas Peaks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7859.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7853.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7864.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7857.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7852.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7846.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7846.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Dos Cabezas Peaks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Dos Cabezas Peaks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7859.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7853.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7853.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7864.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7864.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos in Southern Chiricahua Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Continuing on, there were more named rocks along the path, including the famous &#8220;Duck-on-a-Rock&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7842.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7842.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Portal\" \/><\/a><\/br>Portal<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An opening between both trees and hoodoos, revealing vistas across Rhyolite Canyon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7850.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7850.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Camel-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Camel-Shaped Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As if resting on the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7862.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7862.jpg\" alt=\"Duck-on-a-Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Duck-on-a-Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7847.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_123944C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_123944C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7842.jpg\" alt=\"Portal\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7850.jpg\" alt=\"Camel-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7862.jpg\" alt=\"Duck-on-a-Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7847.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_123944C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7842.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7842.jpg\" alt=\"Portal\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Portal<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An opening between both trees and hoodoos, revealing vistas across Rhyolite Canyon.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7850.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7850.jpg\" alt=\"Camel-Shaped Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Camel-Shaped Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As if resting on the ground.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7862.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7862.jpg\" alt=\"Duck-on-a-Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Duck-on-a-Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7847.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_123944C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_123944C.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_125146.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_125146.jpg\" alt=\"Punch and Judy behind Rock Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Punch and Judy behind Rock Arch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7860.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7860.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Punch and Judy\" \/><\/a><\/br>Punch and Judy<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7865.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7865.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"The Fire Chief\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Fire Chief<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7867.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7867.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Kissing Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kissing Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7868.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7868.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Leaning Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Leaning Hoodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7870C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7870C.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/a><\/br>Thors Hammer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_125146.jpg\" alt=\"Punch and Judy behind Rock Arch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7860.jpg\" alt=\"Punch and Judy\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7865.jpg\" alt=\"The Fire Chief\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7867.jpg\" alt=\"Kissing Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7868.jpg\" alt=\"Leaning Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7870C.jpg\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_125146.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_125146.jpg\" alt=\"Punch and Judy behind Rock Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Punch and Judy behind Rock Arch<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7860.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7860.jpg\" alt=\"Punch and Judy\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Punch and Judy<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7865.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7865.jpg\" alt=\"The Fire Chief\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Fire Chief<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7867.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7867.jpg\" alt=\"Kissing Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kissing Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7868.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7868.jpg\" alt=\"Leaning Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Leaning Hoodoo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7870C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7870C.jpg\" alt=\"Thors Hammer\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Thors Hammer<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Heart of Rocks Loop, the trail embarked on a long descent through Sarah Deming Canyon to the floor of Rhyolite Canyon. Near the beginning of this descent, likely as an overflow from Heart of Rocks, several interestingly shaped hoodoos made their appearance\u2014a parting gift from that extraordinary landscape above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7873.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7873.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7879.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7879.jpg\" width=\"41.3%\" alt=\"Rock Wedged between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7874.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7874.jpg\" width=\"41.3%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Various rocks wedged between others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7880.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7880.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7881.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7881.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock and Gap between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7877.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7877.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7876.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7876.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7873.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7879.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Wedged between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7880.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7877.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7876.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7873.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7873.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7879.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7879.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rock Wedged between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7874.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7874.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Various rocks wedged between others.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7880.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7880.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7881.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_7881.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock and Gap between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7877.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7877.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7876.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7876.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>While traversing Sarah Deming Canyon, clusters of hoodoos adorning the hilltops served as pleasing companions along the way, their distinctive silhouettes keeping watch over my descent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_133810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_133810.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_134320.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_134320.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7884.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7884.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_134802.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_134802.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7887.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7887.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7888.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7888.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7886.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7886.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones in the foreground were more eroded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_133810.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_134320.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7884.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_134802.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7887.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7888.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7886.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_133810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_133810.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_134320.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_134320.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7884.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7884.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_134802.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_134802.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7887.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7887.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7888.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7888.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7886.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7886.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones in the foreground were more eroded.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Much of the trail through Sarah Deming Canyon was enveloped by tall trees, a feature that persisted after reaching the floor of Rhyolite Canyon and turning back toward the trailhead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_133533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_133533.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_134218.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_134218.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_140641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_140641.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_140935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_140935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_141711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_141711.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_142417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_142417.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_133533.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_134218.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_140641.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_140935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_141711.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_142417.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-15, #splide-thumb-15 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_133533.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_133533.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_134218.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_134218.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_140641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_140641.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_140935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_140935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_141711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_141711.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_142417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_142417.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Yet when views along the trail weren&#8217;t obscured by trees, they proved quite spectacular. The entire length of Rhyolite Canyon was lined with endless arrays of hoodoos, and the trail, running roughly through the middle, offered the broadest of vistas. It was like watching an army from the most epic chronicles parading past, stretching as far as the eye could see. Taking a closer look, one could observe the hoodoos closer to the canyon floor showed greater erosion, while those positioned higher up appeared more polished, a distinction that lent this stone army even more character.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7890.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7890.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7891.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7891.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7903.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7903.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7902.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7893.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7893.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7894.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7894.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7905.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7905.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7890.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7891.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7903.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7902.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7893.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7894.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7905.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-16, #splide-thumb-16 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7890.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7890.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7891.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7891.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7903.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7903.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7902.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Balanced Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7893.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7893.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7894.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7894.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7905.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7905.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7897.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7897.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7898.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7898.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7895.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7895.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7896.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7896.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7904.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7904.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7897.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7898.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7895.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7896.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7904.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-17, #splide-thumb-17 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7897.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7897.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7898.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7898.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7895.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7895.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7896.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7896.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7904.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7904.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos toward Lower Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the floor of Rhyolite Canyon, the loop trail continued towards Echo Canyon, still surrounded by endless hoodoo views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-18\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7908.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7909.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7909.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7912.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7912.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7914.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7914.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_144123.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_144123.jpg\" width=\"82.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A faint trace of the trail that I just took.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7915.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7929.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7929.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-18\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7908.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7909.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7912.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7914.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_144123.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7915.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7929.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-18, #splide-thumb-18 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7908.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7908.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7909.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7909.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7912.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7912.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7914.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7914.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos around Upper Rhyolite Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_144123.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_144123.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos across Rhyolite Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A faint trace of the trail that I just took.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7915.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7929.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7929.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then the trail entered Echo Canyon. Besides Heart of Rocks, this was the second section along the entire trail where the hoodoos stood tantalizingly within reach. I was particularly captivated by one segment where the path threaded through narrow gaps between soaring rock formations, winding through what felt like a veritable labyrinth of stone before emerging out of it. (Fortunately, this labyrinth offered no branching paths, so there was no danger of losing one&#8217;s way.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-19\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_150958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_150958.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Passage in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Passage in between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151014.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151037.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151037.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7928.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151314.jpg\" width=\"96.3%\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the trail lower down.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-19\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_150958.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Passage in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_151014.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_151037.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7928.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_151314.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-19, #splide-thumb-19 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_150958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_150958.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Passage in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Passage in between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151014.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151037.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151037.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7928.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151314.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Gaps in between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the trail lower down.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video of me walking through the soaring rocks:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/Chiricahua_Echo_Canyon_1_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/Chiricahua_Echo_Canyon_1_2160p60_H265_19Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">34 seconds, 2160p60fps, H265 only, 19Mbps\/88MB file size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Echo Canyon presented an seemingly endless procession of hoodoos. Compared to those encountered earlier in the hike, these formations were notably larger and more imposing, displaying their grandeur with striking effect. (And naturally, there was no shortage of unnamed balanced rocks to admire along the way.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-20\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7911.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7911.jpg\" width=\"96.7%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a 3d jigsaw puzzle put together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7917.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7917.jpg\" alt=\"Hole in Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hole in Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7924.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7924.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7921.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7925.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7931.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7931.jpg\" width=\"96.7%\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoo<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An unnamed balanced rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7927.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7927.jpg\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><\/br>Top of Hoodoo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-20\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7911.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7917.jpg\" alt=\"Hole in Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7924.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7921.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7925.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7931.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7927.jpg\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoo\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-20, #splide-thumb-20 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7911.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7911.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a 3d jigsaw puzzle put together.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7917.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7917.jpg\" alt=\"Hole in Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hole in Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7924.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7924.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoo<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7921.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7925.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7931.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7931.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoo<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An unnamed balanced rock.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7927.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7927.jpg\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoo\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Top of Hoodoo<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-21\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7932.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7932.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Top of Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another unnamed balanced rock in the left.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7936.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7936.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A rock arch in the back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_152126.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_152126.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7935.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7939.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7939.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-21\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7932.jpg\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7936.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_152126.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7935.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7939.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-21, #splide-thumb-21 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7932.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7932.jpg\" alt=\"Top of Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Top of Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another unnamed balanced rock in the left.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7936.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7936.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A rock arch in the back.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_152126.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_152126.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7935.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7939.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7939.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-22\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_151741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_151741.jpg\" alt=\"Passage between Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Passage between Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151847.jpg\" width=\"96.3%\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Gap between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Light from the afternoon sun flowing through.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_152706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_152706.jpg\" width=\"96.3%\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Narrow Gap between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Light from the afternoon sun flowing through.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7941.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7941.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7943.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7943.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Rock Balanced between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Balanced between Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-22\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20251122_151741.jpg\" alt=\"Passage between Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_151847.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_152706.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7941.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7943.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Balanced between Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-22, #splide-thumb-22 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/IMG_20251122_151741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/IMG_20251122_151741.jpg\" alt=\"Passage between Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Passage between Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_151847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_151847.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Gap between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Light from the afternoon sun flowing through.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_152706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_152706.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow Gap between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Narrow Gap between Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Light from the afternoon sun flowing through.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7941.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7941.jpg\" alt=\"Opening between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7943.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7943.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Balanced between Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Balanced between Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Exiting Echo Canyon, the sun was getting low and hence casting increasingly harsher shadows. This delicate interplay of light and shadow required more consideration of angles when photographing the landscape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-23\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7946.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7946.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7948.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7951.jpg\" alt=\"Hooodos Leaning on Each Other\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hooodos Leaning on Each Other<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7944.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7944.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7952.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7952.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-23\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7946.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7948.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7951.jpg\" alt=\"Hooodos Leaning on Each Other\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7944.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7952.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-23, #splide-thumb-23 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7946.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7946.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7948.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7951.jpg\" alt=\"Hooodos Leaning on Each Other\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hooodos Leaning on Each Other<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7944.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7944.jpg\" alt=\"Unnamed Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Unnamed Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7952.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7952.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Nearing the trailhead, I discovered several boulders stacked and wedged together in such a remarkably perfect configuration that they had transformed the spaces beneath them into a miniature labyrinth, reminiscent of the Echo Canyon I had walked through earlier but much smaller in scale. Curiosity compelled me to explore further, here&#8217;s a video:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/Chiricahua_Echo_Canyon_2_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/Chiricahua_Echo_Canyon_2_2160p60_H265_19Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">57 seconds, 2160p60fps, H265 only, 19Mbps\/146MB file size.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-24\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154703.jpg\" width=\"56.25%\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154717.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154745.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-24\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_154703.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_154717.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/20251122_154745.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-24, #splide-thumb-24 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154703.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154717.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/20251122_154745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/20251122_154745.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders Stacked Together\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders Stacked Together<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I reached the trailhead at around 4pm, completing the hike in just over 6 hours.<br \/>\nIn retrospect, I was struck by the remarkable variety of experiences this loop trail offered, providing multiple perspectives from which to observe the hoodoos: first as a general surveying an army of them from Inspiration Point, then in the prospect of a pawn in that army on the floor of Rhyolite Canyon. The Heart of Rocks Loop brought me their diverse shapes and characters, while Echo Canyon revealed the intricate complexity of its winding passages. It was quite a wealth of experience distilled into a relatively brief span of time.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Massai_Point\">Massai Point<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After finishing the loop hike, I drove to the nearby Massai Point, arguably the finest vehicle-accessible overlook in the monument.<br \/>\nMy original plan was to wait for the soft twilight colors of sunset, when sceneries are often at their most vivid, before capturing photographs. Upon arriving at Massai Point with about an hour to spare before sunset, I decided to rest in my car and pass the time with a brief nap.<br \/>\nFortunately, after about 15 minutes of napping, I stepped out to check the views and was immediately captivated by rays of sunlight breaking through distant clouds, casting luminous god rays across the fields below and putting on a most glorious display of colors. As it turned out, the afternoon clouds were quite thick\u2014had I waited until the actual sunset hour, they would have muted the vibrant twilight colors entirely. (The weather forecast had earlier indicated a chance of rain during my hike, though those prospects had diminished as the day of my trip approached.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-25\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7957.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7957.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7956.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7963.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7963.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7966.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7966.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Heart of Rocks area in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7988.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7988.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Valley before Dragon Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Valley before Dragon Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mt Glenn, the highest point of Dragon Mountains, in the background center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7971.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7971.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks Balanced Together\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rocks Balanced Together<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7959.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7959.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos before Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos before Sugarloaf Mountain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-25\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7957.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7956.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7963.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7966.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7988.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Valley before Dragon Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7971.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks Balanced Together\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7959.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos before Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-25, #splide-thumb-25 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Massai Point.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7957.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7957.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7956.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7963.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7963.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point against Setting Sun<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7966.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7966.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Heart of Rocks area in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7988.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7988.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Valley before Dragon Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Valley before Dragon Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mt Glenn, the highest point of Dragon Mountains, in the background center.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7971.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7971.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks Balanced Together\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rocks Balanced Together<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7959.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7959.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos before Sugarloaf Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos before Sugarloaf Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7973_DSC_7985C-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7973_DSC_7985C-12.jpg\" alt=\"View from Massai Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Massai Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In comparison, the actual clusters of hoodoos, as seen from Massai Point and displaying various shapes and sizes, seemed a bit dull when devoid of the intense interplay with sunlight, as I had grown accustomed to these dramatic rock formations during my earlier hike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-26\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7986.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7986.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7991.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7991.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7967.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7967.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Totem Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos around Totem Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7961.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7961.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Towards the direction of Inspiration Point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a 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from Massai Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7991.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7967.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos around Totem Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7961.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7968.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7969.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Towards the direction of Inspiration Point.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7968.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7968.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/DSC_7969.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/11\/22\/thumbnails\/DSC_7969.jpg\" alt=\"Hoodoos from Massai Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoodoos from Massai 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