{"id":9675,"date":"2024-11-28T22:59:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T02:23:45","slug":"20241128valley-of-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128valley-of-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 of 2024 Thanksgiving Trip to Las Vegas, Valley of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. Today, I visited Valley of Fire State Park, a short drive from Las Vegas featuring enchanting formations of Aztec Sandstone.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4586.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4586.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Colored Strata<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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{\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider20 = new Splide( '#splide-major-20', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider20.sync( secondarySlider20 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Valley of Fire was a bit like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/202303las-vegas\/#Red_Rock_Canyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Rock Canyon that I visited in 2023<\/a>. It too featured fiery-colored sandstone, located farther away from Las Vegas but more expansive, with more intense interplay of shapes and colors from its rocks. It turned out to be perfect destination for a day trip from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>It took me less than an hour to reach Valley of Fire&#8217;s entrance station from my Airbnb in Las Vegas via I15. I must say, however, that once I turned off I15, the speed limits along Valley of Fire Highway were ridiculously low. Probably because it was Thanksgiving Day with lots of people heading out, there was a 10-minute wait to enter the park via its West Entrance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_114813.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20241128_114813.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_114815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20241128_114815.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Valley of Fire<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Once inside, the park&#8217;s geometry followed an inverted &#8220;T&#8221; shape, with the two horizontal arms of the &#8220;T&#8221; being its two entrances, and the most exciting scenery along its vertical stem. Part of the vertical line was embraced by genuine characters of a valley, a passage intimately flanked by magnificent sandstone formations that rose on either side.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The most popular part of the park was at the top of the inverted &#8220;T&#8221;. Along the way I passed several overflow parking lots and decided to stop at one of them, where as a preview, I caught a glimpse of the intricate labyrinth of red rocks that awaited me.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4579.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4579.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ridge of Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4580.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4576.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4576.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4575.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4575.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sandstone Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Sandstone Landscape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4579.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4580.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4576.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4575.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sandstone Landscape\" \/><\/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 from the roadside parking lot.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4579.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4579.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ridge of Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4580.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4576.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4576.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4575.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4575.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sandstone Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Sandstone Landscape<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Fire_Wave_and_White_Domes_Trail\">Fire Wave and White Domes Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This trail was arguably the most popular in the park, seamlessly combining two iconic loops: the Fire Wave and Seven Wonders Loop with the White Domes Trail. As a result, one could start from either Fire Wave Trailhead or White Domes Trailhead. Parking at both locations was limited. I was fortunate enough to secure a spot at the Fire Wave Trailhead just moments after another car departed.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off, I headed south along Seven Wonders Trail. Much like my previous days in Death Valley, I wanted this adventure to feel spontaneous and unplanned. So I only memorized the general layout of the trail and chose not to look up the exact locations or details of the &#8220;Seven Wonders&#8221;. Adding to the unpredictability, the area near the Fire Wave Trailhead featured a network of crisscrossing trails. I simply picked a random trail going in the right direction, and as a result missed Fire Cave and Thunderstorm Arch, which were two rock arches.<\/p>\n<p>But fortune smiled upon me, as I did not miss Crazy Hill, which was unquestionably the highlight of my day (p3-4 below). This remarkable formation featured extraordinary bands of white, yellow, orange, and pink flowing side by side like a river across the undulating rock surface. The wavy textures created an impression of a painter&#8217;s palette casually tossed across the landscape. Since it wasn&#8217;t on my radar, it&#8217;s quite a pleasurable discovery.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4582.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4585.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4585.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4587.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4587.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colored Strata<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4588.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colored Strata<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4589.jpg\" alt=\"Small Hill with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Hill with Colored Strata<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4591.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4591.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t look that white from this angle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4592.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape with Colored Strata<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4593.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape with Colored Strata<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4594.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4594.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape with Colored Strata<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4582.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4585.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4587.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4588.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4589.jpg\" alt=\"Small Hill with Colored Strata\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4591.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4592.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4593.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4594.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/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 taken at or around Crazy Hill.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4582.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4585.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4585.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4587.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4587.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4588.jpg\" alt=\"Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colored Strata<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4589.jpg\" alt=\"Small Hill with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Hill with Colored Strata<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4591.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4591.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t look that white from this angle.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4592.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4593.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4593.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4594.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4594.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with Colored Strata\" \/><\/a><\/br>Landscape with Colored Strata<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Onto the White Domes part of the loop, the hike to its parking lot wasn&#8217;t as dramatic, still colors abounded even in the most mundane bricks (p3 below).<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4599.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4599.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Movie Set\" \/><\/a><\/br>Remains of Movie Set<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4600.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4602.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks in Vibrant Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bricks in Vibrant Colors<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4601.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Hollowed by Erosion<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4628.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Hollowed by Erosion<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like heart chambers.<\/span><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4599.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Movie Set\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4600.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4602.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks in Vibrant Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4601.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4628.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4599.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4599.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Movie Set\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Remains of Movie Set<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4600.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4600.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4602.jpg\" alt=\"Bricks in Vibrant Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bricks in Vibrant Colors<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4601.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Hollowed by Erosion<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4628.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Hollowed by Erosion\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Hollowed by Erosion<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like heart chambers.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching White Domes Trailhead, I decided to scale up a small hill before continuing my hike. The vantage point up the hill offered sweeping views to the north, of expansive fields decorated with clusters of red rocks.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4608.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4607.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4626.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks before Distant Mormon Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks before Distant Mormon Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4606.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4604.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4604.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4627.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4608.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4607.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4626.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks before Distant Mormon Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4606.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4604.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4627.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/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 of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4608.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4607.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4626.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks before Distant Mormon Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks before Distant Mormon Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4606.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4604.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4604.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4627.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4609_DSC_4625-17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4609_DSC_4625-17.jpg\" alt=\"View from a Small Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from a Small Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4631.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4631.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4634.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rock Formations\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Formations<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Leaving the small hill and continuing on the trail, the rocks weren&#8217;t as stunning as the ones near Crazy Hill but there was no shortage of variety of colors.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s White Domes Slot Canyon, the narrowest and tallest slot canyon I entered during this trip.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4636.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_132049.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_132049.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4642.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4645.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4636.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20241128_132049.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4642.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4645.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot 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-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of White Domes Slot Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4636.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_132049.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_132049.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4642.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4645.jpg\" alt=\"White Domes Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>White Domes Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Coming out of White Domes Slot Canyon, I soon entered Kaolin Slot Canyon. This was the connecting passage between the two loops of the trail and the only segment I traversed twice during this hike. It lacked the imposing height of White Domes Slot Canyon (hence occasionally referred to as &#8220;Kaolin Wash&#8221;), it&#8217;s still interesting enough that retracing my steps through it felt like a pleasure rather than a redundancy.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4646.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4597.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4597.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4648.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4648.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4649.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4646.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4597.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4648.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4649.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot 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-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Kaolin Slot Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4646.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4597.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4597.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4648.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4648.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4649.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Kaolin Slot Canyon, the trail crossed a road and reached Pink Canyon, which was also part of the seven wonders. While pictures of Pink Canyon looked absolutely stunning on the internet, in reality I didn&#8217;t find it that visually appealing. Perhaps its vivid colors were paled by the bright mid-day sun, or possibly its most picturesque section was slightly off-trail. In any case, I continued my hike without lingering.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4651.jpg\" alt=\"Plant among Pink Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Plant among Pink Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4650.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4652.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4653.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4654.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4654.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4657.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4657.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4660.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4651.jpg\" alt=\"Plant among Pink Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4650.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4652.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4653.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4654.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4657.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4660.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4651.jpg\" alt=\"Plant among Pink Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Plant among Pink Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4650.jpg\" alt=\"Kaolin Slot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Kaolin Slot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4652.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4653.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4654.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4654.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4657.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4657.jpg\" alt=\"Small Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4660.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Next, it&#8217;s Fire Wave, a stunning sandstone formation renowned for its elegant swirls of red, orange, and white striping that created the illusion of flames captured in stone. This proved to be the most popular of the seven wonders, with crowds posing for photos throughout the area. It&#8217;s like a miniature (and permit-free) version of The Wave in Arizona.<br \/>\nGiven the angle of the sunlight during my visit, Fire Wave perhaps didn&#8217;t showcase its most dramatic appearance. However, the surrounding landscape offered extensive sandstone formations displaying similar striped patterns, some of which appeared even more striking than Fire Wave itself with the particular condition of light that day. I took a short rest here to appreciate these remarkable geological features.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4665.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4665.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fire Wave<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4669.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4669.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fire Wave<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4661.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4664.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4664.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4670.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4670.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4667.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4673.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4673.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4665.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4669.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4661.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4664.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4670.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4667.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4673.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/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 from around Fire Wave.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4665.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4665.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4669.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4669.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Wave\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fire Wave<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4661.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4664.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4664.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4670.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4670.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4667.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4673.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4673.jpg\" alt=\"Sandstone with Stripe Patterns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sandstone with Stripe Patterns<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, the walk from Fire Wave back to the parking lot wasn&#8217;t as remarkable. In the end, I finished the loop in 2 hours.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Fire_Canyon_Overlook\">Fire Canyon Overlook<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On my way back, I made a stop at Fire Canyon Overlook. On Google Maps, this place was also called &#8220;Star Trek Pilgrimage Site&#8221;, for it&#8217;s near the place where Star Trek character Captain Kirk was filmed to be killed and buried. I wasn&#8217;t Star Trek fan, so to me this was a vista offering magnificent views of layers of red rock formations stretching southward across the landscape.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4677.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4677.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4683.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4683.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4680.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4680.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4678.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4678.jpg\" alt=\"Silica Dome\" \/><\/a><\/br>Silica Dome<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4685.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4685.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Virgin Peak<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4677.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4683.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4680.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4678.jpg\" alt=\"Silica Dome\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4685.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/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 from Fire Canyon Overlook.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4677.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4677.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4683.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4683.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4680.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4680.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4678.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4678.jpg\" alt=\"Silica Dome\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Silica Dome<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4685.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4685.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Virgin Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Further south, a few trails entered the extensive Fire Canyon seen from this overlook. Among them, I checked out Rainbow Vista Trail.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Rainbow_Vista_Trail\">Rainbow Vista Trail<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This was a short 1.6km (1mi) out-and-back trail, starting out in an open field and then entering a canyon, before concluding at an overlook.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I didn&#8217;t find hiking in the Valley of Fire particularly enjoyable. Many of the trails were composed of sand, and I didn&#8217;t like sand sneaking into my shoes. This was especially true for the open field at the beginning of the trail, which, to me, felt a bit underwhelming.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4687.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4687.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_152326C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_152326C.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4707.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4709.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4710.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4687.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20241128_152326C.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4707.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4709.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4710.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4687.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4687.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\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_152326C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_152326C.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4707.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4709.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4710.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>However, the experience took a refreshing turn once I entered the canyon. I found myself tightly surrounded by the marvelous sights of towering red rock formations.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4691.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4691.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4704.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4704.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4695.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders in Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4694.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4694.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4705.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4691.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4704.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4695.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders in Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4694.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4705.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4691.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4691.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4704.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4704.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4695.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders in Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders in Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4694.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4694.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4705.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s the vista at the end. While the Fire Canyon Overlook earlier had offered a sweeping perspective of the area, this view felt more like a close-up, zoomed-in snapshot. Admittedly, the angle of the view was limited, and the rocks here lacked the vibrant array of colors that had dazzled along the Seven Wonders Trail, so I didn&#8217;t find the vista that impressive.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4697.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4697.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_150532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_150532.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4702.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Rock Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the end of trail.<\/span><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4697.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20241128_150532.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4702.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Arch\" \/><\/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 from Rainbow Vista.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4697.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4697.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/20241128_150532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/20241128_150532.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks from Rainbow Vista<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4702.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the end of trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Upon returning to the parking lot, I noticed that a few small buttes nearby offered surprisingly impressive views. From one vantage point, I admired the road cutting dramatically through the valley (the vertical stem of the inverted &#8220;T&#8221;); from another, the expansive fields of red rocks stretching far beyond the valley. These unexpected perspectives added a pleasant finale to the hike to Rainbow Vista.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4711.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Valley of Fire<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4714.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4714.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Valley of Fire<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4713.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An arch in formation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4717.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks of Various Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rocks of Various Colors<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4718.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4718.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4711.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4714.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4713.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4717.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks of Various Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4718.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/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 near the trailhead of Rainbow Vista Trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4711.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in Valley of Fire<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4714.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4714.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Valley of Fire\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in Valley of Fire<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4713.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An arch in formation.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4717.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks of Various Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rocks of Various Colors<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4718.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4718.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Originally, I allowed myself the option to hike to Mouse&#8217;s Tank, another short hike nearby. But given the experience of my hike to Rainbow Vista, and the waning daylight, I decided to skip it, instead contented myself with a few photos of the various rock formations visible from its trailhead.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4721.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4720.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4725.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4725.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4723.jpg\" alt=\"People Posting for Photos in Alcoves\" \/><\/a><\/br>People Posting for Photos in Alcoves<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4721.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4720.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4725.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4723.jpg\" alt=\"People Posting for Photos in Alcoves\" \/><\/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 from Mouse&#8217;s Tank Trailhead.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4721.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4721.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4720.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4725.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4725.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4723.jpg\" alt=\"People Posting for Photos in Alcoves\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>People Posting for Photos in Alcoves<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Balanced_Rock\">Balanced Rock<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After that, I arrived at the (closed) visitor center, which was built against the backdrop of a giant wall of red rocks. There, I checked out Balanced Rock which was just a short walk away.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4726.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4726.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4728.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4728.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4729.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4729.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4730.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4730.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Ranges to the South<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4726.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4728.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4729.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4730.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges to the South\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4726.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4726.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4728.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4728.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4729.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4729.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4730.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4730.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Ranges to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountain Ranges to the South<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>To truly appreciate the intricacy of Balanced Rock, one should walk west past it. From the end of the trail, it appeared that the top of Balanced Rock was seemingly only connected to its base via a very small patch of contact (p2-3 below).<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4731.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small hole at the top.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4733.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4733.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4735.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4735.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4731.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4733.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4735.jpg\" alt=\"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-16, #splide-thumb-16 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Balanced Rock.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4731.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small hole at the top.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4733.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4733.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4735.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4735.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Elephant_Rock\">Elephant Rock<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I then made my way to Elephant Rock, which was next to the park&#8217;s eastern entrance. True to its name, this natural arch elegantly resembled an elephant&#8217;s trunk.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4742.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4742.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Elephant Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4741C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4741C9.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Rock on Top of Elephant Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rock on Top of Elephant Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This looked like some grazing cow, so I called it &#8220;Cow Rock&#8221;.<\/span><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4742.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4741C9.jpg\" alt=\"Rock on Top of Elephant 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-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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4742.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4742.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Elephant Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4741C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4741C9.jpg\" alt=\"Rock on Top of Elephant Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock on Top of Elephant Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This looked like some grazing cow, so I called it &#8220;Cow Rock&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The actual Elephant Rock was a short walk from the parking lot, but I found myself lingering in the parking area, captivated by the panorama before me. Sprawling fields adorned with striking red sandstone formations stretched into the distance, their rich vermilion hues enhanced by the soft, golden light of twilight, creating a truly enchanting tableau that invited quiet contemplation.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4746.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4738.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4744.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4744.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4745.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Virgin Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4737.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4740.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4740.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4748.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4746.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4738.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4744.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4745.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4737.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4740.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4748.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4746.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4738.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4744.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4744.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks in Field<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4745.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Virgin Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Virgin Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4737.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4740.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4740.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4748.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4748.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Rocks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I also took the opportunity to explore the nearby Arrowhead Arch. Frankly, there wasn&#8217;t sufficient signage in the area that I wasn&#8217;t 100% sure which was the actual Arrowhead Arch.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4754.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4754.jpg\" alt=\"Arrowhead Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arrowhead Arch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4752.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4752.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Small Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Right along the trail to Arrowhead Arch. I decided to call it &#8220;Mini Elephant Arch&#8221;.<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4754.jpg\" alt=\"Arrowhead Arch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4752.jpg\" alt=\"Small Arch\" \/><\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4754.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4754.jpg\" alt=\"Arrowhead Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arrowhead Arch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4752.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4752.jpg\" alt=\"Small Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Arch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Right along the trail to Arrowhead Arch. I decided to call it &#8220;Mini Elephant Arch&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Beehive_Rock\">Beehive Rock<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I ended the day with a visit to Beehive Rock, a fascinating formation near the park&#8217;s western entrance. These rocks, marked by intricate geologic cross-bedding, have been sculpted by erosion into shapes reminiscent of beehives (though I struggled to see the resemblance). <\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4756.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4765.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4765.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4758.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4768.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Ridge of Red Rocks<\/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\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4756.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4765.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4758.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4768.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/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 from Beehive Rock.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4756.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4756.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4765.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4765.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4758.jpg\" alt=\"Beehive Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Beehive Rock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/DSC_4768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_4768.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Ridge of Red Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Ridge of Red Rocks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>By the time I reached Beehive Rock, it was already past sunset and darkness was settling over the landscape. So after taking a few photos, I went on my way back to Las Vegas, concluding the day.<br \/>\nEND<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. 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