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That's What Friends Are For

Posted On: Apr 8, 2010 at 08:03 AM
Category: Southern Utah
Tags: Canyoneering National Parks State & Nat'l Parks

On a crisp October morning I perched on the side of Canaan Mountain, south of Zion, in the midst of a small grove of maples. The little trees clung to the shallow dirt on a ledge of Moenave Formation, which comprises the aptly named Vermilion Cliffs.