Cedar Breaks National Monument, western Utah 12 July 2006

    It was snowbound mid-May of '05 so I was denied entrance, but it was so dazzling in the late-day sun in June of '03,

that Cedar Breaks, and Brian Head, which overlooks it, were due for another visit [25 photos]


A roadside lava field next to UT-14

A nice lake overlook on the way up the long ascent to CBNM.

The cinder cone from a long extinct volcano

Point Supreme

Point Supreme

Point Supreme

Point Supreme

Sunset View

Sunset View

Sunset View

Chessmen Ridge Overlook

Chessmen Ridge Overlook

Chessmen Ridge Overlook

Chessmen Ridge Overlook

Chessmen Ridge Overlook

North View

The dirt road up to Brian Head

The view from Brian Head, looking east

The view from Brian Head, looking northeast

The view from Brian Head, looking west

The rocky summit of Brian Head. The winds had to over 60 mph up here.

The view west. The brown haze is smoke from regional fires

Now you know.