Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

Visited the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which sits on the Arizona/Utah border (park website can be found here).  Instead of taking the circuitous auto tour, I hiked a loop around West Mitten Butte via the Wildcat Trail.  Overcast skies broke during the hike, with vivid blue skies standing out against white cumulus clouds and the orange desert sand and mudstone.  This resulted in excellent light for photography, with most of my pictures displaying a variety of rich colors.

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Mount Sherman // West Side Leadville Route

 I summited the ultra-easy Mount Sherman from the west Leadville side/Iowa Gulch trailhead. That trail starts at 12,000 feet, which made thi...