Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Northern edge of the Coyote Buttes BLM management area
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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The beginning of the ledges on the way to the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Old juniper snag on ledges
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Two red teepees reflected in a puddle
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View over Buckskin Gulch from ledges along the way to the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Sandstone bowl behind the two red teepees
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David in the sandstone bowl
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David traversing a teepee
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Three teepees above the way to the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Little-leaf Mountain Mahogany growing in ledgy wash below the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View back to the northeast from the entrance to the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View up to the Crack from in the Wave. The Crack is a landmark referenced in the BLM directions to the Wave.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Reflections in the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Puddle in the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View up from the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David taking a photo in the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David inspecting a photo in the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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The west branch of the Wave is particularly colorful in the morning light.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Stripes in the upper part of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David at the top of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Patterns eroded in sandstone
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Muffins and gargoyles near the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Bush and hummocks above the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Ledges west of the Crack
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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More ledges west of the Crack. We hiked up these to access the rim above the Crack.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David on the arch which is on the rim east of the Crack, overlooking the Wave. We ate lunch under the arch and photographed photographers in the Wave with the 300mm telephoto.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Rock Wren. We heard several of these and saw this one on ledges above the Crack.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Bedding pattersn and bushes in sandstone near the sand dune bowl, which is about 150 meters southwest of the rim above the Crack.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David exploring into the sand dune bowl
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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This is the only way to get into the sand dune bowl without leaving tracks in the sand. Not quite as bad as it looks.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David down in the sand dune bowl
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Yellow stripe in ledge in the Top Rock area about a mile south of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David sitting on the crest of a ridge about a mile SSW of the Wave. We tried to descend the ridge but it was too steep.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Small agate arrowhead, one of several we came across (and left in place) up in the Top Rock area.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Muffins and snow in the shade of the big wall SSW of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David hiking across ledges in the Top Rock area south of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David hiking across a ledgy valley in the Top Rock area
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Two hikers in the Wave in mid-afternoon. The light is starting to get good again.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Another hiker taking a photo in the Wave, with the Crack and the arch visible in the background.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Ledges leading down into the little canyon below and west of the Wave.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David descending the little canyon. The potholes are filled with quicksand.
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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David descending the little canyon
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Pool where the little canyon opens up
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View down the little canyon
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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View up the little canyon from below the dinosaur tracks
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Some of the dinosaur tracks
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Seasonal seeps on ledges north of the Wave
Hike in the Coyote Buttes North BLM management area in southern Utah
Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations in southern Utah about 40 miles east of Kanab. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 20 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. David and I wandered around for about ten hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.
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Teepees on the way out from the Wave