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In Reply to: RE: Bryce Canyon overlook, UT posted by free.ranger on August 23, 2014 at 20:43:48
...Several years back I received a booklet from BHP which was a pictorial of many spectacular & unusual rock & ridge formations around Utah.
From memory it was a fairly desolate place but the scenery was spectacular, especially with setting or rising sun involved in the pictures.
Is Utah somewhere you have traipsed much?
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The rock formations and plateaus are former ocean beds. Half of the state is made of spectacular geology. Its also loaded with oil, uranium, and other minerals, so there is constant bickering about land lockup versus land rape.
Mormons control Utah, and are liking the money a lot. Fortunately enough of them started to realize that more and steadier amounts come from tourism. I believe there are 7 national parks and even more monuments and recreational lands within, which add to the anti-government fervor. It's a lot of locked up undeveloped territory, but its truly an amazing place. Even the non-federal locations are surreal. It's not as ancient as Australia, but it's old real estate.
I've been most all over Utah; it's a half-day's drive away, but 2 or 3 days to reach the other extext of it. And it's hot. Utah would likely be what we have that most resembles inner Australia. But no 'roos.
As the matter of fact there are oil sands deposits in Utah that all together contain a probable reserve anywhere between 6.1 billion and 19 billion barrels of oil.
An oilsands company in Calgary has proposed a project in one of those oilsands prospect areas, which has an area of about 5,000-acre in the mountaintop that has an estimated 190 million barrels of reserves, which the company has been excavating and testing since it received a permit in 2010.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
Is that where the army finally released the CAMELS they experimented with in the 1800s?
Bryce and Zion are both on my Must See list. But NOT in the summer. This spring coming when there is still SNOW on the ground would be my next best opportunity. Days will be getting longer, too, which is good for 'scouting'.
Morning or late afternoon are my target times. Long shadows, the sun is not as harsh and you get good 'reds'. I've got some cables, a shovel and a couple bags of cat litter in the back of the 'Lament.
Too much is never enough
Zion is great in fall color; try early Oct, when the hordes are gone and the park is open to cars. Otherwise it's bus only.
Bryce is high country, lots of early snow. Sept is your best shot. The lodge closes shortly after Labor Day; you'll have to stay at Ruby's outside the gate, or camp.
Anywhere in UT from Sept or later, have emergency equip in your car. It's all very high; winter can drop on you anytime, and its a long way to nowhere regardless where you are. You'll die lonely if taking it lightly. If going off pavement, be sure you leave word with someone about where to and when back, even if the only person you tell is a motel clerk. At least he/she can alert the state police to go look for your sorry ass.
Have a microchip implant and wear a Breitling watch with personal beacons.
This is what most oil and gas companies do now to provide safety for their employees who are conducting business overseas.
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
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