Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has three components.
1. ESCALENTE CANYONS. The most popular area of the monument, follows the last discovered river in the continental US from its origin.
Calf Creek Falls
House Rock Valley Road
Metate Arch, Devils Garden
Zebra Canyon
Neon Canyon
Peekaboo & Spooky Slots
Coyote Gulch. My favourite day hike X5. Water tank→Crack in the Wall →Escalente River→Stevens Arch→Coyote Bridge→Jacob Hamelin Arch→Water tank
Stevens Arch
Coyote Bridge
Coyote Gulch
2. KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU Separates the Escalante Canyon area from The Grand Staircase area. The 1,600-square-mile Kaiparowits Plateau features unique sedimentary rock formations containing an unbroken record of fossils spanning 30 million years.
3. GRAND STAIRCASE AREA
It is remote and infrequently visited, but contains the most extensive network of slot canyons in Utah.
The “Grand Staircase” marches northward from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to the 9,000-foot edge of Utah’s High Plateaus. The succession includes, from south to north, the Shinarump Cliffs, the Vermilion Cliffs, the White Cliffs, the Gray Cliffs, and the Pink Cliffs. Each cliff band is separated by progressively higher terraces.
Kodachrome Basin State Park
Grosvenor Arch
Antelope Canyon
