Canyonlands and Arches National Parks

“Another wonderful week with Timberline.  The group was great as were the guides.  The weather was a problem, but the guides switched activities easily, making this a very enjoyable week!” Christine M.

Group Hiking Tour Through Canyonlands

Of all of the five national parks within the state of Utah, Canyonlands offers the grandest array of geologic and geographic phenomena that define Utah. Within the park’s vast expanse are two of the West’s great rivers — the Colorado and Green — gaping canyons, open desert and towering mesas covered with stands of pinion and juniper, natural arches, spires and towers, and miles and miles of colorful slick rock.  Our tour takes you to Island in the Sky, a high mesa connected by only a small isthmus, for a top-down view of the Colorado River.  We head to the Needles District for walks among the spires, slot canyons and secluded parks, including Chesler Park, and the Joint Trail.

Next Stop: Arches National Park

Our two day visit to Arches National Park visits many of the more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches, along with other geological formations that fill the desert landscape and provide eye candy for our primitive walks.  A float down the Colorado River in one of the most picturesque valleys of the canyon tops off our week.

It should be noted that our trails through the desert and over the sandstone include some scrambling moves, ladders, big steps over jumbled rocks, steep drop offs, narrow slots, perhaps a boost from your hiking companions, – and expansive views of the jaw-dropping landscape.

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