One fine morning in late October, I awoke to clouds and fog drifting past my camp site on Hatch Point, Utah. It looked as if the entire Canyon Rims area was swathed in mist. I grabbed a camera and headed for Anticline Overlook, in hopes of catching the mist before it burned away. I wasn’t disappointed. It was one of those rare times when you can’t take enough shots. I walked up and back across the overlook several times, in awe of the majesty laid out all around.
View of the Colorado River Canyon from Hatch Point
Canyon Clouds
I saw only one of other soul that morning, and he was as enraptured as I. We were mostly speechless. I stayed until the sun burned the clouds away, and the desert returned to its usual sun baked routine, but haven’t forgotten this high desert reverie that autumn morning.
The Behind the Rocks area peeking through the clouds, the La Sal Mountains in the distance.
Behind the Rocks, in the mist
The cliffs of Island in the Sky from Anticline Overlook
Pastel on Point
View up Kane Creek
Kane Creek through the Trees
View up Kane Creek showing the lower section of the Overlook
Anticline Ovelook
The Road to Mordor
Road to Mordor
A rock I call the Spirit Bear, looking out over Kane Creek Canyon
Spirit Bear
Another photo of Island in the Sky, a section of Canyonlands National Park across the Colorado River.
Sentinel in the Clouds
The mists swirling above Kane Creek, it was ever changing
Kane Creek in Cloud
The high view point on the anticline Overlook Trail
The View Point, Anticline Overlook
Self portrait under the Anticline Overlook pergola
Selfie on the Rim
Hope you enjoy the shots, and here’s a link to the location:
Anticline Overlook in Canyon Rims
https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/256975/1