CC001
Location: 37.304821, -110.891205
Veer L to leave Escalante River and enter the embracing confines of Clear Creek canyon
CC002
Location: 37.302139, -110.901299
Paddle from a tulip-bulb enclosure into a squeezing slot. Mid-day travelers are baptized with brilliant fire-rock reflections onto the water's surface
CC003
Location: 37.288361, -110.9151
Continue twisting through mazeÂ-like waterway to enter the Cathedral, which was drowned by Lake Powell's suffocating depth for decades. Walls curve like an inverse hourglass while a waterfall pours over the entrance's brim.
CC004
Location: 37.28508, -110.9179
Shimmy up rough sandstone into a crevice before and continuing journey through Clear Creek Canyon
CC005
Location: 37.284828, -110.917702
Follow Moki steps along a trickling stream punctuated by swirling punchbowl pools and waterfall chutes. The sandstone steps were carved up the slick walls by an ancient tribe of the Escalante region. From the top, revel at the red and green splendor of the canyon below
CC006
Location: 37.284328, -110.919502
Linked pools feed lucious plant life and brim with cool water; continue wandering into the canyon's depths
CC007
Location: 37.284111, -110.920303
Shafts of iridescent light reflect off the scarlet walls in voluminous shapes, illuminating the cavern in rich golden hues. Explore the circumference of a deep pool, where rainwater collects from dizzying heights into twin waterfalls. Mosses and overhanging gardens provide vivid splashes of jade accents. Retrace steps, using rope to rappel down waterfall ledges.
View from the waterfall altar of the Cathedral
Location: 37.288685, -110.91578
©Rich Rudow and Andrew Matranga
Climbing Moki Steps
Location: 37.284813, -110.917366
This chiseled ladder leads high above the canyon floor. ©Rich Rudow
Clear Creek Waterfall
Location: 37.284351, -110.919098
©Rich Rudow
Cathedral in the Desert
Location: 37.287933, -110.915001
©Chris Chappelle
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