The Narrows where the two sides of the canyon come closest. Carved by the Virgin River, you can only forge this part of the canyon only when the water is at a certain flow rate. We got lucky-they had just opened it to hikers the day before. We caught the first shuttle into canyon and for a good while had it all to ourselves

Gunlock state park Utah

A rare sight that only happens when there’s an unusual amount of snowmelt in the mountains which leads to an overflow spilling out of the reservoir, creating these falls

Checkerboard Mesa is found near the north end of Zion Park and is unique because of these striations in the rock that criss-cross the whole area

You’ll sometimes see bighorn sheep ambling down using the striations to grip the rock