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Capitol Reef - switchbacks of the Burr Trail

By Geology and Ecology of National Parks
This is a photo of switchbacks of the Burr Trail.
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Detailed Description

This view is looking down (east) into the bowl-shaped valley that is home to the historic switchbacks of the Burr Trail in southern Capitol Reef National Park. The road cuts through a narrow gorge in the hogback ridge of steeply eastward-dipping Navajo Sandstone in the Waterpocket Monocline.

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