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Still water and layered walls in Desolation Canyon

Fig. 1Still water and layered walls in Desolation Canyon

Photo: mypubliclands · CC BY 2.0

Landform

A long, remote Green River trench through layered benches — wilderness water, not a roadside overlook.

Field note

The walls step back in benches. The water holds the sky. This is Desolation on the Green, days from a road, not a named arch or a Swell rim.

A private leaf

Prints from Desolation Canyon


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

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