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Chugwater cliffs above the grass valley

Fig. 1Chugwater cliffs above the grass valley

Landform

A Chugwater red-bed canyon cut into the Wind River foothills. Orange and scarlet cliffs above a grass valley, snow-lined in winter.

Field note

The Chugwater Formation is Wyoming’s warmest color. From the overlook the canyon runs like a wound through the hills. After a storm the red beds show through the snow. The Wind Rivers stand west when the air is clear.

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