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Sipapu Bridge November 2011

Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah

Panoramic View of White Canyon

Wide view of White Canyon.  Sipapu Bridge can be seen in the lower left corner of the image.

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Steel Ladder on Sipipau Bridge Trail

A steel stair provides passage down canyon at a shear sandstone cliff band on the trail to Sipapu Bridge.  Terrible light in this image but the stair provides a nice scale reference against the canyon.


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Steel Ladder on Sipipau Bridge Trail

Another leg of the steel stair that provides passage down canyon on the trail to Sipapu Bridge.


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Shear Sandstone Cliff

View west down canyon from the bottom of the steel stairs in the  previous image.  This is a good view of the very shear and overhanging cedar mesa sandstone cliff that is typical in White Canyon.

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Shear Sandstone Cliff

View east of the cliff band from the trail looking up canyon.

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Shear Sandstone Cliff

View west of the trail as it traverses the base of the sandstone cliff band.

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Sipipau Bridge from Sandstone Ledge

View from a deep rock shelf that projects out from the base of the sandstone rock band in the previous image to Sipapu Bridge.


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Wooden Ladder

Wood ladder that provides access to the portion of the trail below the sandstone cliff band.

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Sipipau Bridge

View northeast of Sipapu Bridge from the trail as it switchbacks down canyon. 

 

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Sipipau Bridge

View of Sipapu Bridge from the trail. 


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Sipipau Bridge

View of Sipapu Bridge from the trail farther down canyon.  Almost to the bottom.

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Sipipau Bridge

View from the bottom in creek drainage at the base of Sipapu Bridge.

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Underside of Sipipau Bridge

The underside of Sipapu Bridge.

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Shadow of Sipipau Bridge Reflected in creek

Shadow of Sipapu Bridge on canyon walls reflected in
creek.


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Sipipau Bridge

 View southwest from the creek bed to the base of Sipapu Bridge and backlit yarrow.

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Wood Access Ladder

View southwest of wood ladder that provides access to the base of Sipapu Bridge.  This is a very cool little trail with 600 feet of drop to the second largest  natural bridge on the planet.

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