The canyonlands surrounding Moab offer some of the most intriguing backcountry in the western United States. Winding and intricate, full of mystery, these canyonlands seem to have a life of their own. Native Americans who once dwelled here knew how to bounce messages from the canyon walls, shouting to one another across thousands of feet. The vestige of their presence remains in the rock art and the stone dwellings they constructed 1,000 years ago. Hiking among the sandstone fins, arches, and canyons is a singularly unique experience that is simultaneously intimate and lonely. Turn a corner and you may find yourself alone, nothing but the cacti to keep you company. Your thoughts echo from the canyon walls like pattering feet. Go there; pitch a tent, light a fire at a bend in the Colorado, drink a glass of whisky by its light, and dream of a different world. In the morning, you’ll go here:
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