An Evening in the Monument

IntrepidXJ

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Monday, March 23, 2015

After work on Monday I headed up to the west side of the Colorado National Monument so I could scout a few sections of trail for a longer hike I have planned for this weekend. After hiking parts of the Fruita Dugway and Black Ridge Trail I stopped at Grand View to catch a spectacular sunset. Here are a few photos from my short evening outing.

Interesting clouds over the Grand Valley.


Valley Clouds
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Hiking down the Fruita Dugway a few miles.


Fruita Dugway Trail
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The trail follows this sandstone ledge for a short distance.


Walking the Edge
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I had to leave and re-enter the park boundary a few times on the trail.


U.S. Boundary
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Following the Black Ridge Trail back down to my Jeep at the Visitor's Center.


Black Ridge Trail
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Independence Monument with Mount Garfield in the spotlight.


Independence Monument
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Great clouds above and golden light below.


Independence Evening
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The Book Cliffs lit up over The Island.


Book Cliffs Over The Island
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I even managed to catch a rainbow over the Kissing Couple.


Monument Canyon Rainbow
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Beautiful conditions and light shortly before sunset.


Grand View Sunset
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A shot of the dead tree near the Grand View overlook.


Grand View Tree
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One last shot of the big rainbow arcing over Monument Canyon. A great way to end the evening!


Big Rainbow
by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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