West Fork Trail, Sedona
The West Fork Trail is outside Sedona Arizona in the Coconino National Forest and the Red Rock/Secret Mountain Wilderness. It follows the west fork of Oak Creek, which carved this canyon about 9 million years ago.
Often, the canyon walls around the river are concave arcs. Some call these formations “the subway” for their tunnel-like appearance. It was a beautiful hike.
Canyon cut by the West Fork of the Oak Creek near Sedona in the Coconino National Forest.
Rock hangs over the West Fork Trail outside Sedona, Arizona.
West Fork Trail and the shallow Oak Creek that cut it.
The carved out 'subway' along the West Fork Trail outside Sedona.
Zion
This one, with the nook in the sandstone, is actually in Zion National Park, but I’m sneaking it in here because it fits thematically with the others.
A personal nook in the sandstone walls along the Virgin River.