Kodachrome Basin State Park Panorama Trail

Dinosaur spire

Ballerina Spire

If this rock were transported to NY, I don't think it'd survive an April

When it rains, you can make your own hand print

Slickrock!!!

Some towers of slickrock

Walking in the sand can be tough

Another rock formation

This was a pretty cool rock formation

Looking across the basin

Walking up towards Panorama Point

The view from Panorama Point

The ridge above Kodachrome

More of the ridge

Dead looking trees!

Easily one of the greatest hikes I've ever been on.  Fascinating rock features were to be had around every turn. Kodachrome State Park is surrounded by Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  The amazing white rocks of Escalante rise above.

I started out the hike, thinking I'd be camping here for only a day.  The hike started out fairly average, since the sun was stuck in the clouds.  Kodachrome is known for its sand pipes.  Early in the hike, I spotted one of the better ones in the park, the Ballerina Spire.  The trail was mostly composed of sand, sometimes deep enough to cover your shoe.  The sun popped out just in time.  An area called the secret passage, that passed through some narrow, slick rock passages.  So beautiful, how the sun colors the rocks and its contrast with the blue sky above.

The hike then went to panorama point.  This spot was rightly named.  Great views of the White colored ridge that rose high above the basin of Kodachrome.  The sun lit it up perfectly.  Panorama Point provided views of the different rock formations below that I had been walking among.

In the 1940s National Geographic named the area Kodachrome Basin after the film they had been using.  After visiting, I too, find it a lovely spot to take photographs.