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Length: 11 miles round trip
Difficulty: Strenuous
Description: Chesler Park is a relatively flat grassy area surrounded by amazing rock formations, located in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. This trail provides excellent views of The Needles and it drops into a series of narrow fractures along what is know as the Joint Trail. There is a campground adjacent to the trailhead. Five designated backpacking campsites are located along the trail, for people who want to do more than a quick backpack. There is no water along this trail.

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Known as “The Wave”, this formation is made of 190-million-year-old sand dunes turned to rock. The area lies on the border of Utah and Arizona, USA and it is probably one of the most-photographed natural formations in North America. Actually it’s a small gorge between eroded sandstone. The area is a gallery of twisted sandstone, resembling deformed pillars, cones, mushrooms and other creations. Deposits of iron oxides claim are responsibility for the unique blending of dramatic colors interlaced in the rock -in a dramatic rainbow of pastel yellows, pinks and reds.

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Amangiri Resort opened its doors in October 2009 and sitted on a 243-hectare (600-acre) expanse of wilderness in Canyon Point, Southern Utah, close to the border with Arizona. The resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colourful, stratified rock towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. When visitors arrived via a winding road that descends into the valley and leads to the central Pavilion, they will spot the main swimming pool, the Pavilion embraces a dramatic stone escarpment.

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A regular on ”world’s best hotel” lists, Robert Redford‘s rustic Sundance resort is unique. It sits in 6,000 acres (2,425 ha) of wilderness on the slopes of the 12,000 foot (3,660-m) Mount Timpanogos. Rivers burble and birds sing in summer, in winter, mugs of hot chocolate steam beside a crackling fire waiting for skiers to return. The cozy rooms feature American quilts and Native American will hangings, and the food is superb, whether in The Foundry, praised by Zagat’s for its luxury brunch, or the five-star restaurant. Photo by: Mike In Park City

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Located in the mountains of northern Utah, Lost Creek is a 365-surface-acre reservoir perfect for boating, fishing and water sports. The park is 10 miles northeast of Croyden. The park is 502 acres in size and is 6,211 feet in elevation. There are 25 sites in the park that offer vault toilets, grills/fire rings, picnic tables, drinking water and interpretive displays.

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No-boarding is a young sport that is like the traditional way of snowboarding but with a knobbed polymer traction pad and a heavy-duty bungee rope, which transform a snowboard into a no-board. Without highbacks to straps to hold feet in place, the pad prevents slipping, and a firm grip on the rope keeps the board in place and is like surfing -riders adapt to pitch and snow conditions by moving their feet and center of gravity.

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Powder Mountain is a sprawling resort near Ogden, in northern Utah, that offers five mountains and more than 7,000 acres of terrain. Only Mother Nature makes snow at Powder Mountain and a large variety of runs are groomed nightly so that every level of boarder and skier joins in the fun. 

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Lake Powell is an artificial pond, created in 1960s toward the controversial scheme to dam the Colorado River to fill the Grand Canyon with water. Today few could deny that this unnatural landscape is a breathtaking sight. Crystal-clear turquoise waters reflect the towering rich-red canyon walls that go up from the water, scatter among wondrous arches, magnificent spires, sandstone butters, as well as countless inlets and sandy beaches. Photo by: Wolfgang Staudt

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Green canyons, red cliffs, blue skies: Zion’s colors can stop in your tracks. Water enables greens rare amidst otherwise desert landscape. Visible or not, water forcefully shapes these stalwart walls. Trickling falls summon emerald growth in nooks and crannies. Sculpted evidence testifies to the carving of red slot canyons. Winter’s icy-blue snow-melt feeds anew the rushing, scouring river torrents of spring.  Almost 12,000 years ago Zion’s first peoples, who are now almost invisible, tracked mammoths, giant sloth, and camel across southern Utah. Due the climate change and overhunting these animals died out about 8,000 years ago. In 1860s, just after settlement by Mormon pioneers, John Wesley Powell visited Zion of the first scientific exploration of southern Utah.

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Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and un-motorized foot-launchable aircraft called a hang glider. It allows you to own an aircraft that doesn’t require an expensive hangar or special pilot license. ?his is a very extreme experience. Hang gliding is one of the most exciting solutions for most people. You will have the unique sensation of flying, surrounded by beautiful mountains and beaches.

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