Snow & HorseShoe bend

Page was on the travel list during our visit to Monument Valley. It had snowed heavily a day before and everything was covered under the soft white blanket. We cancelled the Upper and lower Canyon tours since there was no sun and snow was definitely there.

The walk to horseshoe bend is very short and easy from the parking area, probably less than a mile round trip. It was hard to get a nice frame, since the edges of the horseshoe cliffs had slippery ice. But we managed with one person holding the tripod base so that it doesn't slip into the river and me taking the shot.

A trip to the canyons and horse shoe bend without snow is still pending.

Adieu,
Divya

Monument Valley in Winter - Part 1

Let me start with it was not supposed to snow, but I am glad it did.

We started our drive from Las Vegas which is approximately a 6 hour drive, that later turned out to be 12 hours due to unexpected blizzard storm and fog. The drive was quite exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, since it was constantly snowing with low visibility and it was a completely unfamiliar terrain. Thankfully we did not take the Scenic Byway 14 from Cedar city suggested by our GPS and went with Google maps as things could have been worse on that route.

Scenic Byway 14 is an absolute heaven, a separate post about that later.

We reached Monument valley late at night and stayed at Goulding's Lodge. Its a beautiful places, feels like carved out of red rock.

View of Monument Valley from the Goulding's lodge

Few other shots from the Goulding's lodge

Undoubtedly Monument valley was an absolute delight under 4 inch of snow. The valley was quite different from the lone red rocks as I had imagined and seen on Internet. The snow added a nice texture to the valley and made it more beautiful.

Adieu
Divya