PART 2: Views from the Butterfly Trail
When you first start down the Butterfly Trail from the road, you quickly find yourself on the edge of the canyon, with a grand view to the north:
Then you look down and see you have to walk down a rather steep, but stable, sandstone slope:
At the bottom of the slope you can see where you just came from:
You have just walked down captured sand dunes, such as the petrified dunes to the right in the next photo:
It is amazing how much vegetation you can get in a protected spot with water flows meeting in a spot with some shade:
The trail then takes you north along the base of the ridge you just descended:
After some time you turn west and see a gigantic basalt-flow, with some sandstone sticking up through it. You are almost at the junction with the Lava Flow Trail at this point:
Looking back to the south also gives a nice view toward the southern end of the canyon:
Views from the Lava Flow Trail are on the next page.
See views from the Lava Flow Trail
See views from the West Canyon Overlook
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