The Trip to Southern UtahIn late January 2000 I revisitedArchesandCanyonlands National Parksafter an absence of 4 years. I also spent considerable time atDead Horse State Park, a less known but equally beautiful site in the same area.

After my first visit I wrote an article forPHOTO.NETwhich can be found reprintedhere. I won't repeat the travel related information here, and much of the technical information is now dated, but if you're interested in more than just viewing the photographs in this section, and would like to visit these wonderful photographic venues, you'll probably enjoy readingmy original articleas well.

This new trip was at an unusual time of year‚ mid-winter. One advantage of choosing this time of year was that there are very few tourists. Some days, though we hiked many popular trails, we wouldn't see another soul for hours at a time.

We had chosen mid-winter, in part because we had hoped for snow. Snow on red-rock creates some wonderful photographic oppo...