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The Elephant Hill Trail descends into this crack between Cedar Mesa Sandstone
slabs in a little over 2 1/2 miles. From this point the trial drops
approximately 250 feet in a little over one tenth of a mile to a typically dry
streambed. View is south headed toward Chessler Park.
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View is north looking back to the entry point of the Elephant Hill
Trail crack. This is not the Split Trail but a hint of
similar geology. The crack is 24 inches wide plus or minus and 10
to 15 feet deep.
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View is south after passing through the very narrow crack to softer
rock that has eroded into an almost cave or tunnel like formation.
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Continuing south and downward along this very colorful Cedar Mesa
Sandstone. Both the reddish and lighter caprock stone are Cedar
Mesa Sandstone. It took 100 million years to lay down the
deposits that formed this rock.
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Looking back north toward the entrance into the crack from this
fantastical tunnel.
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An intermittant waterfall has formed from the outflow of rainwater
off the top of the lighter more dense caprock above. View is
east.
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Looking north at the Cedar Mesa Sandstone that forms the end of the
crack/tunnel portion
of the trail. The trail drops very steeply at this point
down to the dry creekbed.
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