THE CHINLE TRAIL (Petrified Forest Trail)

 
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Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

Near the old Scoggins Stock Trail, we get a great view of the majestic West Temple to the east.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

The desolate beauty of Coalpits Wash below.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

The Chinle Trail ends rather anticlimactically by descending into the sandy open Coalpits Wash.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

Continuing up Coalpits Wash, the scenery gets more interesting as the towering walls close in.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

During most seasons, Coalpits Wash has a small pleasant stream flowing through it.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

A corpse of one of the charred giant cottonwoods.

Chinle Trail photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2009 Joe Braun Photography

The oil well (drill hole) ruins. There is not much left beyond
a few pieces of metal that don't fit together.

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