DEERTRAP MOUNTAIN 
Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Walking through the enchanting ponderosa of the east plateau...

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

During summer, the Deertrap Mountain Trail is overgrown and often sprinkled with wildflowers.

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Wandering up and down the hills with the main canyon in the far distance.

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Teaser view of the East Canyon; charred corpses of the 2004 controlled burn in the foreground.

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Just south of the trail is the head of Upper Pine Creek and the slickrock wonderland of the East Canyon.

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

The cute little rain-soaked plants are peppered with droplets of water.

Deertrap Mountain photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

A close-up of the leaves. Wild lupine according to my botanically-inclined friends!