{"id":1047,"date":"2006-09-23T11:33:34","date_gmt":"2006-09-23T16:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T17:47:22","slug":"thems-the-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/index.php\/2006\/09\/23\/thems-the-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Them’s the Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

"So where are you off to," the innkeeper asked us. <\/p>\n

"Cedar Breaks." <\/p>\n

"It’s COLD up there. Take your coats." <\/p>\n

"Thanks, we have our coats." <\/p>\n

Actually, we had jackets designed for a spring or autumn chill, not parkas that would stave off a freezing mountaintop gale. Parkas would’ve been much preferred when we arrived at the Cedar Breaks National Monument, a giant, semicircular gash in the landscape of Southern Utah. Much of what we’ve seen elsewhere — Bryce Canyon’s hoodoos, Zion’s multicolored rock, the pink-striped cliffs throughout the region — is on display at Cedar Breaks. What the other places don’t have is the bone-chilling winds of the Breaks. <\/p>\n

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One view of the Breaks. <\/p>\n

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A close-up on the wacky stone formations far down into the canyon. <\/p>\n

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A branch of a bristlecone pine; another section of the Breaks has a bristlecone that’s over 1600 years old, but it required a mile of hiking in the cold to reach it, so I decided I’d leave that for another trip. <\/p>\n

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Yet another view over the Breaks. <\/p>\n

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A steep canyon divides one section of the Breaks. There are no trails below the rim, so it all has to be seen up here in the direct wind. <\/p>\n

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Trees reflect the cooling weather. <\/p>\n

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Looks like autumn — feels like winter, though. The monument is above 10,000 feet, another reason for the chill. <\/p>\n

If you’re thinking of a sight-seeing trip to Southern Utah, Cedar Breaks might be a good place to visit first and get an idea of what’s in store at the other more famous locales. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

"So where are you off to," the innkeeper asked us. "Cedar Breaks." "It’s COLD up there. Take your coats." "Thanks, we have our coats." Actually, we had jackets designed for a spring or autumn chill, not parkas that would stave…<\/p>\n

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