The Triple Junction of Southwest Utah 

Really? The uplifting caused to erosion

Or was it all ELECTRICAL SCARIFICATION?

@@timkasten7708 In a sense, yes. Without the uplift erosion would not have made the GC.

You're welcome and thanks for commenting. Yea, we see signs of Matt around town occasionally.

It's actually MORR that got me interested in this region - and therefore I'm watching this video

Nice video

Too funny, I live in Hurricane too and ride the Hurricane Cliffs trails when I have little time, or Wire Mesa when I have more time. The scenery has definitely been part of the inspiration for making this video!

@@BackRoadsWest1 Cool. Perhaps we've seen one another and never knew it. I ran into around two-hundred high school kids on Saturday and rarely ride without seeing at least a half-dozen riders. Thanks for the great video. Very educational. Now I'm watching all kinds of geological videos. Benjamin Burger, a USU geologist has produced a lot of them. I thought yours was more informative, however. Good work.

@@greenlightreading6975 Perhaps we have. Lately with the heat, I haven't been hitting those trails, but limit myself to around 8am on a quick 1 hour ride thru Cinder Knoll (if you know where that is off 600 North) just to get exercise. Thanks for the kind words on the video(s). My wife and I (mainly me) enjoy doing it and it's a great outlet for our photography. I'll have to lookup the USU geologist on RU-vid - thanks.

@@BackRoadsWest1 I pass by the Cinder Knoll going and coming. Between 6:30 and 8:30. I'll hike there when the temps are cooler. I'll be watching your other videos soon.

Is there really a lot of rattlesnakes in this area??

Funny, same here! Except, it's our backyard. It's part of our inspiration for creating the video. Thanks for commenting!

@@BackRoadsWest1 Wife and I will be moving to Washington Utah within the year... can't wait.

Thank you! Glad you found it worthwhile watching!

Yup, a trio of 3 great regions. Thanks for commenting.

I lived in the great basin my whole life lol well on the eastern edge of it in salt lake city. But yeah it is other worldly out here.

Thank you! Been living in Hurricane since 2016 and how I've learned about all this stuff.

@@BackRoadsWest1 Obvious you knew the area well; you had the correct local pronunciation of Hurricane city.

My pleasure! Thanks for commenting. We live in Hurricane too!

Awesome! I'm a Hall from Hurricane. My great-grandpa, Alfred Hall, worked on the Hurricane canal for over a decade to make the town a possibility.

@@michellet6294 I lived just South of Three Falls Canyon for 8 years. I loved living there. I miss it.

Lots to see here! Thanks for commenting.

@@BackRoadsWest1 Yep. My previous comment was too limited, I left out that I'd stayed about a month near Cedar City out in the desert at Three Peaks Wilderness area. (I believe that's the name.) I'd never seen such a remarkable terrain and geology before. Even two years in lava fields of Hawaii got trumped. I became interested enough to make several visits to the local BLM geology office, a rockhound was born.

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Excellent, thanks for commenting!

Thanks for commenting. Hopefully the video will intrigue more people.

Glad it answered your questions. Thanks for commenting.

Danke schön! Da Sie aus Deutschland kommen, wird Ihnen dieses Video über die Mosel sicher gefallen: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jN2b60G5pPU.html

Thank you so much for the kind comments. I looked up Nick Zenter and remember watching a few of his episodes. Thanks for rating my explanation near Nicks. Comments like yours makes my labor of love well worth it!

As a fellow "Zentnerd"... I share your compliment. I'm only watching now because its a Wednesday, and no class today... Darn the luck.

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Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting.

Thanks for the comments. Stay tuned for more video tours of the SW Utah area.

You're welcome and thanks for the comment

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting!

Well, that's where I live! Yup, lots of interesting geological stuff going on here.

Our pleasure! Hopefully you'll look at everything differently now on your next visit.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks much!

You're welcome and thanks for commenting! Yes, although trees are nice, they hide all of the geology. That's why Southern Utah, the Mojave Desert and Death Valley are ideal for enjoying Mother Nature's geologic creations.

Thank you!

Thanks for commenting. Yes, there's lot of information to digest. I even have to watch it over occasionally!!

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for commeting.

Thank you for commenting

Thanks for the kudos. I wish I had more time to travel and create more videos!

Thank you, I will, and thanks for commenting!

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Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting.

There's a lot to see here. Glad our video pointed out some things. You can easily spend a week in this area and see all the beautiful landscape.

Thank you! Enjoy your trip here. Hopefully you discovered our other videos on places near St. George. Check out our blog with other travel ideas that may be within your travel distance: www.backroadswest.com/blog/category/utah/

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Thank you! My pleasure!!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting.

You're welcome! Glad you enjoy them.

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Thank you

Thanks for commenting and finding this inconsistency in the video. Both you and the video are correct. Funny, I was just refueled in Boulder on my way to Torey last weekend to pickup a one-way tour group. So, you're right, Boulder Mtn is higher (elevation wise), but it consists of material from a volcano that occurred after the material of the Colorado Plateau formed. Same is true with Brianhead Peak, which is also higher than Powell Pt. I could have been more clear on the video at the cost of making it longer (it's already way too long - but people are watching it) is that Powell Pt is the highest formation (Clarion formation i.e. Bryce, Cedar Breaks) of the Colorado Plateau. Case in point is at Cedar Breaks where you see the white and pink Clarion and then right on top of it is the volcanic material of Brianhead & the Markagaunt Plateau. Hope that helps!

Me too.

Thanks for commenting and glad you enjoyed it. Yes, between Google Earth and flying cameras (aka drones), us story/video makers have much better tools now to help our viewers visualize what we are explaining. Yea, the Virgin Anticline is definitely one of the most pronounced anticlines around and people drive right through it without realizing what it is.

@@BackRoadsWest1 I'm one of those who did indeed drive right through it - several times - without noticing. And I'm a bit of a geology buff and know an anticline when I see one - or thought I did at least! Thanks again.

Thank you. We had the nerve, we moved up here from So Cal.

Glad you enjoyed it! LOL, I was hiking near Grapevine Spring off Washington Pkwy a week ago. Be sure to watch the tour: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ITO3KsBTrjg.html

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Thank you. Well, the video was inspired and produced by people in Washington County.

Thanks for commenting! Yes, we used to live in the Victor Valley near the SF Fault, now we live on the other side of the Mojave Desert next to the Hurricane Fault. Same desert, but much nicer. So many nicer things to see here instead of the increasingly crowded L.A. area.

@@BackRoadsWest1 sure thing. Thank you for the video you did a great job. I am thinking Of fleeing in October to that area I like western cedar city/ rural iron county a lot. Excited to visit again in April for recon round #3

If it helps, we're "closet geologists"; self-taught after reading a bunch and taking several classes. It's fun to know what you're looking at out there.

Thank you and thanks for commenting!

But in summer it is among the hottest places.

Yes it is. Thanks for commenting. Our video tour supporting this video and showing where to see all these places will be released shortly.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for commenting. You're right, I'm told that many geologists don't agree with different theories. We certainly will never know what really happened. It's all an educated guess. But at least the geology gives us a lot of pieces to the puzzle and it's just darn fun to think about.

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Thanks!

Enjoy the trip. Hope you learned something. Thanks for commenting.

@@BackRoadsWest1 Thanks! I'm also checking out some of your other videos of places we might wish to go while we are there. I rode a bicycle on route 50 on my coast to coast bicycle tour five years ago and definitely wanted to show my wife some of it as well as explore some areas that I did not get to see while passing through. So a week in St George followed by a week in Sedona.

@@jerrymiller276 well, there is lots to see in Utah. But you're starting in a place where there's lots to see. Have fun!

Welcome! I've lived here all my life, and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Zion National Park is a must see. And Bryce, if you want to make the 2 and a half hr drive.

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Too funny, I live in Hurricane too! Part of our inspiration for making this video.

Thanks a bunch for the kudos. We're glad you like it - that's what we're aiming for! Thanks for commenting.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tour and presentation. I'd also like to see the landscapes in Russia some day, especially the Kamchatka Peninsula.

So do we! Except we have a look at all those great formations over the rooftops of La Verkin.

Now I have to look up the root of “hurricane”. (I live in Florida).

Thanks!

Funny you noticed that. Living in Hurricane myself, when I released the first version of the video, several people said I should add what you saw. I initially didn't want to include it because then it revealed to the public "our secret" of spotting out-of-towners.

BackRoadsWest1 are you still a southern Utah resident?

I was gonna say the same thing about the pronunciation of Joshua tree. The u isn’t silent

I thought it was Josh-you-a Tree.

@@StonemanRocks no. The world is not wrong. Nor are we. It’s the local pronunciation. Lots of words are pronounced differently in different locales.

We've recently went on a tour there and it makes a lot of sense why it's now closed.

Ahhh, so many cool place to create videos & articles on, so little time!! Someday...

Excellent! Funny, I live in Hurricane too and was definitely the inspiration behind creating the video.

@@BackRoadsWest1 I have been to the top of Hurricane Cliffs, Black Ridge, the very edge and it is a very impressive overlook but a very scary place to turn your Jeep around. No need to do it again.

@@ectosports Black Ridge - I assume by the antennas? If so, yea, that is a rough road. It's getting worse now with all the ATVs going to T-ville Falls. Nonetheless, yes, there are some great views up there.

Thank you. Enjoy the tours!

Thank you!

Oh, hell yes!! Hope you enjoy your trip. There's a lot more to enjoy than Navajo Sandstone, maybe a more dosages of the corrugated Moenkopi...

@@BackRoadsWest1 for sure! Yes, we will indeed. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thank you. Good eye! Most people wouldn't have recognized that. I used this scene, simply because it was another vast deposit of Navajo Sandstone I'm able to confirm while not using yet another shot from Zion. I also didn't want to use a shot from Valley of Fire with jumbled Navajo/Aztec.

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Thanks for the comment. Yes, drones have certainly opened up a new dimension for photography/videography.

Thank you and thanks for taking the time to comment.

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