Geology
Red Canyon is a relatively shallow valley in the side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau surrounded by much exposed, orange red limestone (the Claron Formation). The rocks are eroded into the familiar pinnacles, spires, columns, and hoodoos also found in the Bryce Canyon National Park a few miles up Utah Highway 12. The formations line the highway for about 6 miles, starting quite abruptly at the edge of the plateau then fading away as the road reaches the flat grasslands at the top, and extend several miles north, including two other large valleys of Losee Canyon and Casto Canyon, both accessible by a gravel Forest Service road.
The Intermountain Region is a mind-boggling place with so many places to visit and things to discover, it's no wonder that the forests always have a way to surprise you just with simple, scientific facts. Turns out, forests are more like a big, thick encyclopedia of knowledge just waiting to be discovered. Here are some incredible, geographic facts to discover in the Forest Service Intermountain Region.