Cedar Breaks

Left the crowds at Bryce and headed south to Cedar Breaks. I've decided it is the North Rim version of Bryce.. similar looking formations, but higher up, colder, less crowded, and beautiful meadows on the drive in. Quite a breath of fresh air after hot croweded Bryce Canyon. Went during the Wildflower festival- although many of the flowers weren't blooming just yet.




Left the monument and went further up the road into the forest and up to Brianhead... elevation around 11,300 ft... It was quite frigid.



So high up that the road was still snowed in so we had to park the subey and walk up most of the way. Up on top there is a church-looking structure built by the CCC... lots of marmots too.


One of my two yellow-bellied marmot friends that we met up there... he seemed pretty confused about our presence. Seems as though not too many people make it up that way.

Overall.. a pretty big fan of Cedar Breaks. Thinking about heading back up for some Shakespeare and mountain biking... good chance of the altitude killing me if we do so up at the top though... we'll see.