This isn’t completely from the trail. The photo was taken on the way from the Top of the World trail heading towards Moab. The unique natural rock sculptures standing tall in front of snow capped La Sal Mountains under a beautiful blue sky really captured my attention. I thought it was worthy of highlighting as a photo from the trail. It’s along the beautiful Colorado River as it snakes through canyons helping to create such a fantastic scene as you can see in the photo below. I would have used that picture to highlight except for the bare trees in the way in the foreground along with the road on the bottom left. Besides, I really like how the details of the red sandstone formations stand out in this picture above.

A lot of contrasts in this photo also for interest. Red vs. green behind it and white behind that with blue overhead. Desert environment vs. snow covered mountains with green topped hills in between. Sharp vertical cliffs and carved stone vs. the rounded tops of mountains. The horizontal patterns in the red sandstone sculptures vs. the high rising peaks in the mountains and the horizontal line created by the green cliff behind them. All of these things keep your attention and allow for something different to capture your attention each time you look at it which is why I really like it.