Mosaic Canyon was our second, and final canyon hike. Further up the valley than Golden Canyon, it is just a little less desolate; and the flash-flood erosion here shows up as rock sculpture rather than simple destructiveness.
In the most violent floods, rocks carried in the torrent are smashed into drying mud, which then hardens to create the mosaic effect that gives the canyon its name.
A little higher up, the canyon broadens out into a wide, dry river-bed. Walking up it, you can see the volume of the floodwater that is concentrated at the canyon's mouth to create the rock sculpting and mosaic effects.
Eventually , as we climbed higher still, we found the canyon narrowing again until our way was blocked by fallen rocks, which we decided not to climb past to Little Starlet's evident scorn (click on the photo to see the facial expression in more detail).
Mosaic Canyon was our second, and final canyon hike. Further up the valley than Golden Canyon, it is just a little less desolate; and the flash-flood erosion here shows up as rock sculpture rather than simple destructiveness.
In the most violent floods, rocks carried in the torrent are smashed into drying mud, which then hardens to create the mosaic effect that gives the canyon its name.
A little higher up, the canyon broadens out into a wide, dry river-bed. Walking up it, you can see the volume of the floodwater that is concentrated at the canyon's mouth to create the rock sculpting and mosaic effects.
Eventually , as we climbed higher still, we found the canyon narrowing again until our way was blocked by fallen rocks, which we decided not to climb past to Little Starlet's evident scorn (click on the photo to see the facial expression in more detail).
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