The Wave (Coyote Buttes North)
The undulating sandstone bowl made famous worldwide
A rippling, candy-striped bowl of Navajo sandstone in the Vermilion Cliffs — one of the most coveted hikes on earth, protected by a strict daily permit lottery. Get the permit and you walk into a desktop wallpaper made real.
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The striped sandstone trough.
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