City of Rocks - Twin Sisters & Circle Creek Overlook Trail | Southern Idaho (Pt. 2) скачать в хорошем качестве

City of Rocks - Twin Sisters & Circle Creek Overlook Trail | Southern Idaho (Pt. 2)

Welcome to Part 2 of my journey through City of Rocks National Reserve in Southern Idaho. After enjoying the serenity of this park and revisiting some of my favorite locations near Window Arch, we decided to take a detour to Twin Sisters in the Southern portion of the reserve. This is an area of the park that I haven’t visited before and intrigued me after locals described how majestic these formations are. “Twins in size but not in age; the south Sister formed from the Green Creek Granite (as old as 2.5 billion years) and the north Sister formed from Almo Pluton Granite (28 million years old). The Sisters rise majestically 750 feet above the basin floor. The twin pinnacles were a landmark along the California Trail. Addison Pratt, an officer with the Mormon Battalion returning from California, named the formation on September 15, 1848. A small campground can be found at the base of Twin Sisters with a fire pit as well as a makeshift path leading up the formation. Since our itinerary was quite full for today we continued onto Circle Creek Overlook, which is another section of City of Rocks near the entrance to the park. This unpaved gravel road leads you to an impressive 1 mile Geological Interpretive Trail with panoramic views of the wilderness. Other popular climbing rock climbing routes and hiking trails can be found within this portion of the park including: Jackson’s Thumb & Steinfell’s Dome. Next time on Gem State Getaways we will explore another iconic Southern Idaho location just down the road from City of Rocks - Castle Rocks State Park. Don’t forget to like, comment & subscribe for more! SOURCE: www.nps.gov