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Ponderosa Canyon Viewpoint
Peer into a canyon filled with towering Ponderosa pines.
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Ponderosa Canyon Viewpoint Details
Ponderosa Canyon is filled with a forest of Ponderosa pines, some of them 150 feet tall, which find a comfortable home in the park's higher elevations. In addition to thriving in this canyon, the Ponderosa pines also dominate the landscape along the rim of Bryce Canyon's northern section. This viewpoint also offers a good look at the differing geology and biology of the White Cliffs and the Grey Cliffs that comprise, along with the Pink Cliffs, the bulk of Bryce Canyon National Park. The White Cliffs consist of slickrock sandstone with little or no soil, and tend to be devoid of plant life. Above this layer of rock, however, the Grey Cliffs -- made of rock that was once sand, shale, or clay -- offers a better foothold for plants, and thus have more vegetation. Interestingly, the harder White Cliffs erode faster than the softer Grey Cliffs because the latter's plant life protects the rock against erosion from flash flooding.
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