Slickrock Divide
A "divide" (the most famous being the Continental Divide) is the term for a place where water drains in two different directions.
Plan Around Slickrock Divide
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Slickrock Divide Details
A "divide" (the most famous being the Continental Divide) is the term for a place where water drains in two different directions. Here, the Slickrock Divide shows the power that even infrequent rainfall can have on a place like Capitol Reef: the bare rock absorbs little rainwater, so thunderstorms result in powerful deluges in the canyons below -- another reminder that the park's canyons are no place to be when a storm is imminent.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Slickrock Divide
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Old Wagon Trail
Scenic Drive in Capitol Reef park began as a wagon trail in the late 1800s, serving as a passage through the rugged Waterpocket Fold.
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Hoodoos
The mysterious, sometimes human-like rock formations called "hoodoos" found in Capitol Reef National Park (and, more famously, in Bryce Canyon) are the result of differential erosion.
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The Egyptian Temple
The rock formation known as the Egyptian Temple is composed of soft Moenkopi Sandstone protected harder Shinarump Sandstone.
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Miners Mountain
To your left is a great example of what differential erosion -- the tendency of different types of rock to erode at different rates -- can do over time to a face of solid rock.
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Capitol Gorge
At the south end of Scenic Drive, and at the further end of the unpaved 2.4-mile Capitol Gorge Road, is Capitol Gorge, a small, deep canyon carved out of the Waterpocket Fold.
