I
hiked a moderate 5 mile loop up to the Huckaby Windows, and I only
encountered one person traversing the slickrock. The hike
took me 4 hours. The deep red color for which Sedona is famous is due to the presence of
hematite (iron oxide, otherwise known as rust) that stains the sandstone
of the Schnebly Hill and Hermit Shale layers. The steepness of the terrain is due the fact that the top layers of the
strata are composed of basalt and limestone, which are harder than the
underlying sandstone. Water running off the edge of the escarpment eats away at the lower layers, creating the shear cliffs.
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Capitol Butte
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Me on the slickrock.
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Me on the slickrock.
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My feet.
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The Huckaby Windows
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My hike.
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