Above is this weeks free desktop. This week takes you back to a truly wonderful park which is featured here many times, this is Zion National Park in southwest Utah. Zion NP was established in 1909 and features amazing sandstone cliffs among the highest in the world. For me, the park divides into three sections, not only by the variations in what you will see in each, but also by the fact each section requires access from a different route. The upper section is Kolob Canyon, a beautiful area which is very lightly developed and offers some very intriguing day hikes along with trailheads to backcountry possibilities. The central section is the Upper and Lower Kolob Plateau which is the least developed of the three and one could easily overlook as it requires a bit of searching just to find it (this section offers some great views and contains some backcountry trailheads). Lastly, Zion Canyon is the main, highly developed section, where the majority of visitors go when experiencing this park (and for good reason too, it's really beautiful here). Because of the volume of visitors, most of Zion Canyon is accessed only through a shuttle service, a service which I find more enjoyable every visit. Now for this weeks picture, this was taken at the end of the Watchman Trail in the Zion Canyon section. Watchman is a fairly easy 2 mile round trip hike which gains just enough elevation (a little over 350 ft.) to provide a nice overlook of Springdale, UT, the campgrounds, the Visitor Center, and the veiw you have here which is back up Zion Canyon. Most of the better known formations are not visible in this September 2005 photo, and though I'm sure ever formation here has a name, I am not going to guess my way through them (I think I could get a few correct, but ....) and just point out what I know is occupying most of the right side here, Bridge Mountain. Zion National Park is a real treasure in America's park system, providing one with an opportunity to explore amazing landscape sculped by the Virgin River. With the layout and volume of things to experience here, you'll just get a glimpse of what it has to offer unless you more than a one day visit.