The Wave is a sandstone formation located in Arizona, USA near the northern border with Utah. The formation is located on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes at Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness in the Colorado highlands. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument visitor center in Kanab, Utah.
This formation is famous among pedestrians and photographers because of its wavy and bumpy shape and the difficulty of climbing required to achieve it. Due to the fragile nature of the formation and the large number of people who want to visit it, the daily lottery system is used to distribute only ten consents the next day in person at the Kanab visitor center. In addition, ten online permits for each date are available four months before the planned trip. A map and information about the increase were given to those who had obtained the permit.
Video The Wave, Arizona
Geology
The Wave consists of cutting a U-shaped tile that has been eroded into Navajo Sandstone of Jurassic age. The two main troughs consisting of these rock formations are 62 feet (19 m) wide by 118 feet (36 m) long and 7 feet (2 m) wide by 52 feet (16 m) in length. Initially, rare runoff erodes these troughs along the connections within the Navajo Sandstone. After their formation, the drainage basin, which drains rainwater to this trough, shrinks to the point where the runoff becomes insufficient to contribute to this trough cutting. As a result, troughs are now almost exclusively eroded by the wind, as indicated by the orientation of erosion steps and rungs cut into sandstone along their steep walls. These erosion measures and rungs are oriented relative to the dominant wind direction as it is now naturally channeled into and through this trough.
The Wave exposes a large stack of cross-stack eolian sandstone clusters composed of alternating rhythmic and cyclic derivation streams and lamina-fueled winds. Likuze alternately rhythmic and cyclic represents periodic changes in wind prevailing during the Jurassic period when large sand dunes migrate across the sandy desert. The thin edges and ribs seen in Waves are the result of the differential erosion of the rhythmic and cyclic rhythmic derivation streams and the wind lamina within the Navajo Sandstone. These laminae have different resistance to erosion because they are differently cemented according to the variations in the size of the grains of sand that make up them. The soft sandstone is fragile, especially the back and waves of the Waves. As a result, visitors must walk carefully so as not to damage a small ridge.
In some areas, Waves confront a defective lamina within the Navajo Sandstone. This Lamina undergoes deformation before the lithification of sand to form sandstone. Judging by their physical characteristics, this deformation probably represents the raking and stirring of this sand by dinosaurs after their deposition. Traces of dinosaurs and fossil artropods living in the desert, such as beetles and other insects, have been found at Navajo Sandstone in the North Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area.
Maps The Wave, Arizona
Artistic significance
The ideal time to photograph the Wave is a few hours around noon when there is no shadow in the center, although shadows in the morning and afternoon can also produce dramatic photos. After a rainstorm, many forms of ponds that can contain hundreds of tadpoles (Lepidurus apus). These pools can be present for several days.
Above and slightly west of the Wave is what many call the "Second Wave", or "Central Wave", which has a dim color but still appeals to most visitors and photographers. Hugo Martin of the Los Angeles Times said, "You can not call yourself a landscape photographer if you have not taken a photo or two waves."
Access policy
The Wave is located within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The desert is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the US Department of the Interior. A day use permit from BLM is required to visit Wave.
BLM limits access to the North Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area with only 20 permits per day. Ten permits are available in advance by the online lottery conducted four months before the month in which the permit is sought. Ten remaining permits are provided by lottery the day before the desired increase. During the year the lottery was held at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Visitor Center in Kanab, Utah. Lottery for walking permits takes place at 9:00 am every morning Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Spring and fall is the most popular time of year to visit, but the popularity of Wave is such that the possibility of getting permission by the lottery or lottery before the day is much smaller than 50% from March to November. The Wave is well known among European tourists, partly because it appears in the German documentary Fascinating Nature (1996) and a compilation called Faszination Natur - Seven Seasons (2004).
Access point
There are four trailheads that provide access to Paria Canyon and Wave. However, in an effort to maintain the natural integrity of the area, there is no formal path or signpost to guide the pedestrian to the Wave from one of the trailheads. The White House trailhead is the main entrance, and the most commonly used. Buckskin Gulch and Wire Pass footprints offer access to more experienced climbers to Buckskin Gulch, the main tributary of Paria Canyon. The Ferry trailhead Lee, located at the lower end of Paria Canyon is a normal exit point for pedestrians traveling across the canyon.
The shortest hike to the Wave begins at the Wire Pass Trailhead, about 8.3 miles (13.4 km) south of Route AS 89 along House Rock Valley Road, a dirt road about 35.4 miles (57.0 km) west of Page, Arizona or 38.6 miles (62.1 km) east of Kanab, Utah that is accessible to most vehicles in good weather. During and after road storms may be traversed, even with four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Wire Pass Trailhead includes a large parking lot with toilets, but no water. It is also accessible from the Arizona side by taking Route 89A AS from Lake Jacob in Kaibab Plateau to Navajo Bridge, turn north to House Rock Valley Road, after descending from Kaibab. This is a longer access route on a dirt road than from the Utah side.
From Wire Pass Trailhead, Wave can be reached by climbing about 3 miles (4.8 km) in the open desert, making the round trip to and from Wave nearly 6 miles (9.7 km), climbing about 350 feet (110 feet) m) at altitude. Although this is the shortest route, it's also a bit more challenging than some of the other available routes. Temperatures in this area typically rise above 100 ° C (38 ° C) in summer, so it's best to start climbing early. Anyone who tries to climb every season is wise to prepare for the harsh desert conditions, including strong winds, gusts of sand, and a little shadow.
The Wave can be challenging to find because of the lack of established and marked traces. Climbers should choose their own route in the open desert, which requires crossing the open sandstone, sand dunes, and sandy sandy bottom. The official guide sheet for navigating to the Wave is now provided for every climber allowed by BLM. This guide is designed for use with compass, GPS, or visual navigation. There are six checkpoints each for climbing out into the Wave and back to the trailhead. Each checkpoint includes field-colored photographs in front, azimuth, latitude, longitude, UTM, northing, and easting. Visitors are advised to carefully study the guide sheets before starting their hikes.
While not required, the Bureau of Land Management provides a list of official guides for climbers who may feel uncomfortable in desert situations.
References
External links
- BLM permission site - Lottery permissions process for Wave
- Wave Photography - In LA Times
- Panorama balls from Wave - Coyote Buttes
- Wave Site - information about Wave, AZ
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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