The Rest Of The Story
Over the past 24 years of exploring and sharing the Grand Canyon, we have gotten to know it pretty well. Adventure awaits around every corner, and we love seeing the faces of our guests light up as we take them into its many hidden treasures.
Of course, marveling over the beauty of this place is only part of our objective. We want to see everyone marvel over our Creator as we examine the powerful evidence of a global Flood as described in the Bible. What we see in Grand Canyon is only a portion of that evidence, however. There is much, much more to this story….
Seventy miles north of Grand Canyon, in southern Utah, is Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In this region, a whopping 10,000 feet of additional sediment sits on top of the mere 4,000 feet making up Grand Canyon’s walls, which are found deeper in elevation into the earth. That is nearly two more miles of material washed in by the Flood and deposited across the region in horizontal layers.
As the Floodwaters retreated, they swept away a vast portion of these layers, leaving behind stairsteps of various colored cliffs from Grand Canyon to Bryce Canyon and beyond. As water poured off newly exposed plateaus, it channelized and carved thousands of relatively small canyons. Evidence suggests that a large lake system developed across the Colorado Plateau in the aftermath of the Flood. That lake system eventually breached the Kaibab Plateau and drained catastrophically, carving Grand Canyon and further expanding the huge network of smaller canyons throughout southern Utah.
Last fall we led our first backpacking trip in the Grand Staircase at a place called Coyote Gulch. We spent four days examining the remnants and relicts of the Flood and its aftermath. Like a miniature Grand Canyon, the sinuous Coyote Gulch winds its way through thick layers of sandstone that can only be explained by one massive Flood. Unlike the Grand Canyon, however, this area is known for a much greater abundance of arches, some more than 200’ wide! Also, dinosaur footprints are visible nearby, which is something not found in the strata of the Grand Canyon.
Coyote Gulch is an amazing place both for its natural beauty and its Scripture-confirming evidence of the Flood. We love leading guests there, and you are officially invited to join one of two different trips we’ve scheduled for this coming fall. As far as backpacking trips go, this one is much less strenuous than anything we can do in Grand Canyon. There are some challenging portions, but overall, it is an easy, family-friendly hike through incredibly beautiful scenery. Come and experience “the rest of the story” with us!
Adam Huff
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