West Mitten Butte
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (Navajo County, Arizona) - 21 DEC 2016
I arrived at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park late in the day and the skies were overcast.
West Mitten Butte is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of the park headquarters and the summit is 6,176 feet (1,882 m) and it's name was given because it looks like a gigantic mitten and it is the western butte of two "mitten-like" buttes.
The butte is made of three principal rock layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock Shale, the middle is de Chelly Sandstone, and the top layer is the Moenkopi Formation capped by Shinarump Conglomerate.
West Mitten Butte
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (Navajo County, Arizona) - 21 DEC 2016
I arrived at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park late in the day and the skies were overcast.
West Mitten Butte is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of the park headquarters and the summit is 6,176 feet (1,882 m) and it's name was given because it looks like a gigantic mitten and it is the western butte of two "mitten-like" buttes.
The butte is made of three principal rock layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock Shale, the middle is de Chelly Sandstone, and the top layer is the Moenkopi Formation capped by Shinarump Conglomerate.