Ranger Sarah learned what minerals makes the colors. The rocks of the eroded canyon contain iron and manganese in various combinations, providing brilliant colors that led Indians to call it the Circle of Painted Cliffs.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah with another view. The amphitheater continues to erode at a pace of about 2 inches (50 mm) every 5 years. Atop the plateau, much of the area is covered by volcanic rock known as tuff, formed during cataclysmic eruptions around 35 million years ago.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah takes in the view. Uplift and erosion formed the canyon over millions of years, raising and then wearing away the shale, limestone, and sandstone that were deposited at the bottom of an ancient lake 70 by 250 miles known as Lake Claron, about 60 million years ago.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah at the small log building that is all that is left of the historic lodge that was once at Cedar Breaks. It is a mystery what this building was used for and why it wasn't removed when the lodge was removed.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah learns that the small log building here was once part of the Cedar Breaks Lodge. When the lodge was removed in 1972 this little building was left, and it is not known why.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Ranger Sarah makes the turn to check out a historical building in Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Every angle give Ranger Sarah a new view. The amphitheater, is located near the west end of the Colorado Plateau, it covers the west side of the Markagunt Plateau, the same plateau that forms parts of Zion National Park.
— at Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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