The 100 mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust is called Waterpocket Fold. Early explorers called it an impassable reef which led to it's current name: Capitol Reef National Park. It was created 65 million years ago by the same forces that uplifted the Colorado Plateau. It is a vast collection of cliffs, domes, spires, monoliths, canyons, slickrock, ridges and arches. … [Read more...] about Waterpocket Fold