...It was a rockfall.
Based on how it sounded, it was a lot like this (turn up your speakers):
I wonder what we missed, because we heard a lot more cracking than the above video (which is Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands). This isn't a winter danger I was aware of -- the ice gets into cracks and expands, causing the rocks to break free from the canyon walls. It's much scarier in retrospect.
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I'm not so sure I would say safe - there was an avalanch in Utah in the news. I keep thinking about you guys and get worried... must be a mom thing :)
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YIKES!! I'm so glad your family is safe and sound and only heard the fall rather than experiencing it in a more dramatic way. Love you!
Jenn, do you know the story of how the Red Arch came into being? This is from the tour guides on the tram at Zion, so you can do the research to find out how reliable it is, but that was one big rockfall in the 1870s or so that buried the farm of the family that homesteaded the canyon. The family was fine--they were gone to church in Springdale when it happened. That's the story, in a nutshell. Anyway, there may be a new rock feature to see in Zion now--I'm just glad you guys weren't buried in it. Yikes!
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