Today we will be riding up onto Bryce Plateau for a canter through meadows and ponderosa pines. The trail continues to climb through aspen and fir forest to elevations of 9500 ft. We later will be riding along the Zion formation through deep sand and sagebrush surrounded by white cliffs. Passing through Elephant Cove. Camping in a stand of ponderosa pines which is like an oasis at the base of an extinct volcano known as Mt. Trumbell.