La Verkin Creek has carved a deep gorge after countless millennia, mostly through the soft, easily erodable shale of the red members of the Triassic-aged Moenkopi Formation. This down-cutting has been slowed here by the more resistant Virgin Limestone resulting in the Toquerville Falls.
This is the sort of place you want to tell people about but not too many people. I guess the bumpy 6-mile jeep road may deter some.
Hey Tyler, what's the definition of a waterfall again? Anyways, I saw that Lain or Lane guy on the news. Is he your boss?
ReplyDeleteEros, I can't remember how the Trib article defined a waterfall. In my mind it's not scientific at all. If water falls over a ledge of rock, it's a waterfall in my book.
ReplyDeleteI first heard about these falls because a girl's murdered body was found here a couple of years ago.