Just below the great bend in the Mukuntuweap River looms an isolated
rock temple of prodigious bulk and imperial majesty, a truncated pyramid
or mayhap a flattened dome, its lower half red, its upper half tinting
from rosy buff to white, a forest of tall pines, acres in extent, upon
its untrodden summit. This colossal butte, “one of the world’s great
rocks,” is seen most effectively from the Temple of Sinawava, through
the inverted maroon arch between the Great Organ and Angels Landing. It
appears completely detached from the east wall, aloof and unscalable.
While it has not been officially measured, its crest is probably more
than 3,000 feet above the river.
[Illustration: _In the Narrows, Zion National Park_]
To the north is Cable Mountain, whence a rope of steel wire conveys
lumber to the valley from the forested plateau. Between it and the next
peak is Raining Cave and the site of a cliff dwelling.