Guests on our White Pocket Tour say it is as if they have entered a fantasy landscape on an alien planet. That’s just how striking the natural rock features are to behold.
Our White Pocket Tour visits a gnarled expanse of sandstone laid bare right at the transition between the white and reddish orange sandstone. It has twists, multi-color striations of white, yellow, red, orange, and pink, pock marks and pools that sometimes fill with water, mushroom like protrusions, strange bulges that look like brains, polygonal fracturing, and wave-like features. The processes that have given yield to these bizarre rock formations stump even expert geologists. Some think that the area was liquefied in an ancient earthquake which distorted the sandstone layers while they were still soft, before they were buried under the oceans for 100 million years and turned to stone under the enormous heat and pressure.
The White Pocket Tour w/Wire Pass guides you to one of the most photogenic places in the Vermillion Cliffs N.M., Northern Arizona, and perhaps the entire Southwest, rivaling the Wave in size, variety, and complexity.
Unique compositions are literally found every few steps in this world-class photographic wonderland. It is not uncommon for photographers to go through more than one memory card. You won’t want to leave. Make sure you bring all the gear you might need.
As a Bonus on this tour we visit the gateway to the Longest Slot Canyon in the World, the Wire Pass Slot Canyon. Capture unique Wire Pass Photography of the curves of this chasm. Connect with the ancients at the Rock Art Panel. Find out more about Wire Pass on our Wave with Wire Pass Slot Canyon Tour page.
Unlike the Wave or Coyote Buttes South, the White Pocket Tour w/ Wire Pass does not require any special permits and hiking distances are short.
7 hrs. Adults $175, Children 15 or under $87.50.
Hiking Difficulty 1-10: 2
Uneven footing, and small elevation change make this terrain slightly difficult. The distances are short at 2.5 miles.
White Pocket is also done in combination with Coyote Buttes South or additionally with Wire Pass in the Triple Crown Tour; both are great substitutes for those that get unlucky in the Wave lottery and perfect complements for those that score.
