Round Trip Distance: 8.3 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
Elevation: 4184 - 5763 feet
Cellphone: 0-2 bars
Time: 6 hrs.
Trailhead: Upheaval Dome
Fee: $30/vehicle
Attractions: Scenic views, geology, wildflowers, backpacking
The Syncline Loop trail is located in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park west of Moab, Utah. Canyonlands National Park is about 120 miles from Grand Junction, Colorado and 32 miles from Moab, Utah. Syncline is a geological term for a rock formation that forms a trough or basin where the sides are folded upward and the middle of the fold is composed of the younger layers of rock. The Syncline Loop trail encircles Upheaval Dome which by most evidence appears to be a meteorite impact crater.
