Double Cap Hoodoo

The Wahweap hoodoos have become very well known and many make the 4.5 mile hike up the wash from the nearest trailhead to photograph these spectacular towers. '

While probably a hundred or more hoodoos can be found in the three main coves, the hoodoo pictured here is located in another area outside of but close to Wahweap Wash. That area is called “White Rocks” and is located north of Big Water, a small settlement NW of Page, AZ. 

Most of the hoodoos observed throughout this region usually have a single caprock/stone, pitched at an angle that represents the slope angle at the initial stages of erosion leading to the eventual formation of the hoodoo. This particular hoodoo has two caprocks, one precariously perched on top of the other. It felt a little dangerous to approach and stand at the base of this 30 foot-tall hoodoo. The large caprocks above seemed to teeter and left us with a certain apprehension that we might be crushed if something should shake them off the pedestal. 

Photo taken February 2014 by Carrie Cooney.