This Goldhil Home Media International release takes viewers on a tour of some of America's most startling and magnificent territory, which has been preserved as national parks: the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park. Included in what is known as "The Grand Staircase" is 1.7 million acres of desert in southern Utah that became a land preserve in September 1996. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is an area of spectacular geography includes plateaus, sandstone canyon, unique rock formations, and cliffs. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide