So I found out a few things. One, a break is just a smaller version of a bad-land. Its a space that earlier settler deemed unusable for their very practical needs and purposes. It didn't mean it didn't have aesthetic value or that it wasn't cool. It just mean that they couldn't live on it or grow anything on it.
Cedar Break is just that. Pretty cool looking and geographically meaningful, but otherwise useless.
When we got there it was hovering right around freezing. There was 2 feet of snow on the grounds, although the road was well plowed. We saw places in fields where people had stopped to make snowmen in October.
Cedar Break itself is over 10,000 feet above see level.
Another interesting thing I learned; the difference between a national monument and a national park. A monument is a SINGLE interesting place or feature and can be related to geography or history or some other important aspect of preservation. A national park encompasses MULTIPLE features and is commonly based on geographical uniqueness and a need to preserve an eco-system or unique features. There are often historical human aspects to these because humans interact with the land; shape it, destroy it, preserve it.
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