Snow Canyon

On our next to last day in St. George we all headed out to Snow Canyon for some exploring, hiking, and geocaching. We saw petrified sand dunes, lava tubes, and large lava flows.

Petrified sand dune

Climbing out of a small lava cave

Lava flow in the bottom of Snow Canyon

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Hiking the crest of the Virgin Anticline

Dan wanted to spend a day geocaching near St. George and suggested a one-way hike along the crest of the Virgin Anticline. On paper this looked easy enough—about 35 caches over 4 miles point to point. We dropped a vehicle at the end point and Janet dropped us off at the beginning.

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Kolob Terrace

Kolob Terrace can be reached by hiking from the bottom of Zion Canyon to the West Rim, but there’s an easier way. We drove up the Kolob Terrace Road out of Virgin. We stopped to find a few geocaches since some of the road is outside the national park. Just beyond the Hop Valley trailhead […]