Kodachrome Basin State park was one of the places we skipped in 2020 Utah winter trip. We skipped that time because 1) time restriction 2)fee. Utah state parks require fees to enter. There are so many places to hike in the vast BLM in Utah. Why do I need to pay? That's what I thought, but after hearing some good things about Kodachrome, 3 years later we came back to check it out.
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Ballerina Spire
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First we did Panorama trail-Cool Cave loop. Total 6 miles with minimal elevation change. Easy and scenic hike. Kodachrome basin is very pretty. It was much more stunning scenery than I had expected. There are many spires and chimneys in many colors. Rocks and mountains are colorful, including orange, white, gray, brown and so on. One of the biggest spires in the park is ballerina spire. Indeed, it is distinctive and spotlight-worthy tall and straight like a ballerina. It can be seen in the long distance. The spire is not monotonous color. It consists of orange, brown, light brown, white. It really spires tall in the background of blue sky.
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Cool Cave
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Another interesting point is Cool cave. It is a cave actually its micro environment is chilly. It is cool to see that. When we were in the cave, the voice echoed. Even walking sounds echoed.
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From Panorama point
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A small spur trail to panorama point is very nice. The view is fantastic.
We had a little more time before sunset after the panorama loop, so we did Angel's Palace trail (1.5 mile). This was also a quite scenic loop, and we did in the best time frame. The evening light reflect the mountain and it was gorgeous color to see.
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Evening light reflection
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One more bonus was nobody (again) was hiking in the park. The big parking lot that can hover 30-40 cars was completely empty. Solitude is great.
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