Snow Canyon State Park, Utah

 On the last day of 2023 winter trip in Utah, we decided to hike in Snow Canyon State Park. It is located in southwest Utah, near St.George. Since our flight from Las Vegas was 11 p.m., we had a full day. I read in the hiking book saying that Snow canyon is pretty, and it is not too far from Las Vegas, I thought it would be a good choice. It is $15 to enter the park. 

The canyon is really scenic. The rock colors are gorgeous. White, red, brown, and gray. We started a hike in the early morning without many people, which was nice. The hidden Pinyon lookout had a great view! Then we did Red Sands trail, then Equenstian trail, then lava tubes. By the time we reached lava tube area, many family hikers were there. Lava tubes were crowded with small children who don't know how to share the trail. That part was not my favorite in the hike. Then thorough Butterfly trail to Petrified Sand dunes, we came back to the trailhead.

The total 6.6 miles with 750 feet elevation change. After this hike, we had still little more time, so we did 2 mile hike just out side of the State park called Gila trail. From this trail you can look down the entire snow canyon park. It was very final hike with great view. 

Then we drove to Las Vegas, did car wash, filled the gas, returned a rental car and flew back to Boston.  

So many great places we hiked in just 2 weeks. Really wonderful trip. Looking forward to our summer trip to Washington state already.

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