Tag: Tom Garrison
Hiking Southern Utah: Clear Creek Trail
Sometimes following the herd is a good thing. But often getting off the beaten path, especially when hiking, leads to wonderful surprises. Clear Creek Trail is one of those surprises.
Hiking Southern Utah: Watchman Trail, Zion National Park
This easy hike, with a fairly strenuous elevation gain in the middle section, on a well-maintained trail features great views of lower Zion Canyon.
Hiking Southern Utah: The Subway
Hiking Southern Utah: Perhaps the most spectacular of Zion National Park's iconic hikes is The Subway including a weird subway-like tunnel.
Hiking Southern Utah: Capitol Reef National Park
Hiking Southern Utah: Capitol Reef National Park is comparable to Zion National Park with its many trails and spectacular landscape but sans massive crowds.
Quail Canyon (aka Fossil Canyon) in the Arizona Strip
Quail Canyon Trail - From St. George take River Road south which becomes a dirt road, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Road 1069, as you cross into Arizona.
Colorock Canyon – Colorful with Many Rocks
My wife Deb and I seek out isolated wilderness hikes. Colorock Canyon Trail certainly meets that criteria, after all it is in an officially designated wilderness area.
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
Coral Pink Sand Dunes are a part of desert hiking my wife, Deb, and I generally avoid. Of course, we have explored major dunes such as Mesquite Flats Dunes
Hiking Southern Utah: Gifford Canyon in Zion National Park
Hiking Southern Utah: Gifford Canyon in Zion National Park is an easy hike up a colorful canyon with steep red rock canyon walls and plenty of vegetation.
Hiking Southern Utah: Black Gulch Trail in the Red Cliffs Desert...
Black Gulch Trail - The Red Cliffs Desert Reserve was established in 1996 to protect a large and diverse habitat capable of sustaining wildlife populations threatened by development and habitat loss.
West Cinder Knoll Trail, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
West Cinder Knoll Trail - To reach the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve trailhead from St. George, proceed east to Hurricane along State Route 9 (aka State Street)