Adventure 517: Snow Canyon State Park/Post D

Site #11 Snow Canyon

The morning presented itself as clear, cool and bright. We finished breakfast about eight-thirty and took off on a very difficult 17.25 mile loop named SR 18. The first six miles was down hill (mostly) and then turned onto an exquisite bike trail which borders highway 18. The terrain in some places was very steep (14-18 percent). The scenery, however, was worth it. We did have to walk one portion, which was so steep my cleats were slipping as I walked. Once we gained the plateau, the route became a rolling wonderland, and the final screaming downhill into the park made it all worth it. St. George is really a good biking town, but us guys close to (and over seventy) would be wise to ride bikes with "power on demand". No matter. We were not worse for the wear after the ride, and we suffered no injury, although I thought I might blow a quad on a few of the climbs. This is our last night in St. George, so we're going into town to a pizza place we found on our last visit. It's a small shop downtown with a wood fired oven. It was partly responsible for our interest in the pizza oven we built two years ago. Hopefully, it will prove to be as good as we remember. In any event, life is good, especially today.

 My stoker wasn't so sure about today's ride, but she's a tough "biker babe" who provides power on demand.

 Snow Canyon down below and behind us.

 The trail head of Red Cliffs Recreation area.

 The red cliffs where much technical climbing occurs.

 This trail "ain't" flat.

 To the left of the petrified sad dune in the middle (In the shade) is where Frac is parked.

 More amazing rocks.

Mormon pioneers painted their names on these rocks in the late eighteen hundreds using axle grease from their wagons.