Our first stop in Utah was St. George. While here we visited Cathedral Gorge & Snow Canyon State Parks. Many that visit this area head to Zion and Bryce National Parks. There are some fantastic areas to explore that are state parks and we found two of them.
Cathedral Gorge is like no other, the richly colored canyons (called the Panaca Formation) are remnants of an ancient lakebed. The spires create many areas to explore with high wall slots and interesting formations.
Snow Canyon is located just outside of St. George and was created in 1959. This park consists of Lava flows and soaring sandstone cliffs and petrified sand dunes. Over time water has cut and shaped the sandstone to form canyons. Between 1.4 million years ago and as recently as 27,000 years ago nearby cinder cones erupted causing lava to flow into these canyons. Today the park has several “lave tubes” that can be explored!
We highly recommend a visit to these parks!
Enjoy the video!
Travel Update:
We are continuing our journey through Utah, visiting areas that we missed last year!
Lots more to come!
Impressive! I’ve never heard of lava tubes…Glad you girls are continuing to have good times!
This state parks we so different and there were lava fields everywhere!
Looks great girls! Beautiful weather too. Happy Memorial Day on the trail!
Thanks! Happy Memorial Day to you!