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Southern Utah

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Hikes/Bikes

The Most-Visited Southern Utah Posts on Explorumentary
  • Utah's Red Rock Country
  • ​In Search of the Rattlesnake Petroglyph
  • ​White Domes via Water Canyon - Canaan Mountain Wilderness
  • ​Double Arch Alcove - Zion NP
  • Angels Landing - Zion NP
  • Hike Crack Canyon - San Rafael Reef
  • "The Subway" in Zion National Park
  • ​​​The "Winged Monster" Unmasked:  Black Dragon Canyon and Temple Mountain Wash Pictographs
Hikes/Bikes/Summits
Zion/St. George/Hurricane areas​​
  • Peak 4416 - Red Cliffs Desert Reserve 
  • Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Training 2025:  Strengthening and Hikes
  • Scrub Benchmark:  6,790' - Beaver Dam Mountains
  • On a Mission with Mish:  Photography Adventures in Zion and Beyond
  • White Rock Peak and Peak 5024, Snow Canyon's Highest
  • Snow Benchmark in Red Mountain Wilderness
  • Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Training:  Kolob Arch, Skyline Trail and Goblet Squats!
  • Grand Canyon Rim to Rim in One Day:  Training near St. George
  • In Search of the Santa Clara Petroglyphs:  The Abstract Enigma
  • Snow Canyon, Utah Overlook:  On Top of the World
  • Yankee Doodle Hollow Canyoneering
  • The "Subway" - Left Fork North Creek
  • Angels Landing - Zion National Park
  • A Cold Desert:  Winter Images from Snow Canyon SP and Hell Hole
  • Mt. Kinesava - Zion National Park
  • ​Zion National Park - Double Arch Alcove Hike
  • ​Angels Landing in Zion - Not for the Faint of Heart
  • So. Utah Hiking/Biking in a Pandemic:  Zion, Snow Canyon, and Wire Mesa
  • ​Red Mountain Primitive Trail - St. George​
  • Mountain Biking - The Cowbell and the Cryptobionic "Highway"
  • Jarvis Peak:  Beaver Dam Mountains near St. George, Utah
Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument       
  • Golden Cathedral and Neon Canyon via Beeline Route
  • Cosmic Ashtray/Neon Canyon/Escalante River Petroglyphs
  • Kanab:  Peekaboo Slot Canyon, Mansard Benchmark and East Mansard Peak.
  • No Mans Mesa -  Grand Staircase-Escalante NM
  • ​Boulder Mail Trail to Death Hollow in Grand Staircase-Escalante NM
Pine Valley Mountains
  • Hike Mount Baldy, 8,890' for Solitude and Zion Scenes
  • Burger Peak: 10,320' - Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
  • ​Signal Peak, 10,369' - Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
  • ​Gardner Peak,  Pine Valley Mountains: The Summit Less Traveled​
Tushar Mountains
  • Copper Belt Peak, 11,383':  High Tushars Grandeur
  • ​Shelly Baldy Peak:  11,321'
  • Mount Holly/Delano Peak in the Tushars:  Goats and Gales
  • Delano Peak:  12,169' and the Skyline National Recreation Trail - Tushar Mountains
​Dixie National Forest - Cedar City Area
  • Explore Ashdown Gorge to Rattlesnake Creek Falls
  • Sandy Peak, 9,537' near Paragonah   
Canaan Mountain Wilderness
  • White Domes via Water Canyon, Canaan Mountain Wilderness​
  • Canaan Mountain via Squirrel Canyon ​
San Rafael Swell
  • ​Hike Crack Canyon​
  • ​The "Winged Monster" Unmasked:  Black Dragon Canyon and Temple Mountain Wash Pictographs
Wasatch Mountains
  • Mount Timpanogos, 11,749' - Crown Jewel of the Wasatch
  • ​Mount Nebo:  11,928' - On Top of the Wasatch ​
Others​​
  • Cassidy Arch via Frying Pan and Grand Wash Trails - Capitol Reef NP
  • ​Bowl of Fire and Jimbilnan Wilderness - Lake Mead NRA​​​​
Native Americans/Petroglyphs/Pictographs
  • In Search of da Vinci Panel Petroglyphs and Red Man Pictograph
  • Pondering Petroglyphs:  A Shamanistic Possibility
  • In Search of the Santa Clara Petroglyphs:  The Abstract Enigma
  • The Incredible Parowan Gap Petroglyphs
  • Art in Tuff:  Fremont Indian State Park petroglyph
  • Neon Canyon/Escalante River petroglyphs - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
  • ​The "Winged Monster" Unmasked:  Black Dragon Canyon and Temple Mountain Wash Pictographs
  • In Search of the Rattlesnake Petroglyph​​
Slideshows
  • ​Slickrock Nirvana:  Part One - Zion Wilderness​
  • Slickrock Nirvana:  Part Two - Yant Flat and southwest Utah
Hiking and Mental Health/Others
  • Lady Libery's Flight in Snow Canyon 
  • Utah's Red Rock Country - Warm Colors to Cure Winter Blues
  • ​Moving Makes You Feel Better:  The Latest Research​
  • ​Experiencing Flow:  The Secret to Happiness
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument - "The Wave"
Utah's Red Rock Country
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 Red Sands Trail in Snow Canyon State Park
Utah's Red Rock Country
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Slickrock Nirvana:  Part One
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Zion Wilderness - Slickrock Nirvana Part One
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Emerald Pools - Zion National Park
Angels Landing H
ike
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Red Mountain, Ivins
Red Mountain Primitive Trail
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Forsyth Trail to Signal and Burger Peaks, Pine Valley Wilderness
Hike Signal Peak
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Land Hill Petroglyphs, Ivins
In Search of the Rattlesnake Petroglyph
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Crack Canyon in San Rafael Swell
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Explore Ashdown Gorge to Rattlesnake Creek Falls 
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Training for Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Hike
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Slickrock Nirvana Slideshow
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Slickrock Nirvana:  Part Two
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Sandy Peak, 9,537' near Cedar City
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Pondering Petroglyphs:  A Shamanistic Possibility
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Mount Timpanogos, 11,749' - Crown Jewel of the Wasatch
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A Cold Desert:  Winter Images from Snow Canyon State Park and Hell Hole
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Yankee Doodle Hollow
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 Angels Landing in Zion National Park
The "Subway" - bottom up (Non-technical hike) - Zion NP
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On a Mission with Mish:  Photography Adventures
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Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Training 2025:  Strengthening and Hikes
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Whiterocks Amphitheater, Snow Canyon State Park
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Temple Mountain Wash pictographs 
The Winged Monster Unmasked:  Temple Mountain Wash and Black Dragon Canyon pictographs - San Rafael Swell
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The Incredible Parowan Gap Petroglyphs
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Golden Cathedral in Neon Canyon - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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Snow Canyon State Park
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In Search of the Santa Clara Petroglyphs:  The Abstract Enigma
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Grand Canyon Rim to Rim In One Day:  Training in So. Utah
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Hike Snow Benchmark, Red Mountain Wilderness near St. George
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In Search of da Vinci panel petroglyph and Red Man pictograph
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Lady Liberty's Flight in Snow Canyon
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Training for Grand Canyon Rim to Rim:  Kolob Arch, Skyline Trail, and
​Goblet Squats!
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Hike Copper Belt Peak, 11,363':  High Tushars Grandeur
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Hike White Rock Peak and Peak 5024, Snow Canyon's highest
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Hike Scrub Benchmark:  6,790' - Beaver Dam Mountains
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I try my best to be accurate with my hike descriptions; please research your adventures, always bring a map and compass and know how to read them, be prepared!  All of these hikes can be dangerous; hike at your own risk.  ALWAYS carry the Ten Essentials with you on hikes. 
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    • DESERT PLANTS >
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      • Palmer's Penstemon
      • Silver Cholla
      • Cristate Saguaro
      • Indian Paintbrush
      • Ocotillo
      • Santa Rita Prickly Pear
      • Spiny Cliffbrake
      • California Barrel Cactus
      • Engelmann Prickly Pear
      • Velvet Mesquite
      • Joshua Tree
      • Buckhorn Cholla
      • Hedgehog Cactus
      • Fishhook cactus
      • Thompson's Woolly Locoweed
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