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01-13-2007, 02:34 PM #1
veyo volcano anyone?
Hi. Anyone here hiked up Veyo volcano outside St. George? Looks interesting. Wondering if there is a trail/trailhead/recommended parking. thanks!
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01-13-2007 02:34 PM # ADS
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01-13-2007, 03:48 PM #2
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Welcome! Do you live in Veyo or nearby?
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01-13-2007, 05:40 PM #3
Hi. Live in Washington. Looking for some nice winter day hikes in the area. Thought Veyo would be fun. Any recommendations? thanks!
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01-13-2007, 05:54 PM #4
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Originally Posted by mfshop
http://www.zionnational-park.com/snow.htm
I know its warmer in they Veyo area, but I also head out to Paria Canyon a lot in the winter.
http://www.zionnational-park.com/coy...ttes-paria.htm
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01-14-2007, 06:56 AM #5
Welcome to the forum. Are you referring to the cinder cone outside Snow Canyon? If so I have done this hike to the top but not down into the cone. It's pretty neat with a lot of loose cinder ash, the last scramble to the top is pretty wild. Terrific views back into Snow Canyon.
Please let me know if your're referring to another one.
Win
The Cinder Cone:
Looking back to Snow Canyon:
Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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01-14-2007, 11:50 AM #6
Hi all! Thanks for the info.
Tanya - great website. Looks like you've been almost everywhere in Zion. I'll have to try some of those hikes.
Win - I was referring to the volcano right outside Veyo. But will definitely have to check out the cinder cone now. Nice pics.
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01-14-2007, 08:33 PM #7
I have hiked up the cinder cone out side of Snow Canyon. It is like hiking up a steep hill on ball bearings. Glad that I did it once, probably will not do it again. Another option in the same area would be hiking to the top of the red mountain that over looks the town of Ivins. It is about the same technical difficulty.
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02-11-2008, 05:57 PM #8
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Originally Posted by mfshop
Thanks
You must live in St. George?
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02-11-2008, 07:02 PM #9
yea...that cinder cone outside of Snow Canyon is quite the beast...my legs were burning climbing up...geez. And I don't get that a lot. Also, on the way back down, be very careful not to trip or slice your legs on the lava rocks. My g/f and buddies of mine were playing commandos on the way down and I was going way too fast and someone in front of me stopped and I tripped over him and got a nice leg gash by a razor shop lava rock! That cut wouldn't stop burning for over an hour! I poured lots of water on it to clean it...nope, still burned. Finally I got the idea of pouring Hydrogen Peroxide. That worked, but that was almost worst especially when half my leg was scraped up....so yeah...don't do trip!
And I have done the volcano near Veyo too. There isn't a trail really. Just a lot of scrambling - 1 step forward, literally 2 back. Very frustrating but fun nontheless.
Oh hey also, in Snow Canyon State Park, as you know, they removed the lava tubes/caves from their maps but they are 3 major ones within the park and can give ya a map if ya like. But, to the direct north of the cinder cone, is a large lava field and that is fun to explore. My friend and I did that for a few hours on Saturday and probably found another 3+ lava tubes - and a really cool lava arch. You should check that out too and take pics!
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02-12-2008, 05:14 AM #10
Thanks, Jman, good report. I'll have to check out the tubes by the Cinder Cone. If I remember correctly there's a wash just below the cone, the tubes would be a bit North of that?
WinQuoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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02-12-2008, 03:20 PM #11Originally Posted by Win
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02-12-2008, 05:00 PM #12
great PETROGLYPHS right across the road from the cinder cone just outside of Snow canyon, too. Park on the bend right where the road turns into
Diamond Valley. From there, walk the main highway 18 to the bridge just around the bend. You will see a drainage that can really roar like a beast through the park when flash flooding. Get into the drainage facing Snow Canyon. From there, it is a short, 200 yard walk/scramble down the smooth basalt lined wash til it peters out. Look constantly on the right hand walls and you will see some very old petroglyphs of snakes and such
Great little outing for kids. The smooth basalt almost turns blonde colored from all the water flow from eons past. Retrace your steps or jump out of the wash and head northerly into a small alcove where it is rumored that Kit Carson's men supposedly camped outside of town waiting for his arrival/meet up place. It never happened and they broke camp and headed north. They supposedly initialed some lava rocks in the area. But, I've never found them.
You are on some park property, at times. Winter quarters area. Do not hike around too much. Erosion, etc. etc. rules, etc. The park really won't mind if you are in the drainages, though. The next rain will wash away your presence.
Cheers!
Oh, Veyo Volcano? I've parked alongside the roadway just before it drops down into Veyo, on the bend. From there, walk across the rocks and begin your scramble. Near the top, it's like mentioned above:
Five paces forward and three back as you walk up RED marbles. Really neat because it is RED and not BLACK as the SNow Canyon cinder is.
There is a GPS summit marker nailed to the rocks at the top.
Have a great hike! Get back down before the sun drops, though. Walking on jagged basalt in the dark is NOT fun. Dim there dumb that.
me..."Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain"
The Killers
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02-12-2008, 05:39 PM #13Originally Posted by Rented mule
Originally Posted by Rented mule
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02-12-2008, 06:37 PM #14
here is a pic of that arch...although you can't see it too well cause the angle....
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02-13-2008, 04:53 PM #15
Thanks, Jman!
D'oh! no pics. I pulled out one of the hundred discs of photos and it was marked wrong. So, I guess I will have to go down there and get some
as soon as I can heal up from Meniscus knee surgery scheduled for this coming Monday. Ouch!
There are other petroglyphs in the winter quarter's area, as well. But, I have to get special hiking/scrambling permission from the park to get there. And, that is getting tougher and tougher by the year to do.
Stay on the approved trails only, etc. They will work with me though.
As long as I inform, get approval, check in and check out again.
But the ones in the lava flow deep wash are a gem that is right alongside the roadway. Cheers!"Just waiting for a sip of that sweet Mojave rain"
The Killers
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02-14-2008, 10:10 PM #16Originally Posted by Rented mule
Anywho...I'm not familiar with the Winter Quarters area (besides the one in Omaha Nebraska...heh). Any info on that?
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02-14-2008, 10:26 PM #17
Ha ha. Thanks for digging up this old thread, Tanya. Yes, I live in Washington.
Reminds me that I never did get back to Veyo, but the cinder cone was way cool. Having too much fun mtn biking these days, but now I've GOT to do that hike. THis month for sure!
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02-15-2008, 02:54 PM #18
I just dug up a REAL old thread. Are these the same caves? Maybe not.
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=136
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02-16-2008, 08:26 AM #19Originally Posted by accadacca
BUT there are other ones directly north west of the cinder cone, just pass snow canyon state park...and those are on public land - but I have NEVER seen anyone go in there for the 2 years I lived down there...
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02-17-2008, 08:09 AM #20
On Saturday it was off to the Kayenta Art Festival to see if we could break last years spending record. I'm pleased to report we came nowhere near it with a total outlay of $35.00, two pair of earings and a coffee for the wife.
While in the area we shot over to look for RM's wash and the petroglyphs. Good beta and we were off down the wash. We went only as far as the second set, pretty cool. Thanks for the info.
Win
Looking up the wash:
Petroglyphs:
Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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