Pioneer Names | Snow Canyon State Park | Adventurin'

Yes, Utah has 5 National Parks, but how many State parks are there? Over 40 people. Having just recently discovered this fact, I'm pretty sure we're going to need to make a goal to visit each one and soon! Welcome back to Snow Canyon State Park near St. George.

I really wish my favorite red rocks were just a tad closer. We actually went back in May, but I just barely found these photos, and it was pretty cold for some reason.

I've spent very little time in Snow Canyon. The only time that I went was in college and found out after that we did something we were not allowed to do. All good clean fun, but apparently, not quite legal.

10 years later I finally went back with my husband and his family for a little Red Rock Time. We had the nieces and nephews ages ranging from weeks to 10 years old. We had time for only one hike and it was perfect.

This is the start of the trailhead. You might be able to see my nephew (10) running down the face of the red rock. He'll be the dot.

Pioneer Names is a super quick hike. I thought it was an odd name for a hike, but in the arch of the red rock there are pioneer names written with axle grease that date back to 1881. Pretty cool right?!

Makes one stop and think about how crazy Snow Canyon State Park would have been to find without a map and a trail blazed already for you.

The stroll up to the base of the rocks is pretty and sandy, I think that's the easy part for sure. Once there, you are faced with a very large, steep climb up. We were lucky it was a cooler day in St. George.

Not all could make it up the steep incline. My little babies kept trying and could actually make it quite far.

This is on the opposite side of the names on the wall. This side was definitely easier to crawl up.

We let the toddlers have a bit more freedom on this side.

I finally decided to try climbing up to the names. My nephew above had been literally running up and down the rocks like it was nothing.

It wasn't hard going up, even in my dress and badly worn chacos.

Coming down...took me a little bit longer. I'm really not afraid of heights, but something about my outfit choice made me a little bit more hesitant.

The view is amazing from the top though.

Since it's such a short hike, it's quite busy. We saw groups after groups come and go. We probably weren't there longer than an hour.

Little Orion (1) could hardly be contained.

The sand was so fine and cool that day.

If you only have a day, I would totally add this to your Southern Utah Bucket List.

Nielsen's Frozen Custard | St. George

445 E St George Blvd #102, St George, UT 84770

After our short hike we decided to head into St. George for some Nielsen's Frozen Custard. It's a local favorite and I'm not gonna lie, the Salted Cashew Caramel Custard was to die for. (I usually avoid all thing dairy but I couldn't resist a few bites.)

Check out some of our other Snow Canyon post by Stephanie here. Plus Stephanie has 6 things you need to know before going to Snow Canyon.

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Hours

Open 6am-10pm year round

Entrance Fee(s)

Day-use Fees: $6 per vehicle (up to eight people); $3 per vehicle (up to eight people) Utah seniors 62 and older; $4 pedestrian/cyclists (up to eight people); $2 per person commercial use or vehicles with nine or more people

Camping Fees: Non-hookup sites: $20 per night; Hookup Sites (W&E): $25 per night Extra vehicle fees (one extra vehicle per site permitted): $10 (non-hookups) or $13 (hookups)

Group Day Use: Lower Galoot Day Use Area: $60 (Reservation / Permit required)

Group Overnight Camping: Cottontail Group Campground: $3 per person + refundable cleaning deposit at park (25 people min – 35 max – 10 vehicles max) Quail Group Campground: $3 per person + refundable cleaning deposit at park (25 people min – 55 max – 20 v

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