Lava Flow Trail, Zion National Park

OutsideNov 2

I Escaped Zion’s Crushing Crowds at Red Cliffs, a Desert Dupe Just 45 Minutes Away

I just wanted one picture of my son without a sea of people in the background. We were hiking The Narrows in Zion National Park, a bucket-list adventure that has you wading for miles through knee-deep water in the belly of a canyon. It’s awesome. It’s also crowded. And getting a photo to commemorate the … Continued

one-mile out-and-back traverses a black lava flow

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The NarrowsTrailhike wading through knee-deep water in a canyon
Red Cliffs National Conservation AreaSightless than an hour west of Zion National Park
Red Cliffs Nature TrailTrailstarts as a walk, enters a slot canyon
Red ReefTrailthree-mile out-and-back into a slickrock canyon
Dino Cliffs TrailTrailfind 17 well-preserved dinosaur tracks
Snow Canyon State ParkSight7,400 acres of cliffs, petrified dunes, black lava rock
Petrified Sand Dunes TrailTrailtraverses rolling humps of hardened sandstone
Lava Flow TrailTrailone-mile out-and-back traverses a black lava flow
Sand Cove trailheadSightcombine trails for a 2.2-mile out-and-back to an arch
Red Mountain WildernessSight18,700-acre slice of desert north of Snow Canyon
Red Mountain TrailTrail12.8-mile out-and-back traverses the wilderness
Red Cliffs CampgroundHotel11 sites with shade structures near Red Reef Trail
Sand Cove CampgroundHotelprimitive, backcountry group campground for 20 people
Anasazi Valley TrailTrail
Tempi’po’op TrailTrail
Elsewhere
Silver Reef Brewing Co.RestaurantSt. George, United Statesknown for barrel-aged beers, pizzas and wings

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I Escaped Zion’s Crushing Crowds at Red Cliffs, a Desert Dupe Just 45 Minutes Away