Santa Clara Snow Canyon Loop

We rode bikes 15.5 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes. Started at Sand Hollow and went up the bike trail past the Tuweap ponds then West on the bike trail up to Snow Canyon Campground. The return trip was on the road through Ivins and Santa Clara.

North Snow Canyon Entrance to Santa Clara Volcano

This was a 4 mile run in 1.5 hours with an elevation gain of about 800 feet (the volcano is 4800 and the marathon course says that the Snow Canyon intersection is 4000 feet). We saw 12 head of deer (2 bucks) while running on the backside. The picture of Bill was taken after 1.5 miles and coming back out on the ridge directly above where we started. We didn't quite make it to the volcano because of time constraints and cut down into the wash just before the last climb.

Padre Canyon Saddle/3 Ponds Wash

Today we ran/hiked this trail. 6.5 miles and it took us 2 hours to do it. We started and finished at the entrance gate to Tuacahn. We got to ice skate on several ponds where the ice was still thick enough. We took a quick detour in the run to visit Fern Gully. This beautiful gully is what Bill and Michelle are standing in front of in the picture.