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© Ellen Homontowski
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Snow Canyon
Named after early settlers, Lorenzo & Erastus Snow, not because of "snow"
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View from the Red Mountain Trail |
Views from the Hidden Pinion Trail and Overlook |
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| Moving up the petrified dunes |
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Large mass of Resurrection moss & lichen, or Snow Canyon's "Christmas tree" |
This huge rock formation is in Paradise Canyon, just next to Snow Canyon |
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See the sphynx, lizard rock and coyote head? |
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Arch (left); pools and ponds in the canyon washes |
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3 Ponds upper pool |
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3 Ponds lower pool |
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Heading up Padre Canyon from Tuacahn |
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| The fog made an added attraction to another day's hike up Padre Canyon | |||
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| View over Tuacahn (above) at the saddle; Pine Valley Mts (2 below) beyond the canyon | |||
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This view into Padre Canyon is almost the same... |
...view as this photo in the fog |
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| Stunning views from Padre Heights | |||
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Fog still hanging around late morning (left), followed by many days of rain & waterfalls (below) |
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Washes (left) normally dry beds and snow dusting (right & below), literally "Snow" Canyon winter 2004-05 |
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From white rock to red rock (unusual pond) |
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Partially bloomed Century Plant |
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