Butterfly and Petrified Dunes Loop in Snow Canyon State Park, UT

Hike Butterfly and Petrified Dunes Loop Snow Canyon State Park, UT

Class 1 2.6 miles 300 gain 1-2 hr Loop Sep 24, 2017
Effort
Beauty
Personality
Solitude

Butterfly and Petrified Dunes Loop GPX Track

I need to offset my substantial website costs somehow! You can download a hike/drive GPX to assist you here. Before sharing my GPX tracks with others, please remember my site is otherwise a free resource.

Snow Canyon State Park is a nice state park that's overlooked due to its proximity to Zion National Park. This was my first hike in the area, a short and scenic loop in the lower sections of the park. There are fun peaks and a nice route along the rim of the park that I recommend if you're interested in harder objectives. You can extend this small loop I did by following Snow Canyon's great trail system. I followed the Butterfly Trail to one of the lava tubes, and continued on the Lava Tubes Trail to the West Canyon Road. I then followed this past a bathroom, briefly onto the Three Ponds Trail, and then onto the Petrified Dunes Trail. There were nice views toward the distant surrounding incredible cliffs for the hike's entirety.

Hire me or show me some love!

Hire/refer me as a web developer or send me a few bucks if you find my site useful. I'm not sponsored, so all fees are out-of-pocket and my time preparing trip reports is unpaid. I really appreciate it!

Along the Butterfly Trail.
Along the Butterfly Trail.
Image 1 from gallery
The Butterfly Trail takes you just below the Petrified Dunes.
The Butterfly Trail takes you just below the Petrified Dunes.
Image 3 from gallery
A lava tube.
A lava tube.
Along the Lava Tubes Trail toward West Canyon Road.
Along the Lava Tubes Trail toward West Canyon Road.
Image 6 from gallery
West Canyon Road.
West Canyon Road.
Along Three Ponds Trail briefly.
Along Three Ponds Trail briefly.
Petrified Dunes Trail.
Petrified Dunes Trail.
Looking back along the Petrified Dunes Trail.
Looking back along the Petrified Dunes Trail.
Heading to the highest point of the Petrified Dunes.
Heading to the highest point of the Petrified Dunes.
Image 12 from gallery
Image 13 from gallery
Image 14 from gallery
Pretty cool features.
Pretty cool features.
Image 16 from gallery

Hire me or show me some love!

Hire/refer me as a web developer or send me a few bucks if you find my site useful. I’m not sponsored, so all fees are out-of-pocket and my time preparing trip reports is unpaid. I really appreciate it!