
At Kolob Terrace Road, looking north at the dirt road we'd follow to the base of Tinaja Knoll.

Yoshi within the wash leading to the base.

After a short search, we found this Class 2 weakness to get up the cliffs.

The hoodoos were spectacular.

Yoshi working up the Class 2 weakness as we approached the hoodoos.

Traversing north toward hoodoos.

More hoodoos.

Pine Valley Peak visible in the center as we navigate around hoodoos in search of the Tinaja Knoll high point.


Looking back along the ridgeline, Tabernacle Dome visible on the left.

Class 3 to the Tinaja Knoll high point.

Tinaja Knoll, looking south. South Guardian Angel far left, Tabernacle Dome center right.

Tinaja Knoll, looking northeast. You can see the tinaja below and Pine Valley Peak on the right.

Close-up of the tinaja.

Yoshi's reflection ruining my photo of the tinaja. *shakes fist*

From the summit of Tinaja Knoll, cliffs barred easy access to the north. We dropped off the east side on this Class 3 slab section.

After the Class 3 slab, headed along Hoodoo Ridge, Cave Knoll in the center - our next peak.

Looking back toward Tinaja Knoll.

Cave Knoll ahead. You can also see Spendlove Knoll peeking out on the right. Firepit Knoll visible far right.

Looking back along Hoodoo Ridge as we start working up toward Cave Knoll.


Beautiful slickrock on the way up to Cave Knoll. Class 2.

Looking back toward Hoodoo Ridge and Tinaja Knoll.

Summit of Cave Knoll ahead..

Cave Knoll, looking south toward Tinaja Knoll, Tabernacle Dome, and South Guardian Angel.

Cave Knoll looking north toward the gorgeous hoodoos and Spendlove Knoll.

Cave Knoll close-up of Yoshi on another hoodoo.

Starting north again from Cave Knoll, another tinaja.

The same tinaja, Cave Knoll center back.

Hoodoo wonderland. The lighting was rough, but the textures and lumps of rock are really spectacular.


Kind of hard to tell, but it takes some thought to work around and over these hoodoos. This is the view south toward Cave Knoll.

View north from the maze of hoodoos.


Spendlove Knoll ahead, as the hoodoos fizzle out.

Sandstone ends, dirt begind.

Looking back toward Cave Knoll as we work up Spendlove Knoll's animal trails.

Spendlove Knoll ahead.

We went under the NPS boundary (it's barbed wire for some reason??) This ended up being unnecessary since we had to cross it again to get to the summit. I guess the peak pretty much marked the boundary.

Spendlove Knoll summit, looking north down toward the Hop Valley Trailhead. We bushwhacked down from here. There are a lot of animal trails, but we did get a bit scratched up anyway.
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