Another beautiful winter day in southern Utah. What better to do than go hiking with friends! John & Mary have been "raving" about an unmarked/unnamed trail called "Jones Bones" that starts across from the north Snow Canyon state park entrance. This "sweet" little trail just about has it all: sand, slickrock, a decent elevation gain, wonderful views and a cinder cone to boot! We used two cars . . . parking one at the Cinder Cone trailhead and then shuttling in the other to the Snow Canyon entrance. This allowed us to do a 3.5 mile one-way hike, rather than an up and back . . . turned out to be a great plan . . . and a great afternoon hike!
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| Working our way through the sand |
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| After we emptied our shoes of sand, we continued on the slickrock |
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| There's no trail across the slickrock . . . just a few rock cairns |
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| And here he is . . . the namesake of the trail Poor Mr. Jones . . . he's missing his right hand! Thankfully, he has a good pair of shoes, sunglasses and a hat! |
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| Looking west towards Snow Canyon |
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| We continue heading north towards the cinder cone |
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| One of the many gates . . . sadly, we didn't see any dangerous animals! |
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| There's a trail leading up the cinder cone on the south side |
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| On top of the cinder cone . . . we had great views all to ourselves |
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| The end of our hike . . . Looking back to the south from the start of the Cinder Cone trailhead |
