Friday, February 28, 2025

 3 itty-bitty but worthwhile hike-walks

The stairs at Tech Ridge . Red Hills Desert Garden . Dixie Rock

We didn't exert a lot of energy on hiking today, we did some other things as well like the temple and ice cream, but these walks were all worthwhile. It was 70 degrees and that felt hot out in the sun! 

The stairs at Tech Ridge 

333 stairs

The stairs are fairly new and I had really wanted to do this while we were in St. George.  It appears they are mainly used for exercise and there were quite a few people there. We parked at the bottom, just past a neighborhood of new townhouses. There is a path that starts near the bottom of the stairs that goes up to the Temple Quarry trail head if you want to do that hike.  Or you can drive to that trailhead. We walked over to the stairs from where we were parked and climbed the 333 stairs. At the top there are some benches. We took a walking path to the right. After a ways you can take a path that goes down and end up near the neighborhood so you could to a loop. The St. George Airport used to be at the top of this mesa but they moved it back in 2011 and are developing this area.

This is a bridge we walked over on our walk at the top of the stairs.

Red Hills Desert Garden

This was just a walk but we did it today and it was really good! And free! Very worthwhile. It was in Pioneer Park, where we wanted to do some other things.  This is such a great area to hike and explore. 

Dixie Rock

This was a short hike, not really a hike, but there was some scrambling up the rock. It was .59 miles, which included the walk from the parking lot, and 128 feet elevation gain. Lots of people, and kids hopping around like mountain goats.  It was fun to go up on top of Dixie Rock at sunset.  What a beautiful view of St. George.  You can see both temples.

You climb up a huge rock and cross the bridge to get on Dixie Rock.

The views