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St. George, Utah : Snow Canyon : updated Feb 10 / 04

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Snow Canyon state park is located just outside of St George Utah. A unique area in the middle of nowhere. The sandstone climbing can sure soil your pants if you eat too much bran in the mornings. We only spent one day in Snow Canyon due to having to pay daily. A season pass is available, but for the one day as a stop over on the way to Vegas. This place is awesome, grab a copy of Rock Climbs of Southwest Utah & the Arizona Strip by Todd Goss, purchase at the Outdoor Outlet in St. George. Camping is free if you know where to go; our favorite spot is north out of town on highway #18 for 18 miles to a BLM sign on the left beside a gravel road. Follow road past a reservoir to many different turn offs, about half mile past reservoir is the best turn off to a parking in front of the pipeline, camp on the other side. Climbing is 15min away.
		This link up is quite a lot of fun if you are solid and enjoy the wall crumbling away from under you. Be careful on the season you are there climbing. A turtle uses this particular area with the creek and passage to the climbs is closed. We however were able to climb and what a scary route. The starting route was what was scary; the upper route was very nice. The traffic was much defined on both routes. *The lower climb of Rat Race, doesnt have to be missed, there are some good pieces of protection, and then there are some bad pieces of pro. The situations on the climb are very cool.* CLICK PICTURE TO GET A TOPO AND ROUTE DISCRIPTION
		Kelly traversing out on Pitch 2 of Leopard Skin 5.7 Leopard skin is a very fun and well travelled route with nice positions. The climbing is quite nice on sandstone chicken heads, and drilled pockets with pins hammered into them. After moving sideways past the first few FP, the next pin is very hard to see, just climb with confidence because its up there. Click the picture to see Josee under the roof on the first Pitch of Rat Race 5.9.
		Josee on Pitch 3 of Leopard Skin 5.7 The decent off this face is kind of interesting, the first rap takes you into a chimney gully system. As you are rapping, get on the right side of the gully, easy ramps and ledges. From here you will be able to pull the ropes ok. Scramble down to a pair of hanging Metolius rap hangers. Full rap takes you to the ends of your ropes with a set of hanging chains on the main wall. This rap gives you the bolted routes in view all over this end of the mountain. Click the Picture to see the Last Rap tp the plateau for the walk off.