Bicycling the Bearclaw Poppy Trail
I decided to get a change from the cold snowy conditions around Cedar City and head into the Utah Lowlands for a mountain bike ride. There are a lot of trails down near St George so I picked an easier one with possibilities for further exploration later, the Bearclaw Poppy Trail . The trail runs along the edge of the clay 'dunes' at the base of a red cliff, which could describe so many places in southern Utah. Unfortunately people have made many side trails into the 'dunes' which are part of the protected area, further down the trail fences have been erected to prevent this, presumably where the rare poppy grows. The trail initially runs along a bench above the desert floor. Looking back towards the start of the trail beyond the butte on the right. This was pretty much the furthest point out I reached, I was looking for a connection to get to the lower part of the trail but had gone too far. View from the parking lot at the trailhead....