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Show j BEAUTIFUL SCENERY OP I PINE VALLEY MOUNTAIN I Pine Valley mountain, lying in southwestern Utah within a few miles f the Arizona and Nevada state lin-es. lin-es. is an extinct volcano above 10,000 feet high. It is an object of great beauty in itself. Its souh front is almost percipitious, this face of the mountain appearing almost a sheer of gray granite out of which Bushes a wonderfully clear and cold spring of pure water St. George's culinary water supply- Other sides of the mountain are not so abrupt, ntably the north and west sides. I Changing scenery in a characteristic of the mountain. Tree life is abund-ant abund-ant and varieties are many. Snow batks usually lie all year on some M"s of the mountain. In some Places the rock formation is very - beautiful. Heavily timbered land ' leads into beautiful parks, where the II rl clover is matted so thickly that ir ne may. close his eyes and imagine that he is walking on beautiful soft arpet. Flowers are abundant and the variety is great. Streams of clear sparkling cool water flow down each little canyon, forming beautiful trout streams father down the mountain, moun-tain, and springs are frequent. Superb View Prom Top The view from the highest point o the mountain on the south is superb. On a clear day three states and ten counties may be seen, Utah, Nevada and Arizona being the states. The counties are Washington, Kane, Iron, Beaver, Garfield and Juab in Utah, Mohave and Coconino counties in Arizona, Lincoln and Clark counties in Nevada. One stands and marvels as the view gradually unfolds itself to the senses it is too great to be taken in all at once, until he tires of standing, then sits down and finally lies down to study and try to take in some of the mysteries of the view. Below him lies the valley of St. George with the temple city laid out in the center and the Virgin river coursing along its farther side. Lava beds show up here and there and round to the west appear several volcanic vol-canic cones, (one of which is shown on this page) showing that the country coun-try hereabouts must have been in a terrible state of eruption in times past, Pine Valley mountain being the cause of the great commotion. It was doubtless during the activity of this great volcano that the Hurricane fault, the greatest fault in all the earth's surface was caused. This fault is clearly visable to the eastward east-ward and in the evening presents a beautiful spectacle, the colors changing chang-ing from light gray through all the shades of pink and red ending in deep purple. The breaks of the Grand Canyon are visible also Zion j National park, Cedar Breaks, and other scenic spots. Undoubtedly the best way to see the views from the top of the mountain is to have saddle horses, carry food and blankets and camp on top arriving there in time to get the evening view when the coloring color-ing is best, getting the distant views in the early morning when the light is best for this purpose. One can not get the best results from a trip of this kind if it is too hurried. An exceedingly enjoyable trip can be made up Forsythe canyon to the j top of the mountain then over the top of the mountain to Whipple canyon and down the trail there back to Pine Valley town, a distance of about fifteen fif-teen miles. Don't forget to bring your fishing rod and tackle with you when you come to Pine Valley. |
