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| Great Basin NP |
The site for the day was Great Basin NP in Nevada. It was about a three hour drive to get there so we headed out early. Again the roads were quite desolate, with more cattle along the side of the road and on the road than cars. The park was very nice, we arrived early to get on the early 90-minute Lehman cave tour-very cool. The park is free to enter, but there is a fee for the cave tours. The Grand Palace Tour (about 90 minutes long) that we took was $10/age 16+, $5/under -5 to 15 years old. The cave has lights throughout, which was okay, it defiantly made it easier to see the cave formations. Prior to the cave tour, we watched the video at the Lehman Caves Visitor Center (you get tour tickets at this visitor center). The NP has two visitor centers, one at the cave and the Great Basin Visitor Center which is closer to the town of Baker. We visited the Great Basin Visitor Center our way out of the park – this one is a lot newer and has really nice displays.
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| Hiking at Great Basin NP |
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| Lehman Cave - Great Basin NP |
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| Great Basin NP |
The drove into Great Basin, until the road was closed
(Mather Overlook) and then headed back down the road and hiked part of the
“Lehman Creek” trail. The trail was really rocky and the views were not that
great since the trees were so dense and close to the trail. We then had lunch
at the café. The menu was mostly just sandwiches, but it was good and
reasonably priced. We continued to another trail –“Pole Canyon” that was much
nicer.
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| Dixie National Forest |
We stopped to drive through the Dixie National Forest near
Brian Head – it was very scenic and had most new pavement. There are a few
trails available along the drive, but it was getting dark so we thought we had
better skip them.
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