A couple of days ago Chase and I went on our first "real" hike to the Wind Caves, also known as the Witch's Castle (not sure why). We did a small hike before, Limber Pine Trail, but it was more like a walk then a hike. The Wind Caves is 6 miles into Logan Canyon, which is about 10 minutes away from our house. The starting elevation is 5025 feet and then you climb about 1000 feet. The elevation, which we are not use to, added some difficulty to the trail. Even old ladies were passing us! We made several stops on the way up. There were amazing viewpoints all the way to the top, so it was worth going up slowly. "The formation of the Wind Caves began far underground as water seeped through cracks deep within layers of the rock. Over long periods of time, the water slowly dissolved the stone creating large, below ground caverns. More recently, the downward cutting Logan River exposed the caves. The arches we see today were created as water continues to erode the stone formation from both ends of the cavern (trail sign)." Throughout the journey we had to keep our eyes peeled for rattlesnakes, but thankfully we did not encounter one. Chase was warned that they have been coming out to enjoy the sun and decided not to mention this until we started the hike of course. I was a bit nervous, but the only thing we saw was some type of bird that looked like a chicken (see picture below) and possibly a lizard or maybe a snake's tail but it was to hard to tell - and I didn't want to stay around long enough to find out! We are planning to tackle another hike later this week.
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| Trail Sign |
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| The mystery bird |
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| Another break |
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| Resting picture - beautiful vista |
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| Made it! On top of the cave |
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| The Cave |
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| "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" - Name that movie quote |
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| Beautiful! |
