(The Chuckwalla Trail is one of the many hiking, biking and horse trails in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in St. George. Photo by Nate Carlisle/The Salt Lake Tribune) (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Chuckwalla Trail meets the Halfway Wash Trail in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in St. George. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Slickrock Trail in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park has three designated viewpoints. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) A cairn marks the Slickrock Trail in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) A kiosk marks the start of Slickrock Trail in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. Hikers are told to watch for bighorn sheep on the trail. (Lindsay Whitehurst | The Salt Lake Tribune) The view from the Carmel Canyon trail in Goblin Valley State Park. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deer Creek Lake, seen here on on June 10, 2012, sits at the end of a 3-mile trail on Boulder Mountain in the Dixie National Forest. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) Two elk look down on the trail to Deer Creek Lake on June 10, 2012. Antlers from a third elk are visible, too. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) An elk stands on a ridge overlooking Deer Creek Lake on Boulder Mountain on June 10, 2012. The trail is in the Dixie National Forest. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) A deer stands on the trail to Deer Creek Lake on Boulder Mountain on June 10, 2012. The 3-mile trail winds through meadows and woods filled with wildlife. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hikers wind through the brush along the Notch Peak trail. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) A hiker peers into a vertigo-causing gorge near the summit of Notch Peak. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hikers make the final push to the summit of Notch Peak. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) A hiker takes in the panorama from the top of Notch Peak. (Lindsay Whitehurst | The Salt Lake Tribune) This Goblin Valley hike isn’t the traditional, follow-the-trail trek — and that’s what makes it great fun. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) Murphy Point Overlook is in the Island In the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. It offers a view of the park and vast southeast Utah. (Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) Murphy Point Overlook is in the Island In the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. The turn of the Green River can be seen from there.