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Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail J J BLM Fillmore Field Office 95 E. 500 N. Fillmore, UT 435-7843-3100

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This natural geologic fe~ture i~-:aid / I to look like images of Mormon I prophet Joseph Smith. A steep, ;------1 rocky trail takes you closer to this natural formation also known as the "Guardian of Deseret".

After the volcanic eruption that formed Pahvant Butte. Lake Bonneville carved a shelf around most of the butte except for the north face where intense storm waves cut a vertical cliff into the cone. The cut exposes an intricate lacey pattern caused by the partial cementing of the luff by minerals in ground water. ,,----- The cliff is known as the "Lace Curtain" I because of its while color and I mysterious lacey pattern. I I I Collect sunstones (transparent I yellowish labradorile crystals) i on the flats surrounding the knoll.

Hundreds of rock art panels on a (Feature located to the north.) About 15,500 long outcrop. Explore and years ago, a explosively erupted enjoy, but please be respectful of from the bottom of the rising Ice Age Lake these fragile traces of our heritage Bald ktx..' nta1n Bonneville. Pahvanl Butte (also known as Climbing on or touching the rock Sugarloaf) ejected shreds of basalt art can irrevocably damage images high into the air that quickly cooled into that have survived thousands of glassy particles the size of sand (volcanic years. ash) and gravel (volcanic cinders) collectively known as . The explosion produced a crater on the south face of Pahvant Butte. During the eruption the wind must have been blowing to the northeast; black from the eruption is found in sand dunes northeast of Pahvant Butte. When the eruption ceased , a volcanic cone called a luff cone was left to the mercy of erosion by Lake Bonneville

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Locate the Hole-in-the-Rock BLM sign to the East of the main road and park. Near this sign is a passage through a fence. Walk along the fence and climb around the basalt boulders to find the petroglyphs. Meadow

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