Photo credits

Every photo on Snow Canyon Tours is a real photograph used under a public-domain, CC0, or Creative Commons license. Thank you to the photographers and to the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Wikimedia Commons contributors who share their work.

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Photos on this site

  • Red sandstone cliffs rising over desert shrubs in Snow Canyon State Park.
    Photo: Oliver Dodd, CC BY 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Dark rock and desert shrubs in the foreground with red and white sandstone cliffs behind, Snow Canyon State Park in March.
    Photo: Wilson44691, CC0 1.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Rounded white sandstone in the foreground with red cliffs and a green canyon floor beyond, Snow Canyon State Park.
    Photo: photophat, CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Pale sandstone domes in front of a long line of red cliffs in Snow Canyon State Park.
    Photo: photophat, CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Wide view of the Snow Canyon floor with desert scrub and red and white cliffs, Snow Canyon State Park.
    Photo: photophat, CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red sand and dry grasses in front of red sandstone cliffs in Snow Canyon State Park.
    Photo: Marion Jensen, CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • nps-zion-area-map.webp
    Public domain: work of the U.S. National Park Service (federal government work). Source: https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/maps.htm
  • snow-canyon-terrain-3dep.webp
    Elevation data public domain (USGS). Rendering is our own work.. Source:
  • Day-hike essentials. A packing photo from the Bureau of Land Management, Utah. “Day 1- Hiking Essentials (19444913913).jpg”
    Photo: Bureau of Land Management Utah, public domain (U.S. Bureau of Land Management work). Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Ivins, Utah, the town at the mouth of Snow Canyon. “Ivins UT.JPG”
    Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cryptobiotic soil crust on sandstone, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2016-09-05 19-57-22.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Black basalt lava rock, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17802730191).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Looking into the canyon, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-43-19.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Petrified sand dunes: cross-bedded slickrock, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park - 29744967592.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Winter grassland in December, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-41-18.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Desert wildflowers in May, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17179800294).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • The road into Snow Canyon, Ivins, Utah. “Entering Snow Canyon - panoramio.jpg”
    Photo: Kopachris, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Evening light, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park IMG 0314.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • A lava flow on the canyon floor, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17799523882).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Lava rock below sandstone peaks, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2016-09-05 19-43-26.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Morning light, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-41-40.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Morning on the trail, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-28-08.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cliffs over the canyon floor, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red rock and sagebrush, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon 2.JPG”
    Photo: David Jolley (Staplegunther), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red rock under a clear sky, Snow Canyon State Park. “St george hiking with red rocks.jpg”
    Photo: Ellie.j, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red Navajo Sandstone, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon 4.JPG”
    Photo: David Jolley (Staplegunther), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Open desert under red cliffs, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17614473208).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Deep red sand, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17181933043).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red sand among the shrubs, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17799527862).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red sand and canyon walls, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon - panoramio (6).jpg”
    Photo: Outdoor Craziness, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red and white sandstone with lava, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2016-09-06 13-35-53.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cross-bedded slickrock in evening light, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2016-09-05 19-54-17.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Spring wildflowers in March, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon Natural Scene.jpg”
    Photo: LavenderTrail, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cross-bedded sandstone dome, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park (17614747400).jpg”
    Photo: Anna Irene, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Swirled Navajo Sandstone slickrock, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park - 29231409674.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • A tall sandstone wall, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-35-04.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • White Navajo Sandstone, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon 3.JPG”
    Photo: David Jolley (Staplegunther), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Evening below the sandstone peaks, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2016-09-05 20-01-08.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Desert scrub and sandstone peaks, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park - 29744959272.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • A December morning, Snow Canyon State Park. “Snow Canyon State Park 2023-12-29 09-41-14.jpg”
    Photo: joannapoe, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • Red cliffs near Kayenta, Ivins, Utah. “Cliffs by Kayenta - panoramio.jpg”
    Photo: Kopachris, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
  • View from Canyon Overlook, Zion National Park. “Zion NP20.jpg”
    Photo: Nikater, public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.