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From today's Las Vegas Review-Journal:
"TRIP OF THE WEEK: Southern Utah's high country explodes with color during wildflower season

Southern Utah's high country explodes with color during wildflower season
Nature creates bountiful gardens in Southern Utah's high country during the short summer season, usually peaking in July. Springtime arrives late atop the 10,000-foot plateaus. Plants hasten to produce flowers and seed for future years in the brief weeks between the last of snow melt in May or June and the return of autumn in September.

Plants in profusion assure that some of their seeds will survive the insects, birds and animals that feast upon them, as well as the myriad disasters nature may inflict upon them. Thus millions of bright blossoms greet high country visitors this season, perfuming the pure mountain air and coloring it with their pollen.

Those outdoor enthusiasts intrigued and beguiled by mountain wildflowers can hardly do better than explore the roads and trails near Cedar Breaks National Monument. A network of highways on the Markagunt Plateau near Cedar Breaks east of Cedar City makes high country accessible and provides many flower-strewn scenic drive. When you enter Cedar Breaks, expect to pay a $4 fee unless you hold one of the federal parks passes.

Drive north from Las Vegas into Utah on Interstate 15. Access the Markagunt Plateau from Cedar City on Highway 14 or from Parowan on Highway 143, the road to Brian Head village and winter sports area. Either route takes you to the high country in abut four hours.

The rim drive in Bryce Canyon National Park at the edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau gives spectacular views of the fiery-hued, eroded gorge on one side of the road and flower-starred meadows on the other, particularly at its high, southern end. Other high plateaus with fir and spruce forests interspersed with flower meadow in Southern Utah remain less accessible, reached only by graded forest roads or trails best explored on foot on horseback or by all-terrain vehicles where that is permitted.

Step carefully to avoid crushing tiny plants and resist the urge to pick any flowers.