Cool Arizona Places: Visit Flagstaff’s Volcano

Photo Courtesy of Snowbowl

When you think “Volcano” do you think hot flowing lava? That sure doesn’t sound like a place to cool off. If you really want to cool off this weekend think about taking a jacket and heading for Snowbowl just outside of Flagstaff.

Visiting their volcano means taking the senic chairlift to eleven thousand feet and looking over the volcanic landscape of northern Arizona.

Learn more about northern Arizona’s unique environment, history and geology from an expert Forest Service Ranger at the top of the chairlift.

From the top of the Scenic Chairlift, Partnership Rangers help visitors understand the scope and significance of the 6-million-year-old San Francisco Volcanic Field. The first volcano can be seen in the western horizon, Bill Williams Mountain, a lava dome volcano that erupted about 6 million years ago. The view, one of the most spectacular in the Southwest, shows the first three million years of the volcanic field that moved from west to east. Also visible from the top of the Skyride is about one thousand vertical feet of the face of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Why is it so visible? The North Rim is about one thousand feet higher in elevation (8,000 feet) than the South Rim at 7,000 feet.

Sponsored by the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service, the Interpretive Partnership is a team of nine Rangers, mostly retired, and often are volunteers.

Snowbowl Ranger Talks happen every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the top of the Scenic Chairlift.

The Partnership’s goal is to educate visitors to help them understand, cherish, and preserve our local natural and cultural resources. This 20-year-old program is a seasonal partnership between the Flagstaff Area National Monuments and the Flagstaff Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. 

Partnership Rangers are also stationed at other national forests across the region. Many of the Partnership events may be found on the Coconino National Forest website. 
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino

Snowbowl Website: http://arizonasnowbowl.com/

Located on the majestic San Francisco Peaks, the Arizona Snowbowl lies 14 miles outside of Flagstaff, 2 hours from Phoenix, and 70 miles from the Grand Canyon. The resort opened in 1938 and is now one of the oldest continually operated ski area in the country.

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