Paunsaugunt Plateau ATV Trail Ride Adventure
We Explore the Dixie National Forest with Ruby's Inn Tours

For this trip, we decided to bring along our friends Shawn and Glenn Hess of Hess Motorsports out of Muenster, TX to check out the riding area and give us their thoughts on how it stacks up against other ORV areas.

After meeting up at the Las Vegas airport, we began our journey eastward up the I-15 through the Nevada desert, which was rather uneventful for the first two hours of driving, but once we began our ascent up the Virgin River Canyon and crossed into Utah the scenery began to change dramatically with red rock cliffs, black lava rocks, and sand dunes surrounding the town of St. George, which is where we recently rode at the Sand Hollow State Park.

Zion National Park is one of the most beautiful places on earth & is one of our favorite destinations to stop at while in Utah

As we continued our trek northeast, we were fortunate to pass through Zion National Park, which is exactly as the name implies “Heaven on Earth.” The sheer rock cliffs and carved canyons that tower over two thousand feet above the valley floor offer spectacular views so we decided to stop and spend a little time there and take in the scenery for several hours.

After hiking several miles in the Zion NP, we worked up an appetite, and decided it was time to get back on the road.  Soon after exiting the Zion NP, we noticed a herd of buffalo out in the field grazing, behind the Zion Mountain Ranch, so we decided to stop and check out the restaurant.

Zion Mountain Resort features an assortment wild game including elk, buffalo, rabbit, snake, & many more

As it turned out, it was an excellent decision because the assortment of menu items that you will not find at your typical chain restaurant with a wide selection of wild game from elk, buffalo, rabbit, and snake to name a few. 

We chose to go with Buffalo filet mignon, which was incredible at the Zion Mountain Resort, and after diner we sat outside by the fire pit and roasted marshmallows

We all decided on the Buffalo filet mignon, and it was one of best steaks that I have ever had. After dinner, we headed out the fire to roast some marshmallows in the fire pit. For anyone traveling to Zion NP, we highly suggest you stop in for a meal because you won’t be disappointed, the food and staff were great and we will surely come back in the future.