Why The St. George Dragon Tail Should Be On MSN Stair List

St. George’s Dragon Tail Stairs Deserve a Spot on the “Warning Label” List

Move over Escher-esque spirals and vertigo-inducing glass steps — St. George, Utah just entered the stairway danger chat. The Tech Ridge Stairs, affectionately dubbed the “Dragon Tail Steps,” are 333 steep, sweat-inducing slabs of concrete that snake up the hillside like a mythical beast daring you to climb its spine.

Sure, MSN’s roundup of 40 stair designs that “should honestly come with a warning label” includes architectural oddities from around the globe — floating steps, optical illusions, and one staircase that looks like it was designed by a sleep-deprived game developer.

Read More: Check out the list of crazy stairs here

But what about a community fitness gauntlet where locals time their ascents, track their reps, and casually mention doing ten rounds before breakfast?

Warning: May Induce Hero Complex

The Tech Ridge Stairs are raw, rugged, and unapologetically exhausting. With a central rail dividing traffic like a highway and markers taunting you with how much farther you have to go, it’s part workout, part psychological thriller, and part hero maker.

And yet, they’re missing from the list. Why?

- They’re steep enough to make your calves file a formal complaint.
- They attract crowds like a local Everest — some folks sprint them for sport, others crawl up in quiet defeat.
- They look like a dragon’s tail from afar. That alone should qualify them for mythical hazard status.

Add a Little Utah Spice

If MSN’s list is about stairs that flirt with danger, St. George could easily fill the bill. It might help if we include these ideas in the description:

- Heat-triggered illusions: In St. George heat midday mirages make the top look closer than it is.
- Interactive sound effects: You realize as you climb that the sound effects are coming from you, a gasp, a groan and maybe consistent squeaks from your shoes.
- Bonus challenge mode: This staircase features the ever-popular “lava floor”. Sure, it has cooled into our own black ridge, but lava, nevertheless.

So MSN, if you’re listening: slap a warning label on St. George and put us on the list. Not because it’s unsafe — but because it’s so good, it hurts.