Angel's Landing Zion National Park

Night was quite cold, temperature dropped to nearly freezing. We got up early, had some breakfast and went for a drive in the Zion Canyon, watched the Sun rising and changing colors of the rocks. We passed the Zion Mt. Carmel tunnel, which was built in 1930's and is more than a mile long. Right after the tunnel, we went on a short, one hour hike on …

... had to turn away a few times as the positions she was getting in made me recoil in horror. Strange girl! That night camped in Zion National park and met the rest of the group. It was a fairly quiet night which would set the tone for the rest of the ...

     Zion National Park was the place most often mentioned to us as people's favorite National Park.  We hadn't planned to go there, as in having reservations, but we did think we would try to go there on our way to the ...

... : http://www.flickr.com/photos/benkunz/sets/72157618423355178/ After cruising through Bryce, we loaded up and drove down into Zion National Park. Zion makes up the middle of the Grand Staircase and is a spiritual place, as much to the early settlers ...

Zion marks the last of the National Parks stops on our whirlwind tour of the Grand Circle!   We entered Zion National Park from the east entrance, via route 9.  It was to our advantage that we ended up entering from the east because it gave us ...

... the top, but the last forty five minutes really tested the nerves.  As with Half Dome in Yosemite, the park service places cables on Angel's Landing to assist with the hike.  Unlike Half Dome, however, there is only one set of cables (i.e., no ...

... many high season visits to other national parks have become about as relaxing as driving through Times Square. There's more to Zion National Park than just the canyon but we made the canyon the focus of our day there with several hikes through the ...

Greetings, friends!  This is our last blog from a wonderful and quite eventful stay in Zion National Park.  Since the last crazy entry I suppose your all dying to hear the status on David's leg.  Thanks to God he is most definitely among ...

... first afternoon to the Emerald Pools from Zion Lodge where Conny and Graham stayed.  The next day we tackled the 'Angel's Landing' hike.  Dymph and Graham made it to Scout's Overlook which had fantastic views down the valley but Ivan and ...

We entered Zion National Park via the East Entrance, taking us through a steep and windy road.We also drove through the Zion-Mt.Carmel tunnel. The tunnel is 1.1 miles long and it is the darkest tunnel I have ever entered! Unlike modern day tunnels, this ...

... neoprene booties and definitely a walking stick as you are walking on loose rocks under the water all the way. The Narrows, Angel's Landing or Observation Point, the West Rim Trail, the Subway trail are favorites but there are also more exciting things ...