The Narrows Zion National Park

Now for a different kind of hike. This one would take place mostly IN the Virgin River. The first thing we did was walk across the street from our camp to a place called Zion Adventures. Here we would rent our gear for the day. For $19 you get a pair of neoprene socks, a pair of high ankle water boots, and a tall walking stick. For an extra $5 you …

... did nobody tell us about Zion? I'd love to know. It was absolutely breathtaking from the minute we entered the national park: in-your-face-beautiful and towering red cliffs bursting with rich vegetation they called "hanging gardens".  We spent an ...

This morning, we rented all the gear necessary for the hike of the narrows... & it was the most spectacular hike i've ever done.  i'm not that big on heights (esp. when there's nothing higher than me or pure emptiness around) so this was ...

... Narrows the following day – hurrah! Which left us with a whole day to explore Zion and do the famous "Angel’s Landings" hike.  Zion National Park is an amazing red walled and green bottomed valley and Angel’s Landing is a huge red ...

Entry containing 21 photos titled: The Narrows

... the river is the trail, or the trail is the river, whichever way you like to say it.  We hiked 4-5 miles one-way up the Narrows and took some time to swim in a deeper area that is like an old-fashioned swimming hole.  You can go farther, but ...

... day we were still aching, but it was nice to just sleep in, and re-live our previous day!!  We love Zion National Park, the scenery is awesome, and our camp site looked out over the enormous red colored cliffs.    When we ...

... wanted to do a hiking day.  We started at the north end of the park and walked the easy mile hike to the beginning of the narrows of the park. This is where the river has cut narrow canyons into the rocks and is pretty impressive, so Im told.  ...

... the sun had not hit the canyon. For those of you who have not read our previous write ups of The Narrows, it's one of our favorite parts of Zion National Park. It's where the Virgin River has carved a huge 16 mile canyon into the cliffs, and you can hike ...

... 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 canyon and ...

... its fullest! After we packed up our very wet and muddy tent and supplies, we left Bryce and headed to Zion National Park.  We spent part of the day at Zion exploring the Junior Nature Center. The kids had a really good time listening to park ranger ...