Popular Trips in Zion National Park

This is the hike we had been waiting for the entire road trip!  The weather was over 100 degrees, so we took the short 1 mile hike to the creek where we started the narrows hike.  This hike is completely in the water, walking upsteam.  At times the water got up to our chest, which was a little scary for my new camera and backpack, but we managed to keep the electronics...

We were excited for another water hike on such a hot day and after spending  a week in the desert on the Colorado plateau.  Unfortunately, there was very little water coming from these waterfalls.  We had to hurry because we were already about 2 hours behind schedule and still had 2 hours to drive before the night was over, but this brief walk was a nice and relaxing way to end a...

Saturday started bright and early.We carpooled up to the trailhead.The first part of the hike was uneventful except that we followed the wrong trail. We ended up at the edge of a very long and very steep cliff.A couple of the guys rappelled down a ways to see if it was passable. It wasn't, so we backtracked and found the right trail.Highlights are:We passed a couple of slow groups that were "hard...

Another great hike in Zion National park. Weeping rock is an easy walk. But you definitely need to go beyond the weeping rock to enjoy the views. Hidden canyon's view isn't as good as others but getting there is a good experience with great rewards.

This trip starts with a nice easy walk up the very secnic  Upper Pine Creek Drainage.  Near the top of the drainage you must climb out up a very steep slickrock exit ramp.  Once you get to the top of that catch your breath because you are going to continue climbing to the top of another very steep slickrock bench.  Look for a nice panel of petroglyphs on  flat smooth cliff face...