Springdale, UT Angel’s landing is probably neck-in-neck with the Narrows for being the most popular hike in Zion. It’s not a long hike (5.5 miles roundtrip) or steep (about 1000 ft/300 m ascent)… but what makes it a thrill is the final push along a narrow rock. And when I say narrow, I mean 3-ft (1-m) wide narrow, with steep drop-offs on both sides. Chains had been bolted in through this final… Read More
Category: 2013 - Zion and Bryce, All Travel, National Parks, United States, Utah, Zion (UT) Tags: hiking, national parks, Southwest, Springdale, sunset, waterfalls, wildlife, Zion
[Bryce Canyon National Park, UT] Sunrise over Bryce Amphitheater is a quintessential Bryce Canyon National Park experience. Sunrise was at 7 am today, which meant another 5 am-ish wake-up for us. The clouds that had sabotaged Chris’s night shots the night before now provided for an absolutely spectacular sunrise. In some ways, a cloudless sky would have been better because the morning sun light would have hit the hoodoos directly, thus providing… Read More
Category: 2013 - Zion and Bryce, All Travel, Bryce Canyon (UT), National Parks, United States, Utah Tags: Bryce Canyon NP, hiking, national parks, Southwest, sunrise
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