Go up to Angels Landing when the sun is in zenith, so you get beautiful picture without shadows. And beware of the squirrels and critters. They are all about your food and enter your backpacks.
If you want to hike topdown, take a shuttle to Lava Point. From there you can hike the West Rim Trail all the way down. Hiking from The Grotto is the hard way as you have to ascent a lot.
Zion National Park is one of the most amazing in the southwestern states. Here, you will find one of the most dangerous and exciting hikes: Angels Landing. Since it is …
The Cedar Breaks National Monument is located on the west side of the Paunsaugunt-Plateaus. You might know the much more famous "brother" Bryce Canyon on the east side. The bizarre …
A short trip from the shuttle station "The Grotto". During heavy rainfall flash floods can be expected and the best way to avoid it. In September I saw two hikers …
The path to get there is steep in places and very winding, but wide and completely paved with concrete. And in the season it is very busy with tourists.
At the end of the driveable street, the visitor receives an amphitheater of steeply sloping walls. After a short hike you reach the Virgin River, which squeezes through the canyon.
The Watchman Trail, starting at the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, climbs 368 feet (112 meters) to the stunning Watchman Overlook. Here hikers can overlook the Watchman, Temples and Towers, lower …