We visited Zion National Park in March last year. I’ve posted some pictures at the end of the blog from that trip.
Saturday, we took the Zion park shuttle all the way to the end of Zion
Canyon to the Temple of Sinawava. It is a vertical-walled natural amphitheater approximately 3,000 feet deep. We took
the Riverside walk (a paved path 2.2 miles, round trip) to where The Narrows
begin. Once you get into The Narrows, you are basically walking in the Virgin River.
There is no set path. The water ranged from ankle deep to waist deep, depending
on your course. We wore water shoes. Big mistake. If you ever go, be sure to
wear sturdy boots with ankle support. Our hike only lasted about an hour, round
trip. I was amazed at how many people attempted it, though. Some of them only
wearing flip-flops or sandals.
There was one man
on the Riverside walk that had to be rescued for heat exhaustion, and a stupid
kid that was climbing down into the canyon using a rope and fell about 30 feet.
Both seemed to being doing well, but you should definitely carry a lot of water
with you in Zion and be smart.
Sunday we took
the shuttle to the Temple of Sinawava, again; however, this time we took our
bikes. The shuttles have room for 2 to 3 bikes. If you start at the Temple of
Sinawava, the ride is mostly downhill through the Zion Canyon. There was one
small incline where we had to pedal a bit. We stopped and rescued some other
bikers. They were with an outfitting company, but they did not have the proper
valve adapter to fill a flat on a little girl’s bike. We had an adapter, but it
only worked with our CO2 cartridge. Nice ride. Go early and definitely take the
downhill ride. :-)
The following photos are from March of last year.
This is Mike on the way to Emerald Pools. Very chilly in the morning in March. By the time we made it to the upper pools, though, we had our coats off.
Upper Emerald Pools
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