by Calculated Risk on 10/21/2008 10:56:00 PM

For those interested, here are a few pictures from our trip to Zion National Park.

The first two photos are of the Narrows hike. This is where the Virgin River flows through a slot canyon into the upper reaches of Zion Canyon. The walls of the slot canyon reach up to 2000 feet high in places, and at times the canyon narrows to just 20 to 30 feet wide.

The right photo is a little grainy (the canyon is dark at times), and shows several hikers in the canyon for perspective. The river is the trail, and over half the time you are hiking in water.

Photo credit: Lucy A.

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The second set of photos is of Angels Landing. The photo on the left shows the upper steep section with 1000' drops on both sides of the trail. If you expand the photo you can barely see two climbers on the face of Angels Landing (in red square).

The right photo shows some old blogger hanging on to the safety chains while hiking to the summit of Angels Landing.