Zion National Park, Utah -- July
1996
This was a group backpacking trip
into the Kolob Canyons in the northeastern part of the park.
I arrived a few days earlier than Hoan, Huy, Corey, and Jason and so
I wandered up the Zion Narrows
for a few hours. This incredibly deep and narrow canyon runs for many
miles and the river itself is the trail.
You spend most of your time wading
the river to follow the Narrows through.
It's very much fun. It's also very difficult to photograph -- so I
want to go back and try again.
You can arrange to backpack from one end to another and stay
overnight at one of several designated spots midway through.
I'd love to come back here and backpack the whole length of it
someday.
Some views from a couple miles
upstream into the Zion Narrows.
Between a rock and a hard place,
no?
These are grasslands several miles
to the northeast of Zion Canyon proper.
One of the many towering walls in
Zion Canyon.
Lunch stop in Bear Trap Canyon in
the Kolob Canyon area. No bears encountered but this canyon probably
could trap one.
It ends abruptly in a tight space with a nearly free-falling creek.
(below)
