Another day, another couple of great hikes in Zion National Park in Springdale, NV. First, a short and easy hike to weeping rock. It was a good warm-up for the Hidden Canyon hike later.
This was the view from Weeping Rock, just a .4 mile hike. The weeping collects in the green pool and then makes its way to the river.
Weeping is an understatement. It was raining under there. David (lower left) chose not to risk getting his camera wet.
He had his tripod, so he could take a long exposure and capture the water weeping.
The hike up to Hidden Canyon was our most strenuous yet, but the views were worth the effort. In total, we hiked more than 4 miles while climbing over 1,000 feet in altitude.
The view of Big Bend from a little way up the Hidden Canyon Trail.
Spring is trying to burst.
Looking across at the people in the center of the picture, we were amazed that we would be there eventually.
The trail is only maintained (concrete patches to even it out) a little after the point where it splits. Left goes to East Rim Trail and right goes to Hidden Canyon Trail
David thought it was a little like putting carpet over hardwood floors.
The sandstone was covered with a thin layer of, you guessed it, sand. It made the rock a bit slippery. The chain was our friend!!!
The sun was starting to peek out and warmed things up fast.
Around this bend, we could see our goal. The canyon came into view.
This part was difficult to scramble up, how can this tree hold on?!
No more chains! We were on the flat, sandy floor of the slot canyon.
I loved the variety of the sandstone walls!
This is a closeup in one of the depressions of the wall.
We had to remember to look up along the trail.
We still needed to scramble at times.
A half mile up the canyon, there is a natural arch.
This was the end of the road for us, about 3.5 hours into our hike.
The sun was gone and the coats were back on.
I was trying to capture down the face of the mountain, but it didn't turn out.
Are you kidding me?
I had to try a panorama of Big Bend from my feet up.
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