We woke up to my alarm at 6am. Wanting to get up quickly and
pack up before someone charged us for camping, was the plan. It was $15 to camp
at Red Canyon for the night, and we arrived so late we figured we should just
leave uber early to save money.
It worked.
It’s only +2 right now! Felt great to camp in cooler temperatures. We are inbound to Zion now. Plan is to spend the day hiking and then sleep somewhere in Hurricane or St. George (climbing and biking!!).
Zion. This place is amazing. We arrived before the park gate
officially opened and got in for free. SCORE! It’s $25 per car, so this was
good for us (we ended up using the money we saved on a Utah Rock Climbing book.
Money better spent!).
After driving through part of the park, we rocked up to the
Visitor centre to gather more information. We thought rock climbing here would
be a blast. As we researched more, we noticed that the climbs are ridiculously
hard. They average from 10.b to 12.a … I have no problem with the 10’s and low
11’s in SPORT, but we are talking TRAD here… it’s a whole other story. We may
scope out something easier. In the mean time, we have planned to go for a hike
today and two hikes tomorrow. We quickly
found a camp site, as it’s the weekend and ridiculously busy, and set up camp.
Over breakfast, which consisted of oatmeal and dried fruit,
we discussed what the hike of the day would be. It was a choice between The
Hidden Canyon, Angels Landing or The Narrows. Ben figured we could bang them
all off in one day, but I thought it would be a little much. We decided on The
Narrows, and it was the winner. Excited, we packed our bags and caught the Zion Shuttle into the canyons.
The Narrows is a canyon hike, and you trudge through the river. This was one of the best hikes I've ever done! We walked around for 5 hours, deeper and deeper into the narrow canyons. The farther we got, the less people we encountered and it was quite the adventure. The photos we took speak louder than the words I could use to describe the place. So, I'll add photos asap.
When we finished the walk, we took the Zion Shuttle back down to our campsite and cooked up dinner. It was around 6:30pm, and we were hungry. We had a quick shower and curled up into our tent after dinner. We watched a movie... surprised? :)
The Narrows is a canyon hike, and you trudge through the river. This was one of the best hikes I've ever done! We walked around for 5 hours, deeper and deeper into the narrow canyons. The farther we got, the less people we encountered and it was quite the adventure. The photos we took speak louder than the words I could use to describe the place. So, I'll add photos asap.
When we finished the walk, we took the Zion Shuttle back down to our campsite and cooked up dinner. It was around 6:30pm, and we were hungry. We had a quick shower and curled up into our tent after dinner. We watched a movie... surprised? :)
R&B
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