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12/14/2014 The first winter storm of the season blew through southern Utah over the weekend. I had a hunch after a whole day of rain on Saturday that Sunday could be a special day over in Zion NP. My alarm was set and the camera battery was charged. When I woke up, I wished I'd set my alarm...

Veteran's Day | Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Tuesday was our last morning in Zion before we had to drive back home and we decided to hike to the top of Angel's Landing before leaving. After checking out of our hotel, we drove into the park one last time and were one of the first vehicles at The...

November 15, 2014 – My friends and I decided to do the The Subway–the top-down approach. We thought, “It’ll be cold, but we’ll wear wetsuits and be fine.” Yeah, that trip was fun and all, but it was really COLD! In my personal opinion it wasn’t really worth doing the top-down approach in this...

I never posted this on here, but I got to hike Lady Mountain this year with a group of friends from SUU. If you're thinking of hiking Lady Mountain, know that it was probably the most strenuous day hike I've ever done. I have done many of the hikes in the park, but this one takes the cake for...

Fall Colors 2014 Monday, November 10, 2014 On Monday morning we woke up before sunrise again so we could get an early start on our hike into The Narrows. I wanted to get an early start in hopes that we might have the canyon to ourselves for at least a little while even if it was pretty cold...

Fall Colors 2014 Sunday, November 9, 2014 On Sunday morning we were up well before sunrise and on our way up onto the Lower Kolob Plateau to the trailhead for the Left Fork of North Creek. A hike to The Subway is a popular destination in Zion National Park, especially during the fall, and even...

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Even though I haven't spent very much time in Zion National Park, I have always wanted to visit the park during the fall season at the beginning of November. Earlier this year I decided to finally make that trip happen. Diane and I took the Monday before Veteran's...

They say that curiosity kills the cat but it seems that curiosity also finds me canyoneering in Zion. On Sunday I got the fancy to look at the permit system to see how full reservations were and lo and behold there were open permits to visit The Subway. I guess it tis the season for fewer...

After a couple weeks of "recuperation" from my summer employment I was going stir crazy from inactivity. One can only bake so much for the family after all! The Kolob section of Zion has been a neglected area of the park for me. I'd been in one of the finger canyons and driven the viewpoint...

So, I should be writing two separate trip reports, but that's too much work. I got to do Mystery Canyon in Zion National Park twice in a week. I saw on Sunday Sept. 14 that there were still spots available for the next Tuesday, so I called my dad up and said, "Shirk all responsibilities and...

Trying to do more backpacking earlier in the year, i planned a trip through Zion at the end of march. Originally i wanted to hike from one end of the park all the way to the other, in at the Kolob entrance, and out the east, but transportation proved to be too much of a problem. So we in stead...

I thought I'd post a quickie report since so many people helped with suggestions for my outdoor girls-only adventure. This was my first trip with kids and they wore me out-I don't know how you parents do it. And they are really great kids! I can't imagine taking a trip with whiney kids...

All the photos from the trip are on my blog, but I'll spare you and give you just the ones I like the most. The first few miles of Hop Valley are a sandy, sagebrush flat. I personally find it gorgeous, but I like the small details of the Silvery Lupine and the few strong Ponderosa Pines and the...

This is a long post, but I couldn't leave any of this out from the original post on my blog. Mystery Canyon, Solved! Ever since I strolled up the Riverside Walk and into the Narrows of Zion National Park, I have felt compelled to find the canyon beyond Mystery Falls. The 100 ft. waterfall...

Canyoneering season has begun (granted I was doing canyons in the winter, but we'll go with what the canyonistas call the canyon season ;) This time I took off with some friends for Englestead Hollow in Zion. Talk about a rush! Original post from www.mountain-dude.blogspot.com (there's more...

I haven't been able to get into Zion National Park for awhile to do a canyon in a while (busy with school, work and projects). I got my chance to jump into Keyhole Canyon though! This was one of the first time I set out to do a canyon to try and take my time and get some good photos in the...

After having our plans cancelled last year because of the government lockdown, my brother and I with a couple of friends managed to book permits for the Zion traverse for late April and this time it was a go! Starting Wednesday, April 23 in Kolob Canyon we planned to finish at the east entrance...

My photography kit has updated completely. It started last fall with the move from crop to full-frame. That necessitated replacing my venerable Canon 10-22mm EF-s lens with something more appropriate to the format. The additional heft on the new body/lens combo meant moving up from an...

I'm posting this trip report for @Laura, @sixstringsteve , and @Tess to help get the stoke going for our upcoming backpack in Zion. These pics are a few years old, and I took them before I got my first DSLR, but it gives a decent overview of the area we'll be hiking, and allows me to reminisce...

UPDATE: I added my video later in this thread embedded via YouTube. When I got a really good forecast for my early March excursion to southern Utah, I decided to upgrade my day-hike plan to a 9-day backpack around Zion -- somewhat literally. My plan was to set out from the southwest portion of...