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Favorite Trails at Zion

cameljoe1972

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Visited this park with my son when he was little. We did easy trails and it was a lot of fun. My favorite was Riverside Walk. Easy enough to get through and plenty pretty to enjoy. Any thoughts on your favorite trails at Zion? I am always itching to go back and just need to find the time.
 
Most memorable for me were the Virgin Narrows (out & back day hike) and Angels Landing, ten years ago. In the Narrows you walk between soaring rock walls on either side, and your feet are in the shallow (with a deeper pool or two) Virgin River most of the day.

Angels landing is 5 miles roundtrip with 1500' elevation gain, and some people can't handle the last section which is up a narrow spine with thousand foot dropoffs on either side. Posts with chains are provided in the precarious sections. It's not technically difficult, but psychologically daunting. The view from the Landing (at the top) is awesome. The only part I found scary was passing the conga line of people coming up as I was going down.
 
I've done the Narrows bottom up with some Orderville Canyon (highly recommend), angels landing, and the watchtower. The Watchtower is outside the park and free to hike.i did a bunch more but they were all pretty short and I can't remember all the names.
 

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