Zion's Angels Landing

If you only have time for one hike in Zion National Park and you have a couple hours to hike then Angels Landing is the hike to do. It is nothing short of spectacular, beautiful and a little scary. Maybe a lot scary if you don't like crawling up steep rock formations that require a chain in order to prevent one from falling a thousand feet.

Yes, not for the feint of heart but not to be missed either.

After a few minutes of hiking on a mostly paved trail you see how the trail is carved into the rock.

Looking down from the trail one gets this view of the valley.

After about 20 minutes of hiking comes the multiple switchbacks called 'Walter's Wiggles'.

At a junction the trail goes off toward the West Rim Trail or up to Angels Landing, which is to the left.

Here is a better view of the 'hike'. At this point it is all but impossible to run the trail.

Climb climb climb.

Here is the a view of the top looking into the park. The entire 360 degree view is beautiful.

For a good trail guide for this hike and others check out Joe's Guide to Zion.